Keyboard shortcuts and autocomplete

Want to be an absolute Confluence expert? Get to know the keyboard shortcuts and autocomplete, and in no time at all you won't even need to use a mouse or trackpad. 

Keyboard shortcuts

To view all Confluence keyboard shortcuts, do any of the following:

• Select the help iconfrom the navigation bar near your profile picture, then select Keyboard Shortcuts.

• When viewing a page, press shift+?

• Press Ctrl + / (Windows) or command + / (Mac) when editing a page.

• While editing a page, select thefrom the bottom left corner of the page.

You'll see the available keyboard shortcuts, for your operating system, in Confluence.

The keyboard shortcuts are broken up into 3 categories:

• General – Global, page and blog post shortcuts.

• Editor – Text editing and formatting shortcuts.

• Editor Autoformatting – Wiki markup and autoformatting shortcuts.

Autocomplete

Certain key combinations and markdown can be used to quickly change formatting, create lists, and add tables.

Use keyboard shortcuts and markdown

Select the  menu at the bottom left of the page, and select Editing keyboard shortcuts.

The shortcuts you see in the application depend on the operating system you use.

Use the slash command

The slash command opens a menu that contains the following:

• Tools from the toolbar like paragraph formatting and lists as well as adding links, images, mentions, emojis, tables, and layouts

• Elements like expands, dates, adding files, quotes, code snippets, and statuses

• Macros

• Custom apps

Open the autocomplete menu:

1. Type / then the first few characters of the shortcut.

2. Choose the shortcut from the list of suggestions.