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Keyboard shortcuts | Zulip help center

Everything in Zulip can be done with the mouse, but mastering a few keyboard shortcuts will change your experience of the app. Start with the basics below, and use the convenient keyboard shortcuts reference in the Zulip app to add more to your repertoire as needed. | Reply to message: R or Enter — Reply to the selected message (outlined in blue). | New channel message: C — Start a new topic in the current channel. | New direct message: X | Paste formatted text: Ctrl + V | Paste as plain text: Ctrl + Shift + V. You can also paste formatted text with Ctrl + V, and press Ctrl + Z to remove formatting.

Philip Durbin (Sep 19 2024 at 21:14):

I use "w" ("search people") a surprising amount. Before I figured this out I was doing a search but "w" is more efficient. Usually, I just want to find someone so I can send them a DM or read old DMs.

Philip Durbin (Sep 19 2024 at 21:17):

When writing Markdown I use "⌥ + P" (that's option+p on Mac) all the time to preview. The docs call this "toggle preview mode".

AJ Kerrigan (Sep 20 2024 at 18:49):

i was using "a" (combined feed) and "t" (recent conversations) a lot at first, but as traffic has picked up here i've found that "a" has become less useful (as expected).

i also like "n" to quickly bounce to new unread topics, and "shift+g" to hit the end of a topic and mark it read. (sometimes navigating through messages too quickly was leaving me with unexpected "unread" messages)

Siddhartha Golu (Sep 21 2024 at 05:20):

Thanks for the pointer to shift+g. My favourite is to use n to shift to the next unread topic and use j and k to read the messages.

Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2024 at 14:03):

Wow, "shift+g" is incredibly useful for high-traffic Zulip sites that I only dip in and out of. And it's the same keystroke in vi to go to the end of the file, so it's easy to remember. :grinning: Thanks!

James Thurley (Sep 23 2024 at 08:14):

I just discovered you can set a view as your "home view" using the three dot menu next to the view, and after that pressing pressing Esc will take you back to your home view.

That was the best way I could find to quickly go to the inbox view using the keyboard.

AJ Kerrigan (Sep 23 2024 at 14:57):

You know, I had noticed that there's a "Go to Inbox" shortcut (Shift + I) documented on the inbox help page but not in the keyboard shortcuts nav section. I'm actually opening a thread in their community section because _I_ would have appreciated that shortcut there and it seems like you would have also. Will PR if they're up for it.

James Thurley (Sep 23 2024 at 18:25):

I thought it was odd not to have a shortcut for it! Thanks for letting me know :+1:

Nabeel S (Sep 24 2024 at 15:16):

Has anyone found a keyboard shortcut to mark a thread as "read" from the Inbox? :-)

Philip Durbin (Sep 27 2024 at 01:41):

Even better than shift+g to go to the bottom of the topic is the "end" key, if you have a full sized keyboard. :grinning: I picked this up here.

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Philip Durbin (Sep 19 2024 at 21:12):