Keyboard shortcuts for Channels

Keyboard shortcuts for Mattermost Channels help you make a more efficient use of your keyboard.

Tip

Display a list of available keyboard shortcuts by pressing CTRL+/ (CMD+/ on macOS), or use the /shortcuts slash command.

Navigation shortcuts for Mattermost Channels

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

Note

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

On Windows & Linux	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+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 or close the right-hand sidebar.
CTRL+SHIFT+.	CMD+SHIFT+.	Expand or shrink the width of the open right-hand sidebar.
CTRL+SHIFT+F	CMD+SHIFT+F	Move focus to the Search field and search the current channel.

File upload shortcuts

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

On Windows & Linux	On Mac	Description
CTRL+U	CMD+U	Upload a file.

Message shortcuts

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

On Windows & Linux	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 shortcuts

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

On Windows & Linux	On Mac	Description
CTRL+B	CMD+B	Bold text.
CTRL+I	CMD+I	Italicize text.
CTRL+ALT+K	CMD+OPTION+K	Format text as a link.

Accessibility nagivation shortcuts

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

On Windows & Linux	On Mac	Description
ALT+LEFT	CMD+[	Go to the previous channel in your history.
ALT+RIGHT	CMD+]	Go to the next channel in your history.
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.

Note

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