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.
Mattermost Desktop App v4.7 and earlier releases support the following navigation keyboard shortcuts:
On Windows
On Mac
Description
CTRL+F
CMD+F
Move focus to the Search field and search the current channel.
CTRL+1, CTRL+2, CTRL+3
CMD+1
Navigate to the first server in the Servers list. Replace the number with the server’s tab position.
CTRL+TAB
CMD+TAB
Navigate to the next server tab based on the current server selected.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
CMD+SHIFT+TAB
Navigate to the previous server tab based on the current server selected.
ALT+DOWN
OPTION+DOWN
Next channel or direct message in the channel sidebar.
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.
