Canvas

Keyboard shortcuts

Reference for Canvas keyboard shortcuts covering collaboration, Canvas-specific features, document navigation, text selection, text formatting, paragraph formatting, and document management.

This reference lists Canvas keyboard shortcuts for collaboration, Canvas-specific features, document navigation, text selection, text formatting, paragraph formatting, and document management.

Collaboration

ActionShortcut
Add commentCommand+Shift+M

Canvas-specific features

ActionShortcut
Add field labels to selectionCommand+Option+L
Rewrite content (selection)Command+Shift+Enter
Run as instruction (selection)Command+Enter
Ghostwrite (continue writing)Command+.
Include or exclude selected blocks from StudioCommand+/

Document navigation

ActionShortcut
Beginning of documentCommand+Up
End of documentCommand+Down
Beginning of lineCommand+Left
End of lineCommand+Right
Word leftOption+Left
Word rightOption+Right

Text selection

ActionShortcut
Select word leftOption+Shift+Left
Select word rightOption+Shift+Right
Select to line startCommand+Shift+Left
Select to line endCommand+Shift+Right
Select to document startCommand+Shift+Up
Select to document endCommand+Shift+Down
Select word (mouse)Double-click
Select paragraph (mouse)Triple-click

Text formatting

ActionShortcut
BoldCommand+B
ItalicCommand+I
UnderlineCommand+U
StrikethroughCommand+Shift+X
Inline codeCommand+E
Insert or edit linkCommand+K

Paragraph formatting

ActionShortcut
Heading 1Command+Option+1
Heading 2Command+Option+2
Heading 3Command+Option+3
Heading 4Command+Option+4
Heading 5Command+Option+5
Heading 6Command+Option+6
Normal textCommand+Option+0

Document management

ActionShortcut
PrintCommand+P
Zoom inCommand++
Zoom outCommand+-
Zoom 100%Command+0

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