Keyboard Shortcuts 

Available in Mattermost Free and Starter subscription plans. Available for Mattermost Cloud deployments. Available for Mattermost Self-Hosted deployments.

Keyboard shortcuts perform operations in Mattermost to help you navigate through channels and make a more efficient use of your keyboard. See the Executing Slash Commands documentation for alternate ways to help carry out actions with a keyboard instead of a mouse.

To display a list of available keyboard shortcuts, press CTRL+/ (CMD+/ on Mac), or use the /shortcuts slash command.

Note

Though Mattermost keyboard shortcuts support standard languages and keyboard layouts, they may not work if you use keymapping that overwrites default browser shortcuts.

Mattermost server and product navigation 

Mattermost Desktop App v5.0 introduces additional ways to navigate your Mattermost interface, including server selections, as well as tabs for Channels, Playbooks, and Boards. The following keyboard shortcuts are supported in Mattermost Desktop App only.

On Windows

On Mac

Description

CTRL+F

CMD+F

Move focus to the Search field and search the current channel.

CTRL+SHIFT+S

CMD+CTRL+S

Open the Servers selector, then use UP/DOWN arrows to navigate between servers. Use ENTER to select a server.
CTRL+SHIFT+1,
CTRL+SHIFT+2
CMD+CTRL+1,
CMD+CTRL+2
Navigate to the first server in the Servers list. Replace the number with the
server’s position within the server in the Servers list.

CTRL+TAB

CMD+TAB

Navigate to the next product tab based on the current product selected.

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

CMD+SHIFT+TAB

Navigate to the previous product tab based on the current product selected.

CTRL+1

CMD+1

Navigate to the Channels tab.

CTRL+2

CMD+2

Navigate to the Boards tab.

CTRL+3

CMD+3

Navigate to the Playbooks tab.

CTRL+TAB

CMD+TAB

Navigate to the next product tab based on your current position.

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

CMD+SHIFT+TAB

Navigate to the previous product tab based on your current position.

General Mattermost navigation 

The following keyboard shortcuts are supported in all supported browsers and in the Mattermost Desktop App.

Note

See our Keyboard Accessibility documentation for additional navigation keyboard shortcuts for screen reader users.

On Windows

On Mac

Description

ALT+UP

OPTION+UP

Previous channel or direct message in the channel sidebar.

ALT+DOWN

OPTION+DOWN

Next channel or direct message in the channel sidebar.

ALT+SHIFT+UP

OPTION+SHIFT+UP

Previous channel or direct message in the channel sidebar with unread messages.

ALT+SHIFT+DOWN

OPTION+SHIFT+DOWN

Next channel or direct message in the channel sidebar with unread messages.

CTRL+ALT+UP

CMD+OPTION+UP

Navigate to the previous team.

CTRL+ALT+DOWN

CMD+OPTION+DOWN

Navigate to the next team.

CTRL+ALT+[1-9]

CMD+OPTION+[1-9]

Navigate to a specific team.

CTRL+K

CMD+K

Open a quick channel selector dialog.

CTRL+SHIFT+K

CMD+SHIFT+K

Open the Direct Messages dialog.

CTRL+SHIFT+A

CMD+SHIFT+A

Open the Settings dialog.

CTRL+SHIFT+M

CMD+SHIFT+M

Open recent mentions.

CTRL+SHIFT+L

CMD+SHIFT+L

Set focus to center channel input field.

CTRL+.

CMD+.

Open and close the right-hand sidebar.

CTRL+SHIFT+F

CMD+SHIFT+F

Move focus to the Search field and search the current channel.

Files 

The following keyboard shortcuts are supported in all supported browsers and in the Mattermost Desktop App.

On Windows

On Mac

Description

CTRL+U

CMD+U

Upload a file.

Messages 

The following keyboard shortcuts are supported in all supported browsers and in the Mattermost Desktop App.

On Windows

On Mac

Description

CTRL+UP (in empty input field)

CMD+UP (in empty input field)

Reprint previous message or slash command you entered.

CTRL+DOWN (in empty input field)

CMD+DOWN (in empty input field)

Reprint next message or slash command you entered.

SHIFT+UP (in empty input field)

SHIFT+UP (in empty input field)

Reply to the most recent message in the current channel.

UP (in empty input field)

UP (in empty input field)

Edit your last message in the current channel.

@[character]+TAB

@[character]+TAB

Autocomplete @username beginning with [character].

~[character]+TAB

~[character]+TAB

Autocomplete channel beginning with [character].

:[character]+TAB

:[character]+TAB

Autocomplete emoji beginning with [character].

CTRL+SHIFT+\

CMD+SHIFT+\

React to last message in channel or thread.

Formatting 

The following keyboard shortcuts are supported in all supported browsers and in the Mattermost Desktop App.

On Windows

On Mac

Description

CTRL+B

CMD+B

Bold text.

CTRL+I

CMD+I

Italicize text.

CTRL+ALT+K

CMD+ALT+K

Format text as a link.

Browser built-in 

The following keyboard shortcuts are supported in all supported browsers and in the Mattermost Desktop App.

On Windows

On Mac

Description

ALT+LEFT

CMD+[

Previous channel in your history.

ALT+RIGHT

CMD+]

Next channel in your history.

CTRL+PLUS

CMD+PLUS

Increase font size (zoom in).

CTRL+MINUS

CMD+MINUS

Decrease font size (zoom out).

SHIFT+UP (in input field)

SHIFT+UP (in input field)

Highlight text to the previous line.

SHIFT+DOWN (in input field)

SHIFT+DOWN (in input field)

Highlight text to the next line.

SHIFT+ENTER (in input field)

SHIFT+ENTER (in input field)

Create a new line.