Keyboard shortcuts

Overleaf provides a number of keyboard shortcuts for common tasks. The table below lists the most common shortcuts. A more comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts can be found in this Overleaf project template.

For Mac users, the below commands will use the Cmd key instead of Ctrl. Some keyboard shortcuts in this list may not be available on non-US keyboards or in vim/emacs modes.

Command	Operation
Ctrl + F	Find and replace
Ctrl + Enter or Ctrl + S	Compile the project
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + Home	Go to the first line of the current file
Ctrl + End	Go to the last line of the current file
Ctrl + Shift + L	Go to a specific line (opens a dialog) Use Ctrl + L in the Source (Legacy) editor
Ctrl + /	Toggle commenting for selected lines (Comment/uncomment selected text)
Ctrl + D	Delete the current line
Ctrl + A	Select all
Tab	Indent the selection
Shift + Tab	Un-indent the selection
Ctrl + U	Change the selected text to upper case
Ctrl + Shift + U	Change the selected text to lower case
Ctrl + B	Bold
Ctrl + I	Italics
Ctrl + Space	Open the autocomplete menu, inside of \cite{...} search the bibliography (Use Ctrl + Space also on Mac, rather than Cmd + Space)

A more comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts can be found in this Overleaf project template.