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Keyboard shortcuts

Press ? inside OpenLeaf for the same list. On Windows and Linux, read ⌘ as Ctrl.

Writing


`⌘S` or `⌘↩`	Save and compile
`⌘B`	Wrap the selection in `\textbf{}`
`⌘I`	Wrap the selection in `\emph{}`
`⌘M`	Wrap the selection in $...$
`⌘/`	Comment or uncomment
`⌘Space`	Autocomplete now
`⌘F`	Find in this file
`⌘G`	Find again
`⌘Z` / `⌘⇧Z`	Undo, redo
`Tab`	Indent, or accept a completion
`⌘N`	New file
`⌘W`	Close tab
`F2`	Rename the current file

⌘B, ⌘I and ⌘M toggle: pressing the same one on an already-wrapped selection unwraps it. With nothing selected they insert the pair and put the cursor between the delimiters.

Preview


Double-click	Jump to the source line that produced that spot
`⌘`-click	The same, for anyone used to it from other editors
`⌘J`	Show where the cursor is, in the PDF
`⌘`-scroll	Zoom around the pointer
`⌘+`	Zoom in, through the preset levels
`⌘-`	Zoom out
`⌘0`	Fit the page to the pane width

Zoom is smooth: the gesture is applied immediately and the page re-renders sharp once you stop.

Panes


`⌘1`	Files
`⌘2`	Outline
`⌘3`	Document graph
`⌘4`	References
`⌘5`	Problems
`⌘6`	History
`⌘7`	Projects
`⌘8`	Insert
`⌘\`	Show or hide the sidebar

Layout


`⌘⌥1`	Editor only
`⌘⌥2`	Split
`⌘⌥3`	Preview only

Everything else


`⌘K`	Command palette
`⌘⇧P`	The same
`⌘⇧F`	Find and add a reference
`⌘,`	Settings
`?`	This list
`Esc`	Close whatever is open

The command palette

⌘K is the shortcut worth learning if you only learn one. It searches, all at once:

every command, including ones with no shortcut
every file in the project
every section in the file you have open
every insertable snippet

Matching is fuzzy, so dg finds “Open the document graph” and insfig finds “Insert figure”. Arrow keys move, ↩ runs, Esc closes.

Inside the file tree


Click	Open
Right-click	Context menu
Drag onto a folder	Move it there
`F2`	Rename

Dragging a file onto a folder moves it, and the toast that follows offers to undo that. Open tabs follow the file, so a move never leaves a tab pointing at a path that no longer exists.

Dropping things on the window

Dropped	Result
A folder	Imported as a new project
A single `.zip`	Unpacked as a new project
Loose files	Added to the current project

The overlay says which of the three is about to happen before you let go.

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