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 |
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⌘, | 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. |
⇧⌘⌫ | Shift+Ctrl+Backspace | Delete This Node Only: Deletes the selected node, keeping its child nodes. |
⌘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. |
⌘F | Ctrl+F | Search: Locate the entered keyword from within your WriteMap’s contents. |
⌘P | Ctrl+P | Live Preview: Open a real-time preview of your WriteMap in a new window. |
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