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Confluence keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

You might get a notice like this when use a Confluence shortcut.

Bad news if you have been using Confluence shortcuts for a long time. Good news if you haven’t, start fresh.

Since a few Confluence shortcuts can go a long way here are some tips and cheat sheets for Mac and Windows.

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New Confluence shortcuts as of June 2025

Windows followed by Mac.

Create a page

Win + Alt + C

Ctrl + Opt + C

Add a comment

Ctrl + Alt + C

Cmd + Opt + C

Edit labels

Ctrl + Alt + A

Cmd + Opt + C

Watch this Page

Ctrl + Alt + W

Cmd + Opt + W

Under-the-radar-picks

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Edit page

E

E

Publish page

Ctrl + Enter

Cmd + Enter

Clear formatting

Ctrl + \

Cmd + \

Paste plain text

Ctrl + Shift + V

Cmd + Shift + V

Left side toggle

Ctrl + [

Ctrl + [

Search

Alt + Shift + Z

Cmd + Opt + Z

How to use Confluence keyboard shortcuts

Step 1: Windows or Mac

They are not necessarily similar. Don’t assume.

Step 2: Edit or publish mode

Some shortcuts only work in edit mode. Most work in publish mode.

Step 3: Might not all work

Due to a combination of browser changes or updates to Confluence it’s possible some do not work temporarily or at all. The point is you might not be wrong, it’s ‘them’ not you tell yourself.

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How to find Confluence keyboard shortcuts within Confluence

To view keyboard shortcuts within Confluence you have four options:

  1. Select the help icon (?) from the navigation bar near your profile picture, then select Keyboard shortcuts.
  2. When viewing a page or live doc, press shift+
  3. Press Ctrl + / (Windows) or command + / (Mac) when editing a page or live doc.
  4. While editing a page or live doc, select the (?) from the bottom left corner of the screen.

Confluence shortcuts as seen when select the help icon in navigation bar (Mac)

All the possible Confluence shortcuts

Confluence global action shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Open notifications

Ctrl + Alt + O

Cmd + Opt + O

Quick search

Alt + Shift + Z

Ctrl + Opt + Z

Go Home

Ctrl + Alt + H

Cmd + Opt + H

Open recent

Ctrl + Alt + G

Cmd + Opt + G

Open starred

Ctrl + Alt + 8

Cmd + Opt + 8

Go to space overview

Ctrl + Alt + V

Cmd + Opt + V

Open shortcut help

Ctrl + ?

Ctrl + ?

Toggle sidebar

Ctrl + [

Ctrl + [

Open Rovo chat

Ctrl + Win + .

Cmd + .

Undo

Ctrl + Z

Cmd + Z

Redo

Ctrl + Y
Ctrl + Shift + Z

Cmd + Y
Cmd + Shift + Z

Confluence content action shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Create page

Win + Alt + C

Ctrl + Opt + C

Create live doc

Ctrl + Shift + D

Ctrl + Shift + D

Create blog post

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + B

Cmd + Opt + Shift + B

Edit

E

E

Quick insert

/

/

Comment

Ctrl + Alt + C

Cmd + Opt + C

Next comment

Ctrl + .

Ctrl + .

Previous comment

Ctrl + ,

Ctrl + ,

Next unread comment

Ctrl + Shift + U

Cmd + Shift + U

Toggle inline comments

Ctrl + ]

Ctrl + ]

Watch

Ctrl + Alt + W

Cmd + Opt + W

Share

Ctrl + Alt + S

Cmd + Opt + S

Edit labels

Ctrl + Alt + A

Ctrl + Opt + A

View attachments

Win + Alt + T

Ctrl + Opt + T

Favorite content

Ctrl + Alt + F

Ctrl + Opt + F

Enter presenter mode

Ctrl + Alt + P

Cmd + Opt + R

Publish

Ctrl + Enter

Cmd + Enter

Find & replace

Ctrl + F

Cmd + F

Publish with note

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Cmd + Shift + Enter

Open details panel

Ctrl + Shift + I

Ctrl + Shift + I

Open comments panel

Ctrl + ]

Ctrl + ]

Select comment

Ctrl + Alt + E

Cmd + Opt + E

Confluence block formatting shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Paragraph

Ctrl + Alt + 0

Cmd + Opt + 0

Heading 1

Ctrl + Alt + 1

Cmd + Opt + 1

Heading 6

Ctrl + Alt + 6

Cmd + Opt + 6

Numbered list

Ctrl + Shift + 7

Cmd + Shift +7

Bullet list

Ctrl + Shift + 8

Cmd + Shift + 8

Quote

Ctrl + Shift + 9

Cmd + Shift + 9

Code

Ctrl + Shift + M

Cmd + Shift + M

Align left

Ctrl + Shift + L

Cmd + Shift + L

Align center

Ctrl + Alt + E

Cmd + Opt + E

Align right

Ctrl + Alt + T

Cmd + Opt + T

Confluence content formatting shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Highlight selection in yellow

Ctrl + Alt + Y

Cmd + Opt + Y

Files and images

Ctrl + M

Cmd + M

Link

Ctrl + K

Cmd + K

Insert markup

Ctrl + Shift + D

Cmd + Shift + D

Macro

Ctrl + Shift + A

Cmd + Shift + A

Table

Ctrl + Shift + I

Cmd + Shift + I

Add row above

Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow

Cmd + Opt + Up arrow

Add row below

Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow

Cmd + Opt + Down arrow

Add column after

Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow

Cmd + Opt + Right arrow

Add column before

Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow

Cmd + Opt + Left arrow

Confluence text formatting shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Bold

Ctrl + B

Opt + B

Italic

Ctrl + I

Opt + I

Underline

Ctrl + U

Opt + U

Strikethrough

Ctrl + Shift + S

Opt + Shift + S

Code

Ctrl + Shift + M

Opt + Shift + M

Subscript

Ctrl + Shift + ,

Opt + Shift + ,

Superscript

Ctrl + Shift + .

Opt + Shift + .

Confluence table shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Focus table resize handle

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R

Cmd + Shift + Opt + R

Open cell options

Shift + F10

Shift + F10

Select table row

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Shift + Left arrow
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Right arrow

Cmd + Shift + Opt + Left arrow
Cmd + Shift + Opt + Right arrow

Select table column

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Up arrow
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down arrow

Cmd + Shift + Opt + Up arrow
Cmd + Shift + Opt + Down arrow

Insert table column

Ctrl + Alt + =
Ctrl + Alt + -

Cmd + Opt + =
Cmd + Opt + -

Insert table row

Ctrl + Alt + ]
Ctrl + Alt + [

Cmd + Opt + ]
Cmd + Opt + [

Confluence whiteboard keyboard shortcuts

Whiteboard tool shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Sticky tool

S

S

Text box tool

T

T

Ellipse tool

E

E

Line tool

L

L

Add a link

Ctrl + K

Cmd + K

Whiteboard edit shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Copy

Ctrl + C

Cmd + C

Cut

Ctrl + X

Cmd + X

Paste

Ctrl + V

Cmd + V

Duplicate

Ctrl + Alt + D

Cmd + Opt + D

Delete

Del

Del

Select all

Ctrl + A

Cmd + A

Lock/Unlock

Ctrl + Shift + L

Cmd + Shift + L

Nudge element

Arrow keys

Arrow keys

Big nudge element

Shift + Arrow keys

Shift + Arrow keys

Whiteboard navigation shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Zoom in/out

Ctrl + plus
Ctrl + minus

Cmd + plus
Cmd + minus

Zoom to 100%

Ctrl + 0

Cmd + 0

Zoom to fit

Ctrl + Shift + 1

Cmd + Shift + 1

Zoom to selection

Ctrl + Shift + 2

Cmd + Shift + 2

Move whiteboard

Arrow keys

Arrow keys

Hand tool

H

H

Select tool

V

V

Fullscreen mode

Shift + F

Cmd + F

Exit fullscreen mode

Esc

Esc

Whiteboard advanced shortcuts

Action

Windows PC

Mac OS

Create Jira work item

Ctrl + J

Cmd + J

Bring to front

Ctrl + ]

Cmd + ]

Send to back

Ctrl + [

Cmd + [

Show / hide user interface

Ctrl + .

Cmd + .

Toggle comments

Shift + M

Shift + M

Confluence autocomplete and markdown

Autocomplete shortcuts

Action

Windows PC/Mac OS

Emoji

:

Mention

@

Image or media

!

Link

[Link](http://a.com)

Macro

{

Use markdown syntax as formatting shortcuts

Here are some common markdown shortcuts.

Format

Markdown shortcut

Bold

**Bold**

Italic

*Italic*

Strikethrough

~~Strikethrough~~

Code

`Code`

Heading 1

# Space

Heading 2

## Space

Heading 3

### Space

Heading 4

#### Space

Heading 5

##### Space

Heading 6

###### Space

Numbered list

1. Space

Bulleted list

* Space

Quote

> Space

Code snippet

``` Space

Divider

--- Space

Link

[LinkTitle](http://a.com)

Action item

[] Space

Decision

<> Space

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