Keyboard shortcuts in Roam

This is a complete list of keyboard shortcuts for Roam, validated with Chrome on Windows and Mac.

Navigation

Action	Windows	Mac
Jump to the search bar	Ctrl-u	Cmd⌘-u
Jump from search back to the page	Ctrl-Enter	Cmd⌘-Enter⏎
Jump to Daily Notes page	Alt-d	Ctrl⌃-Shift⇧-d
Jump to link under cursor	Ctrl-o	Ctrl⌃-o
Jump to start of block	Ctrl-Home	Ctrl⌃-a
Jump to end of block	Ctrl-End	Ctrl⌃-e
Back in browser history (Chrome)	Esc Esc Alt-Left	Cmd⌘-Left←
Forward to previous page visited (Chrome)	Esc Esc Alt-Right	Cmd⌘-Right→

Blocks

Action	Windows	Mac
Create new block below	Enter	Enter⏎
Indent block	Tab	Tab⇥
Unindent block	Shift-Tab	Shift⇧-Tab⇥
Move block up	Alt-Shift-Up	Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-Up↑
Move block down	Alt-Shift-Down	Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-Down↓
Newline within block	Shift-Enter	Shift⇧-Enter⏎
Zoom in to block	Alt-Right	Cmd⌘-. Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-. (Safari / Firefox)
Zoom out of block	Alt-Left	Cmd⌘-, Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-, (Safari / Firefox)
Collapse subordinate blocks	Ctrl-Up	Cmd⌘-Up↑
Expand subordinate blocks	Ctrl-Down	Cmd⌘-Down↓
Select text in current block	Ctrl-a	Cmd⌘-a
Select current block	Shift-Up-Up or Shift-Down-Down	Shift⇧-Up↑-Up↑ or Shift⇧-Down↓-Down↓
Select current block + block above	Shift-Up-Up-Up	Shift⇧-Up↑-Up↑-Up↑
Select current block + block below	Shift-Down-Down-Down	Shift⇧-Down↓-Down↓-Down↓
Select all blocks on page	Ctrl-Shift-a	Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-a
Jump to start / end of block	Ctrl-Home / Ctrl-End	Ctrl⌃-a / Ctrl⌃-e
Delete to end of block	Ctrl-k	Ctrl⌃-k
Paste the last text deleted using Ctrl-k	Ctrl-y	Ctrl⌃-y

Autocompletes

Action	Shortcut
Pop up a quick search box to find a specific block or page, to insert as a block reference	Ctrl-( (Ctrl-Shift-9 on Windows and Mac)
Insert page reference	[[ or # (single words)
Insert block reference	((
Create TODO	[] (at start of block)
Insert Roam function	{{
Insert inline code	`
Insert code block	“`
Insert LaTeX mathematical text	$$
Insert HTML link	[text](URL) or select text then: Ctrl-k (Windows) Cmd⌘-k (Mac
Insert inline image	
Move down/up in autocomplete and search dropdowns	Ctrl-j / Ctrl-k (Windows and Mac)

Sidebar

Action	Windows	Mac
Open/create page in Sidebar (from Search bar)	Shift-Enter	Shift⇧-Enter⏎
Open link in Sidebar	Shift-click	Shift⇧-click
Open link in Sidebar (when editing)	Ctrl-Shift-o	Shift⇧-Ctrl⌃-o

Search

Action	Windows	Mac
Search all pages	Ctrl-u	Cmd⌘-u
Navigate down/up in search dropdown	Ctrl-j / Ctrl-k	Ctrl⌃-j / Ctrl⌃-k
Search in current page	Ctrl-f	Cmd⌘-f

Visuals

Note: These should be done while not editing any blocks. So hit Escape a few times before trying these.

Action	Windows	Mac
Toggle [[brackets]]	Ctrl-c Ctrl-b	Ctrl⌃-c Ctrl⌃-b
Toggle author avatar images on every block	Ctrl-c Ctrl-x	Ctrl⌃-c Ctrl⌃-x
Cycle page namespace display	Ctrl-c Ctrl-l	Ctrl⌃-c Ctrl⌃-l
Toggle block preview tooltip	Ctrl-c Ctrl-p	Ctrl⌃-c Ctrl⌃-p
Toggle edit icons (deprecated?)	Ctrl-c Ctrl-c Ctrl-s	Ctrl⌃-c Ctrl⌃-c Ctrl⌃-s

Formatting

Action	Windows	Mac
Toggle between text and heading styles	Ctrl-Alt-0/1/2/3	Cmd⌘-Opt⌥ 0/1/2/3
Bold (also **bold**)	Ctrl-b	Cmd⌘-b
Italics (also __italics__)	Ctrl-i	Cmd⌘-i
Strikethrough (also ~~strikethrough~~)	(none)	Cmd⌘-y
Highlight (also ^^highlight^^)	Ctrl-h	Cmd⌘-h Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-h (Safari / Firefox)
Toggle text / TODO / Done	Ctrl-Enter	Cmd⌘-Enter⏎
Insert HTML link (also [text](URL))	Ctrl-k	Cmd⌘-k

Selecting

Action	Windows	Mac
Select current block	Shift-Up-Up or Shift-Down-Down	Shift⇧-Up↑-Up↑ or Shift⇧-Down↓-Down↓
Select current block + block above	Shift-Up-Up-Up	Shift⇧-Up↑-Up↑
Select current block + block below	Shift-Down-Down-Down	Shift⇧-Down↓-Down↓
Select all blocks	Ctrl-Shift-a	Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-a
Move down/up in autocomplete and search dropdowns	Ctrl-j / Ctrl-k	Ctrl⌃-j / Ctrl⌃-k

Block version control

Action	Windows	Mac
Add a new version of the same block	Ctrl-,	Ctrl⌃-,
Cycle versions to the right	Ctrl-Shift-.	Ctrl⌃-Shift⇧-.
Cycle versions to the left	Ctrl-Shift-,	Ctrl⌃-Shift⇧-,
Expand all versions into their own blocks	Ctrl-.	Ctrl⌃-.

Other shortcuts

Action	Windows	Mac
Pop up helpers	/	/
Undo	Ctrl-z	Cmd⌘-z
Redo	Ctrl-y	Cmd⌘-Shift⇧-z
Move character forwards / backwards		Ctrl⌃-f / Ctrl⌃-b
Swap characters either side of cursor so “ih” becomes “hi”		Ctrl⌃-t