keyboardKeyboard 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 templatearrow-up-right.

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)

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 templatearrow-up-right.

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