Getting Started
On this page, you'll find a full list of default keyboard shortcuts available in WriteMapper. You can also find keyboard shortcuts detailed in the menu bar, or in the right-click menus of the WriteMapper app.
On the iPad, you can view the currently available keyboard shortcuts by pressing and holding the Command key on a external hardware keyboard, which will show you an overlay with the relevant info. Keyboard shortcuts are not available on the iPhone version of WriteMapper.
| macOS | Windows | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘, | Ctrl+Comma | Preferences: Open preferences for WriteMapper. |
| ⌘H | n/a | Hide WriteMapper. |
| ⌥⌘H | n/a | Hide your open apps other than WriteMapper. |
| ⌘Q | n/a | Quit WriteMapper. |
| ⌘N | Ctrl+N | New: Open an new WriteMap document or window. |
| ⌘O | Ctrl+O | Open a dialog to select a file to open. |
| ⌘W | Ctrl+W | Close the front window of WriteMapper. |
| ⌘S | Ctrl+S | Save the current WriteMap document. |
| ⇧⌘S | Ctrl+Shift+S | Save As: Display the Save As dialog. |
| ⇧⌘E | Ctrl+Shift+E | Expand Selected Lines: Expands the contents of each line of the selected text to individual child nodes of the currently selected node. |
| ⌘0 | Ctrl+0 | Reset Zoom back to the original level. |
| ⌘= | Ctrl+= | Zoom In on the WriteMap canvas. |
| ⌘- | Ctrl+- | Zoom Out on the WriteMap canvas. |
| ⌥⌘+ | Alt+Ctrl+= | Expand All Nodes: Reveals all hidden child nodes, so that all nodes are visible. |
| ⌥⌘- | Alt+Ctrl+- | Collapse All Nodes: Hides all child nodes, so that only top-level parent nodes are visible. |
| ⌃⌘L | Alt+Ctrl+L | Toggle Map Layout switches between centered (starting node in the center) and cascading (starting node at the side) layouts of the WriteMap. |
| ⌃⌘N | Alt+Ctrl+N | Toggle Dark Mode of the app. |
| ⌃⌘I | Alt+Ctrl+I | Toggle Node Info switches between displaying position information and wordcount information on the right side of each node, as well as at the top right corner of the editor. |
| ⌘/ | Ctrl+/ | Show/Hide Toolbar in the app. |
| ⌃⌘F | F11 | Enter Full Screen |
| ⌘B | Ctrl+B | Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off. |
| ⌘I | Ctrl+I | Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off. |
| ⌘U | Ctrl+U | Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off. |
| ⌘L | Ctrl+L | Bullet List: Turn the selected text into a bullet list, or start a new one. |
| ⇧⌘L | Ctrl+Shift+L | Ordered List: Turn the selected text into an ordered list, or start a new one. |
| ⌃⌘C | Alt+Ctrl+C | Inline Code the selected text, or start inserting inline code. |
| ⇧⌘C | Ctrl+Shift+C | Code Block the selected text, or start a new code block. |
| ⌘K | Ctrl+K | Link the selected text to a URL, or remove an existing link. |
| ⇧⌘B | Ctrl+Shift+B | Blockquote the selected text, or start a blockquote section. |
| ⇧⌘H | Ctrl+Shift+H | Horizontal Rule: Insert a horizontal rule. |
| ⇧⌘I | Ctrl+Shift+I | Link Image File: Insert an image linked to a local file location on your device. |
| ⇧⌘U | Ctrl+Shift+U | Link Image URL: Insert an image linked to a remote, online website location. |
| ⌘T | Ctrl+T | Add Child Node to the selected node. |
| ⌘E | Ctrl+E | Edit Node: Opens the distraction-free editor for the selected node. |
| ⌘⌫ | Ctrl+Backspace | Delete Node: Deletes the selected node. |
| ⌘D | Ctrl+D | Duplicate Node: Duplicates the selected node. |
| ⇧↩︎ | Shift+Enter | Quick Edit Title of the selected node, directly, without having to open up the editor. |
| ⌃⌘E | Ctrl+Alt+E | Quick Edit Node with a mini, in-window content editor. |
| ↩︎ | Enter | Quick Add Sibling Node relative to the selected node. |
| ⇧⌘A | Ctrl+Shift+A | Absorb Children of the selected node into the parent node's contents. |
| ⌃⇧↩︎ | Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Toggle Task Status of the currently selected node. |
| \ | Shift+/ | Collapse/Expand the child nodes belonging to the selected node from view. |
| ⌘\ | Ctrl+Shift+/ | Collapse Other Nodes besides the currently selected node. |
| ⌥⌘R | Alt+Ctrl+R | Select Root Node: Selects the root node of the WriteMap. |
| ↑ | Up Arrow | Traverse Up from the selected node. |
| ↓ | Down Arrow | Traverse Down from the selected node. |
| ← | Left Arrow | Traverse Left from the selected node. |
| → | Right Arrow | Traverse Right from the selected node. |
| ⌘M | Ctrl+M | Minimize WriteMapper. |
| ⌘X | Ctrl+X | Cut the selected text and copy it to the Clipboard. |
| ⌘C | Ctrl+C | Copy the selected text to the Clipboard. |
| ⌘V | Ctrl+V | Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current cursor location. |
| ⌘Z | Ctrl+Z | Undo the previous command. |
| ⇧⌘Z | Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo, reversing the undo command. |
| ⌘A | Ctrl+A | Select All items. |
| ⌃⌘Space | Win+; or Win+. | Emojis & Symbols: Open up the Characters dialog to insert Emojis and symbols. |
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