created: 20140526204527418
modified: 20160610082117953
tags: Features [[Working with TiddlyWiki]]
title: KeyboardShortcuts
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

Keyboard shortcuts can either be used with the <<.wlink KeyboardWidget>> Widget or with [[Keyboard Shortcut Tiddlers|Keyboard Shortcut Tiddler]]

<<.tip """The <$macrocall $name=".wlink" to="KeyboardWidget"/> Widget makes the shortcuts accessible within an `input` or `textarea` field.
<br>
A shortcut defined through a [[Keyboard Shortcut Tiddler]] makes the shortcut accessible globally""">>

!!!See [[How to create keyboard shortcuts]] with a detailed explanation for creating your own shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are available for common editing operations within the Text Editor:

* Confirming changes to the draft tiddler containing the keyboard focus (defaults to <kbd>ctrl-Enter</kbd>)
* Abandoning changes to the draft tiddler containing the keyboard focus (defaults to <kbd>escape</kbd>)
* Formatting operations from the tiddler editing toolbar (see the tooltips)

<<.from-version 5.1.18>> : New ''global'' Keyboard shortcuts:

|!Action |!Default Shortcut|
|Creating a new tiddler |<kbd>alt-N</kbd> |
|Creating a new journal |<kbd>alt-J</kbd> |
|Creating a new image |<kbd>alt-I</kbd> |
|Focusing sidebar search |<<.from-version 5.1.20>><kbd>ctrl-shift-F</kbd> |
|Toggling the sidebar |<<.from-version 5.1.20>><kbd>shift-alt-S</kbd> |
|Advanced search |<<.from-version 5.1.20>><kbd>ctrl-shift-A</kbd> |
|Open [[Control Panel|$:/ControlPanel]] |<<.from-version 5.3.6>><kbd>ctrl-alt-C</kbd> |

The current shortcuts can be inspected and customised in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab of the [[Control Panel|$:/ControlPanel]] <<.icon $:/core/images/options-button>>.

!! Special Keys

; adding tags in the editor
: <<.from-version 5.1.14>> : if you hit <kbd>Enter</kbd> in the new tag input, the tag will be added