Scrivr

All shortcuts use Mod as a platform-agnostic modifier — Cmd on macOS, Ctrl on Windows and Linux.

Built-in shortcuts

Text formatting

Shortcut	Command	Extension
`Mod-b`	`toggleBold()`	`Bold`
`Mod-i`	`toggleItalic()`	`Italic`
`Mod-u`	`toggleUnderline()`	`Underline`
`Mod-Shift-s`	`toggleStrikethrough()`	`Strikethrough`
`Mod-Shift-h`	`toggleHighlight()`	`Highlight`

Block type

Shortcut	Command	Extension
`Mod-Alt-1` … `Mod-Alt-6`	`setHeading1()` … `setHeading6()`	`Heading`
`Mod-Alt-0`	`setParagraph()`	`Heading`
`Mod-Alt-c`	`toggleCodeBlock()`	`CodeBlock`

Alignment

Shortcut	Command
`Mod-Shift-l`	`setAlignLeft()`
`Mod-Shift-e`	`setAlignCenter()`
`Mod-Shift-r`	`setAlignRight()`
`Mod-Shift-j`	`setAlignJustify()`

Lists

Shortcut	Action
`Mod-Shift-8`	Toggle bullet list
`Mod-Shift-9`	Toggle ordered list
`Tab`	Indent list item
`Shift-Tab`	Dedent list item

History

Shortcut	Command
`Mod-z`	`undo()`
`Mod-Shift-z`	`redo()`
`Mod-y`	`redo()` (Windows alias)

Editing

Shortcut	Action
`Mod-a`	Select all
`Shift-Enter`	Insert hard break (line break without splitting the block)
`Tab` (inside code block)	Insert two spaces

Adding a custom shortcut

import { Extension } from '@scrivr/core';

const MyShortcuts = Extension.create({
  name: 'myShortcuts',

  addKeymap() {
    return {
      'Mod-Shift-x': (state, dispatch) => {
        if (dispatch) dispatch(state.tr.insertText('✕'));
        return true;
      },
    };
  },
});

Overriding a built-in shortcut

Register the same key in your extension's addKeymap(). Extensions are resolved in the order they appear in the extensions array — later extensions override earlier ones for the same key.

// Place MyExtension after StarterKit to override Mod-b
const editor = new Editor({
  extensions: [StarterKit, MyExtension],
});

To disable a shortcut entirely, return false from the command:

addKeymap() {
  return {
    'Mod-b': () => false, // disable bold shortcut
  };
},

Keyboard Shortcuts