Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

If you use Scrivener, it’s likely that you’re interested in maximizing your writing productivity. Scrivener is a powerful writing tool that gives you flexibility and control over almost every aspect of your writing. One of the best ways to speed up your writing workflow is to become a power user through the use of keyboard shortcuts. Below I’ve included a comprehensive list of Scrivener’s keyboard shortcuts for the Mac version of Scrivener.  

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

⌘ = Command Key (Apple Key)
⌥ = Option Key (Alt Key)
⇧ = Shift Key
⌃ = Control Key
↑ = Up Arrow Key
↓ = Down Arrow Key
→ = Right Arrow Key
← = Left Arrow Key
↩ = Return Key
⎋ = ESC Key (or ESC)
⇥ = Tab Key
⌫ = Delete Key

Shortcut List
SCRIVENER

Preferences ⌘,
Hide Scrivener ⌘H
Hide Others ⌥⌘H
Quit Scrivener ⌘Q

FILE

New Project ⇧⌘N
Open… ⌘O
Close Project ⇧⌘W
Close Project and Clear Interface Settings ⌥⇧⌘W
Close Window ⌘W
Save ⌘S
Save and Rebuild Search Indexes ⌥⌘S
Save As… ⇧⌘S
Import > Files… ⇧⌘I
Import > Web Page… ⌥⌘W
Export > Files… ⇧⌘E
Page Setup… ⇧⌘P
Print Current Document… ⌘P
Compile Draft… ⌥⌘E

EDIT

Undo ⌘Z
Redo ⇧⌘Z
Cut ⌘X
Copy ⌘C
Copy Special > Copy without Comments and Footnotes ⌥⇧⌘C
Paste ⌘V
Paste and Match Style ⌥⇧⌘V
Select All ⌘A
Select Current Text ⌥⌘A
Complete ⌥⎋
Complete Document Title ⌃⎋
Insert > Line Break ⌥⌘↩
Insert > Bookmark Annotation ⇧⌘B
Insert > Current Date & Time ⌥⇧⌘D
Scrivener Link > New Link… ⌘L
Find > Find… ⌘F
Find > Find Next ⌘G
Find > Find Previous ⇧⌘G
Find > Use Selection for Find ⌘E
Find > Jump to Selection ⌘J
Find > Project Search ⌃⌥F
Find > Find by Formatting… ⌃⌥⌘F
Find > Find Next Formatting ⌥⇧⌘G
Find > Find Previous Formatting ⌃⌥⌘G
Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar ⌘:
Spelling and Grammar > Check Document Now ⌘;
Spelling and Grammar > Check Spelling While Typing ⌘\
Special Characters ⌥⌘T

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VIEW

Document/Scrivenings ⌘1
Corkboard ⌘2
Outline ⌘3
Zoom > Zoom In ⇧⌘>
Zoom > Zoom Out ⇧⌘<
Go To > Previous Document ⌥⌘↑
Go To > Next Document ⌥⌘↓
Go To > Enclosing Group ⌃⌘R
Go To > Editor Selection ⌘4
Layout > Show/Hide Binder ⌥⌘B
Layout > Show/Hide Inspector ⌥⌘I
Layout > No Split ⌘’
Layout > Split Horizontally ⌥⌘=
Layout > Split Vertically ⌘”
Layout > Show Layouts ⇧⌘)
Editor > Lock in Place ⌥⌘L
Editor > Forward in Document History ⌘]
Editor > Backward in Document History ⌘[
Editor > Other Editor > Forward in History ⌥⌘]
Editor > Other Editor > Backward in History ⌥⌘[
Editor > Other Editor > Scroll Up ⌃⌥⌘↑
Editor > Other Editor > Scroll Down ⌃⌥⌘↓
Media > Play Media FIle ⌘↩
Media > Fast Forward ⌥⌘}
Media > Rewind ⌥⌘{
Page View > Show/Hide Page View ⌥⇧⌘P
Corkboard > Show Pins ⌃⌘P
Corkboard > Show Stamps ⌃⌘S
Corkboard > Show Keyword Colors ⌃⌘K
Move Focus To > (Next Pane) ⌃⇥This menu item cycles left to right through Binder, Left/Top Editor, Right/Bottom Editor, changing to the next target.
Move Focus To > Binder ⌃⌥⌘B
Move Focus To > (Left/Bottom) Editor ⌃⌥⌘E
Move Focus To > Right/Top/Supporting Editor ⌃⌥⌘R
Inspect > Synopsis ⌃⌥⌘I
Inspect > Notes ⌃⌥⌘H
Inspect > References ⌃⌥⌘N
Inspect > Keywords ⌃⌥⌘J
Inspect > Custom Meta-Data ⌃⌥⌘M
Inspect > Snapshots ⌃⌥⌘M
Inspect > Comments and Footnotes ⌃⌥⌘K
Outline > Expand All ⌘9
Outline > Collapse All ⌘0
Outline > Previous Container ⌃⌥↑
Outline > Next Container ⌃⌥↓
Reveal in Binder ⌥⌘R
Enter/Exit Full Screen [OS 10.7 (Lion) Only] ⌃⌘F
Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥⌘FYou can also use ⎋ to exit composition mode if this option is selected in Scrivener > Preferences:Compose.

PROJECT

New Text ⌘N
New Folder ⌥⌘N
New From Template > (First Template Document) ⌥⇧⌘NIf you set a Template Folder, this shortcut is applied to the top document in the folder
Show/Hide Project Targets ⇧⌘T
Text Statistics ⌃⌥⌘S
Project Statistics ⌥⇧⌘S
Project Notes ⌥⌘P
Show/Hide Project Keywords ⌥⇧⌘H
Meta-Data Settings… ⌥⌘,

DOCUMENTS

Open > in (Left/Bottom) Editor ⌥⌘O
Open > in Right/Top/Other Editor ⇧⌘O
Open > With All Subdocuments > On Editor Corkboard ⌥⇧⌘O
Open > in External Editor ⌃⌘O
Snapshots > Take Snapshot ⌘5
Snapshots > Take Snapshot With Title ⇧⌘%
Snapshots > Show Changes > Next Change ⌃⌘]
Snapshots > Show Changes > Previous Change ⌃⌘[
Duplicate > with Subdocuments and Unique Title ⌘D
Duplicate > without Subdocuments ⇧⌘D
Set Selection as Title ⌥⇧⌘T
Move to Trash ⌘⌫
Split > at Selection ⌘K
Split > with Selection as Title ⌥⌘K
Merge ⇧⌘M
Group ⌥⌘G
Ungroup ⌥⌘U
Move > Left ⌃⌘←
Move > Right ⌃⌘→
Move > Up ⌃⌘↑
Move > Down ⌃⌘↓

FORMAT

Font > Show Fonts ⌘T
Font > Bold ⌘B
Font > Italic ⌘I
Font > Underline > Single ⌘U
Font > Strikethrough ⇧⌘_
Font > Bigger ⌘
Font > Smaller ⌘-
Font > Show Colors ⇧⌘C
Font > Copy Font ⌥⌘C
Font > Paste Font ⌥⌘V
Text > Align Left ⌘{
Text > Center ⌘|
Text > Justify ⌥⌘|
Text > Align Right ⌘}
Text > Copy Ruler ⌃⌘C
Text > Paste Ruler ⌃⌘V
Lists > Next List Style ⌥⌘→
Lists > Previous List Style ⌥⌘←
Formatting > Copy Formatting ⌃⌥⌘C
Formatting > Paste Formatting ⌃⌥⌘P
Scriptwriting > Script Mode ⌘8
Scriptwriting > Show Script Elements Menu ⇧⌘Y
Show/Hide Ruler ⌘R
Show/Hide Format Bar ⇧⌘R
Highlight > Highlight ⇧⌘H
Comment ⇧⌘*
Footnote ⌃⌘8
Inline Annotation ⇧⌘A
Inline Footnote ⇧⌘F
Options > Typewriter Scrolling ⌃⌘T
Bibliography/Citations… ⌘Y

WINDOW

Minimize ⌘M
Minimize All ⌥⌘M
Zoom ⌃⌘-
Zoom All ⌃⌥⌘-
Zoom to Fit Screen ⌃⌘=
Layouts > Manage Layouts ⇧⌘)
Float QuickReference Panels ⌃⌘Q

Miscellaneous

Help ⇧⌘?
Open/Close Scratch Pad ⇧⌘↩The Scratch Pad hot key can be set in Scrivener > Preferences:General.

Inspector

Document/Project Notes ⌘6
Document/Project References ⌘6

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