In the fast-paced world of digital teamwork, efficiency matters. Confluence shortcuts make your daily work faster and easier. They help you navigate pages, edit content, and manage tasks with minimal effort. By mastering Confluence shortcuts, you can streamline your workflow and save valuable time. In this guide, I’ll show you how to access the complete list of shortcuts directly within Confluence and boost your productivity like never before.
What is Confluence
Confluence is a collaborative platform that helps teams manage knowledge, organize projects, and document processes in one place. It allows users to create pages, share ideas, and track progress in real time. With its intuitive structure, Confluence turns scattered information into a clear, organized knowledge base. Whether for software development, business documentation, or team planning, Confluence provides the foundation for transparent and efficient collaboration.
General
The general keyboard shortcuts can be used everywhere.
Global shortcuts
The plus sign is an operator and does not (!) represent the plus sign on the keyboard.
| Create Content | c |
| Go to Dashboard | g + d |
| Open Notifications | g + n |
| Browse Current Space | g + s |
| Open Shortcut Help | ? |
| Quick Search | / |
| Quick Search | g + g |
| Toggle Sidebar | [ |
| Toggle Sidebar from Editor | Ctrl + [ |
Page / Blog Post Actions
| Add Page | c |
| Add Blog | b |
| Edit | e |
| Comment | m |
| Next Inline Comment | n |
| Previous Inline Comment | p |
| Toggle Inline Comments | ] |
| Toggle Inline Comments from Editor | Ctrl + ] |
| Watch | w |
| Share | s |
| Edit Labels | l |
| View Attachments | t |
| Favourite Page | f |
| Link to Page | k |
| Enter Presenter Mode | r |
Editor
The general keyboard shortcuts can be used in the editor.
Block Formatting
| Paragraph | Ctrl + Alt + 0 |
| Heading 1 | Ctrl + Alt + 1 |
| Heading 6 | Ctrl + Alt + 6 |
| Numbered list | Ctrl + Shift + 7 |
| Bullet list | Ctrl + Shift + 8 |
| Quote | Ctrl + Shift + 9 |
Rich Formatting
| Files and images | Ctrl + M |
| Link | Ctrl + K |
| Insert markup | Ctrl + Shift + D |
| Macro | Ctrl + Shift + A |
| Table | Ctrl + Shift + I |
| Add row above | Ctrl + Alt + ↑ |
| Add row below | Ctrl + Alt + ↓ |
| Add column after | Ctrl + Alt + → |
| Add column before | Ctrl + Alt + ← |
Editing Actions
| Preview | Ctrl + Shift + E |
| Publish | Ctrl + Enter |
| Publish with note | Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
| Find & Replace | Ctrl + F |
Editor Autoformatting
The general keyboard shortcuts can be used in the editor for automatic formatting.
Font Formatting
| **Bold** | **Bold** |
| ~~Strikethrough~~ | ~~Strikethrough~~ |
| *Italic* | *Italic* |
| `Monospace` | `Monospace` |
Autocomplete
| Image/ media | ! |
| Link | [ |
| Macro | { |
| mention | @ |
Tables
| Simple table | |Cell|Cell| |
| Table with header | ||Heading||Heading|| |
Styles
| Heading 1 | # + Space |
| Heading 3 | ### +Space |
| Quote | > + Space |
Emoticons
| ✅ | (/) |
| 🙂 | 🙂 |
Lists
| Numbered list | 1. + Space |
| Bullet list | * + Space |
| Task | [] + Space |
Accessing in the User Interface
There are three ways to access keyboard the shortcuts.
- You can access the keyboard shortcuts directly in the GUI by clicking on the ‘?’ in the top right. A sidebar opens on the left and a little further down.
- Another option is to click ‘Shift + ?’ when you are viewing a page.
- The third way to open the keyboard shortcuts is to click the ‘?’ symbol in the editor toolbar – when you are currently working on a page in the editor.
Conclusions
In this article you will find all the keyboard shortcuts in Confluence. Create a direct access in your browser, for example in the favorites bar (!), so that you can always access this page directly. Over time you will know all the keyboard shortcuts by heart. Until then, we hope that this page helps you!
What’s Next?!
Now that you know what Confluence is and how it supports effective collaboration, it’s time to dive deeper into how you can use it efficiently. In my next article, Introducing the Confluence Editor Mode: A Seamless Experience for Teams, I’ll show you how the editor enhances teamwork, simplifies content creation, and improves user experience. Let’s explore how this feature makes working in Confluence smoother and more intuitive for everyone.
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