Keyboard Shortcuts

MDflow keeps its own shortcut list deliberately short. The editor is Monaco — the engine behind VS Code — so most of the useful keys are the ones you already know from there.

MDflow's own shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+S / Ctrl+S	Save the document. Works in the MDflow editor, and in the GitHub and Google Drive editors
Escape	Close the open dialog, panel or menu
Enter	Confirm the open dialog

Resizing the sidebar without a mouse

The sidebar's resize handle is keyboard accessible. Focus it and use:

Key	Action
← / →	Narrow / widen the sidebar
Home / End	Jump to the minimum / maximum width

Your chosen width is remembered in the browser.

Editor shortcuts

Because the editor is Monaco, VS Code's editing shortcuts apply — find and replace, multi-cursor, line moves, block selection, and the rest. If a key works in VS Code's text editor, it very probably works here.

MDflow does not override or document these; they come with the engine.

In-editor actions without shortcuts

These have no key binding — use the interface:

• Switching Edit / Split / Preview
• Focus mode
• Toggling autosave
• Opening version history
• The markdown help panel
• @ to link a document (type the character; it is not a shortcut)

Other MDflow surfaces

The Web Clipper has three configurable shortcuts:

• Open the clipper
• Quick-clip the page
• Toggle the highlighter

The highlighter also supports undo and redo while you work. See 03 Ways to Clip.

The VS Code and Cursor extension uses Ctrl/Cmd+S to save a document back to MDflow, and exposes its encryption commands through the Command Palette.

The iOS app has no keyboard shortcuts, but offers Siri intents, a Control Center control, and a widget instead. See 02 iOS App.

Why so few

Worth saying plainly, so you do not go hunting for a cheat sheet that does not exist: MDflow has no global command palette, no quick-open, and no vim mode. The Cmd+S habit and Monaco's editing keys cover the day-to-day; everything else is a click.