Keyboard shortcuts - Help Center

Keyboard shortcuts make navigating and editing faster. Here are the most useful ones for the Mintlify web editor and dashboard.

Global

Action	Shortcut
Open command palette	`⌘K` / `Ctrl+K`
Open search	`⌘K` / `Ctrl+K`, then type
Toggle dark mode	Available in the user menu

On Windows and Linux, Ctrl replaces ⌘ in all shortcuts.

Web editor

Action	Shortcut
Bold	`⌘B` / `Ctrl+B`
Italic	`⌘I` / `Ctrl+I`
Inline code	`⌘E` / `Ctrl+E`
Add link	`⌘K` / `Ctrl+K` (with text selected)
Heading 1	`#` at the start of a line
Heading 2	`##` at the start of a line
Heading 3	`###` at the start of a line
Bulleted list	`-` at the start of a line
Numbered list	`1.` at the start of a line

Component shortcuts

Type / at the beginning of a line to open the component picker. Start typing the component name to filter:

/note → Insert a Note callout
/warning → Insert a Warning callout
/steps → Insert a Steps component
/code → Insert a code block
/card → Insert a Card

Markdown

The Mintlify web editor understands standard Markdown shortcuts. Most formatting can be applied either through the toolbar or via keyboard. If you’re more comfortable writing raw MDX, switch to the code view using the toggle in the top-right corner of the editor.

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