Keyboard shortcuts

Every function in Flywrite has a keyboard shortcut, and every shortcut is customizable. Can't remember one? The command palette always knows.

The command palette

Press ⌘⇧P to open the Command Palette — type a few letters, hit Enter, and any command in the app runs. It shows each command's shortcut too, so it's also the fastest way to learn them.

The essentials

• ⌘⇧P — Command Palette
• ⌘P — Go to File
• ⌘S — Save
• ⌘W — Close This Tab
• ⌥⌘W — Close All Other Tabs
• ⌥⌘⇧W — Close Tabs to the Right
• ⌘⇧W — Close All Tabs
• ⌘F — Find in File
• ⌘E — Toggle Rendered / Source mode
• ⌘⇧L — Send Selection to Terminal
• ⌃` — Toggle Terminal
• ⌘J / ⌘⇧J — Focus Terminal / Focus Editor
• ⌃⇧↓ / ⌃⇧↑ — Expand / Collapse All Folders
• ⌘⌥C — Copy File Contents
• ⌘⌥R — Reveal File in Finder
• ⌥⌘↑ / ⌥⌘↓ — Previous / Next Project
• ⌘⇧C — Checkpoint Now
• ⌘⇧V — Versions panel
• ⌘⇧S — Sync Project
• ⌘/ — Keyboard shortcut settings

Formatting

In any markdown file:

• ⌘B — Bold
• ⌘I — Italic
• ⌘K — Insert Link
• ⌘⇧7 — Bullet list
• ⌘⇧8 — Numbered list
• ⌘⇧9 — Checkbox list

With nothing selected, Bold and Italic act on the word under your cursor, and the list shortcuts toggle the current line (or every selected line). The same commands live in the Format menu in the menu bar.

Rebind anything

Press ⌘/ — or head to Settings → Keyboard — for the full, searchable list, with the search box ready to type. Click any command to give it the shortcut you want — Flywrite warns you about conflicts, and a reset button brings back the default.

One nice trick: an editor command and a terminal command can share the same shortcut — whichever pane has keyboard focus decides which one runs.