Mattermost keyboard shortcuts

Mattermost keyboard shortcuts help you make a more efficient use of your keyboard when using Mattermost in a web browser or the desktop app.

Tip

In Mattermost, display a list of available keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl / on Windows or Linux, pressing ⌘ / on macOS, or using the /shortcuts slash command.
Additional keyboard shortcuts are available for Mattermost Channels. See the keyboard shortcuts for Mattermost Channels and the team keyboard shortcuts documentation for details.

Navigation shortcuts in the desktop app

The following navigation keyboard shortcuts are supported only in the Mattermost desktop app.

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.

On Windows & Linux	On macOS	Description
`Ctrl` `F`	`⌘` `F`	Move focus to the Search field and search the current channel.
`Ctrl` `Shift` `S`	`⌘` `⌃` `S`	Open the Servers selector, press `↑` or `↓` to navigate between servers, then press `Enter` on Windows or Linux, or `↵` on macOS, to select a server.
`Ctrl` `Shift` `1` `Ctrl` `Shift` `2`	`⌘` `⌃` `1` `⌘` `⌃` `2`	Navigate to the first server in the Servers list. Replace the number with the server’s position within the server in the list.
`Ctrl` `Tab`	`⌘` `Tab`	Navigate to the next product tab based on the current product selected.
`Ctrl` `Shift` `Tab`	`⌘` `⇧` `Tab`	Navigate to the previous product tab based on the current product selected.
`Ctrl` `1`	`⌘` `1`	Navigate to the Channels tab.
`Ctrl` `2`	`⌘` `2`	Navigate to the Boards tab.
`Ctrl` `3`	`⌘` `3`	Navigate to the Playbooks tab.
`Ctrl` `Tab`	`⌘` `Tab`	Navigate to the next product tab based on your current position.

Mattermost desktop app v4.7 and earlier releases support the following navigation keyboard shortcuts:

On Windows & Linux	On macOS	Description
`Ctrl` `F`	`⌘` `F`	Move focus to the Search field and search the current channel.
`Ctrl` `1` `Ctrl` `2` `Ctrl` `3`	`⌘` `1` `⌘` `2` `⌘` `3`	Navigate to the first server in the Servers list. Replace the number with the server’s tab position.
`Ctrl` `Tab`	`⌘` `Tab`	Navigate to the next server tab based on the current server selected.
`Ctrl` `Shift` `Tab`	`⌘` `⇧` `Tab`	Navigate to the previous server tab based on the current server selected.
`Alt` `↓`	`⌥` `↓`	Next channel or direct message in the channel sidebar.

Zoom shortcuts for web and desktop app

The following display keyboard shortcuts work in all supported browsers and in the Mattermost desktop app.

On Windows & Linux	On macOS	Description
`Ctrl` `Shift` `+`	`⌘` `⇧` `+`	Increase font size (zoom in).
`Ctrl` `Shift` `-`	`⌘` `⇧` `-`	Decrease font size (zoom out).

Note

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