Canvas

Keyboard shortcuts

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

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

Collaboration

ActionShortcut
Add commentCmd+Option+M

Canvas-specific features

ActionShortcut
Add field labels to selectionCmd+Option+L
Rewrite content (selection)Cmd+Shift+Enter
Run as instruction (selection)Cmd+Enter

Document navigation

ActionShortcut
Beginning of documentCmd+Up
End of documentCmd+Down
Beginning of lineCmd+Left
End of lineCmd+Right
Word leftOption+Left
Word rightOption+Right

Text selection

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

Text formatting

ActionShortcut
BoldCmd+B
ItalicCmd+I
UnderlineCmd+U
StrikethroughCmd+Shift+X
Inline codeCmd+E
Insert or edit linkCmd+K

Paragraph formatting

ActionShortcut
Heading 1Cmd+Option+1
Heading 2Cmd+Option+2
Heading 3Cmd+Option+3
Heading 4Cmd+Option+4
Heading 5Cmd+Option+5
Heading 6Cmd+Option+6
Normal textCmd+Option+0

Document management

ActionShortcut
PrintCmd+P
Zoom inCmd++
Zoom outCmd+-
Zoom 100%Cmd+0

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