Tiptap comes with sensible keyboard shortcut defaults. Depending on what you want to use it for, you’ll probably want to change those keyboard shortcuts to your liking. Let’s have a look at what we defined for you, and show you how to change it then!

Predefined keyboard shortcuts

Most of the core extensions register their own keyboard shortcuts. Depending on what set of extension you use, not all of the below listed keyboard shortcuts work for your editor.

Essentials

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Copy Control + C Cmd + C
Cut Control + X Cmd + X
Paste Control + V Cmd + V
Paste without formatting Control + Shift + V Cmd + Shift + V
Undo Control + Z Cmd + Z
Redo Control + Shift + Z Cmd + Shift + Z
Add a line break Shift + Enter
Control + Enter Shift + Enter
Cmd + Enter

Text Formatting

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Bold Control + B Cmd + B
Italicize Control + I Cmd + I
Underline Control + U Cmd + U
Strikethrough Control + Shift + S Cmd + Shift + S
Highlight Control + Shift + H Cmd + Shift + H
Code Control + E Cmd + E

Paragraph Formatting

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Apply normal text style Control + Alt + 0 Cmd + Alt + 0
Apply heading style 1 Control + Alt + 1 Cmd + Alt + 1
Apply heading style 2 Control + Alt + 2 Cmd + Alt + 2
Apply heading style 3 Control + Alt + 3 Cmd + Alt + 3
Apply heading style 4 Control + Alt + 4 Cmd + Alt + 4
Apply heading style 5 Control + Alt + 5 Cmd + Alt + 5
Apply heading style 6 Control + Alt + 6 Cmd + Alt + 6
Ordered list Control + Shift + 7 Cmd + Shift + 7
Bullet list Control + Shift + 8 Cmd + Shift + 8
Task list Control + Shift + 9 Cmd + Shift + 9
Blockquote Control + Shift + B Cmd + Shift + B
Left align Control + Shift + L Cmd + Shift + L
Center align Control + Shift + E Cmd + Shift + E
Right align Control + Shift + R Cmd + Shift + R
Justify Control + Shift + J Cmd + Shift + J
Code block Control + Alt + C Cmd + Alt + C
Subscript Control + , Cmd + ,
Superscript Control + . Cmd + .

Text Selection

Command Windows/Linux macOS
Select all Control + A Cmd + A
Extend selection one character to left Shift + ← Shift + ←
Extend selection one character to right Shift + → Shift + →
Extend selection one line up Shift + ↑ Shift + ↑
Extend selection one line down Shift + ↓ Shift + ↓

Overwrite keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts may be strings like 'Shift-Control-Enter'. Keys are based on the strings that can appear in event.key, concatenated with a -. There is a little tool called keycode.info, which shows the event.key interactively.

Use lowercase letters to refer to letter keys (or uppercase letters if you want shift to be held). You may use Space as an alias for the ``.

Modifiers can be given in any order. Shift, Alt, Control and Cmd are recognized. For characters that are created by holding shift, the Shift prefix is implied, and should not be added explicitly.

You can use Mod as a shorthand for Cmd on Mac and Control on other platforms.

Here is an example how you can overwrite the keyboard shortcuts for an existing extension:

// 1. Import the extension
import BulletList from '@tiptap/extension-bullet-list'

// 2. Overwrite the keyboard shortcuts
const CustomBulletList = BulletList.extend({
  addKeyboardShortcuts() {
    return {
      // ↓ your new keyboard shortcut
      'Mod-l': () => this.editor.commands.toggleBulletList(),
    }
  },
})

// 3. Add the custom extension to your editor
new Editor({
  extensions: [
    CustomBulletList(),
    // …
  ],
})

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