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 + [
Global shortcuts
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
For Page / Blog Post Actions
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
For Block Formatting
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 + ←
For Rich Formatting
Editing Actions
Preview
Ctrl + Shift + E
Publish
Ctrl + Enter
Publish with note
Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Find & Replace
Ctrl + F
For Editing Actions
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`
For Font Formatting
Autocomplete
Image/ media
!
Link
[
Macro
{
mention
@
For Autocomplete
Tables
Simple table
|Cell|Cell|
Table with header
||Heading||Heading||
For Tables
Styles
Heading 1
# + Space
Heading 3
### +Space
Quote
> + Space
For Styles
Emoticons
✅
(/)
🙂
🙂
For Emoticons
Lists
Numbered list
1. + Space
Bullet list
* + Space
Task
[] + Space
For Lists
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.
