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# 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](/doc/16f31233-5d90-427d-acc7-bc9e2c1b7e9a).

**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](/doc/0a35e506-d632-4f07-aa6a-1d19a5ab3940).

## 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.