Keyboard Shortcuts

Introduction

Tiptap comes with sensible keyboard shortcut defaults. Depending on what you want to use it for, you’ll probably want to change those keyboard shortcuts to your liking. Let’s have a look at what we defined for you, and show you how to change it then!

Predefined keyboard shortcuts

Most of the core extensions register their own keyboard shortcuts. Depending on what set of extension you use, not all of the below listed keyboard shortcuts work for your editor.

Essentials

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Copy Control C Cmd C
Cut Control X Cmd X
Paste Control V Cmd V
Paste without formatting Control Shift V Cmd Shift V
Undo Control Z Cmd Z
Redo Control Shift Z Cmd Shift Z
Add a line break Shift Enter
Control Enter
Shift Enter 
Cmd Enter

Text Formatting

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Bold Control B Cmd B
Italicize Control I Cmd I
Underline Control U Cmd U
Strikethrough Control Shift X Cmd Shift X
Highlight Control Shift H Cmd Shift H
Code Control E Cmd E

Paragraph Formatting

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Apply normal text style Control Alt 0 Cmd Alt 0
Apply heading style 1 Control Alt 1 Cmd Alt 1
Apply heading style 2 Control Alt 2 Cmd Alt 2
Apply heading style 3 Control Alt 3 Cmd Alt 3
Apply heading style 4 Control Alt 4 Cmd Alt 4
Apply heading style 5 Control Alt 5 Cmd Alt 5
Apply heading style 6 Control Alt 6 Cmd Alt 6
Ordered list Control Shift 7 Cmd Shift 7
Bullet list Control Shift 8 Cmd Shift 8
Task list Control Shift 9 Cmd Shift 9
Blockquote Control Shift B Cmd Shift B
Left align Control Shift L Cmd Shift L
Center align Control Shift E Cmd Shift E
Right align Control Shift R Cmd Shift R
Justify Control Shift J Cmd Shift J
Code block Control Alt C Cmd Alt C
Subscript Control , Cmd ,
Superscript Control . Cmd .

Text Selection

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Select all Control A Cmd A
Extend selection one character to left Shift  Shift 
Extend selection one character to right Shift  Shift 
Extend selection one line up Shift  Shift 
Extend selection one line down Shift  Shift 
Extend selection to the beginning of the document Control Shift  Cmd Shift 
Extend selection to the end of the document Control Shift  Cmd Shift 

Overwrite keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts may be strings like 'Shift-Control-Enter'. Keys are based on the strings that can appear in event.key, concatenated with a -. There is a little tool called keycode.info, which shows the event.key interactively.

Use lowercase letters to refer to letter keys (or uppercase letters if you want shift to be held). You may use Space as an alias for the  .

Modifiers can be given in any order. Shift, Alt, Control and Cmd are recognized. For characters that are created by holding shift, the Shift prefix is implied, and should not be added explicitly.

You can use Mod as a shorthand for Cmd on Mac and Control on other platforms.

Here is an example how you can overwrite the keyboard shortcuts for an existing extension:

// 1. Import the extension
import BulletList from '@tiptap/extension-bullet-list'

// 2. Overwrite the keyboard shortcuts
const CustomBulletList = BulletList.extend({
  addKeyboardShortcuts() {
    return {
      // ↓ your new keyboard shortcut
      'Mod-l': () => this.editor.commands.toggleBulletList(),
    }
  },
})

// 3. Add the custom extension to your editor
new Editor({
  extensions: [
    CustomBulletList(),
    // …
  ],
})