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Keyboard Shortcuts

Speed up your workflow in Blink with these keyboard shortcuts.

Written by Liv Rafferty


Navigation

Shortcut

Action

Notes

⌘/Ctrl + K

Focus quick search

⌘/Ctrl + J

Open help (Intercom)

Same as the Help button

G, then 1

Go to Feed

G, then 2

Go to Chats / Inbox

G, then 3

Go to Directory

G, then 4

Go to Hub

G, then A

Open Admin dashboard

Opens in a new context

N, then F

Start a new feed post

Opens Feed and the composer

N, then C

Start a new chat

Chat & messaging

Shortcut

Action

Context

⌘/Ctrl + /

Open the (+) menu

Chat reply and feed comment reply

/ + command

Slash commands (e.g. /gif, /attach)

See the (+) menu for the full list

Enter

Send message

Default reply mode

Shift + Enter

New line / paragraph

In the composer

⌘/Ctrl + Enter

Send message

When the long-form compose toolbar is open

⌘/Ctrl + ↑

Edit your latest message

Composer must be empty

⌘/Ctrl + Enter

Save edited message

In the edit message modal

Esc

Cancel edit

In the edit message modal

Feed & media

Shortcut

Action

Context

Enter

Submit a comment or reply

Feed comments

← / →

Previous / next story

Shorts modal

← / →

Previous / next media item

Lightbox viewer

Esc

Close the panel

Account overlay

Note: the feed post composer itself is submitted via the on-screen button, not Enter.



Text formatting

Available anywhere rich text/markdown formatting is enabled (chat, Hub pages). Feed comments typically don't support formatting.

Shortcut

Action

Notes

⌘/Ctrl + B

Bold

⌘/Ctrl + I

Italic

⌘/Ctrl + U

Underline

Only available if underline is enabled for your account

⌘/Ctrl + Z

Undo

⌘/Ctrl + Shift + Z

Redo

: + search term

Insert an emoji

Where emoji picker is enabled

@ + name

Mention someone

Where mentions are enabled

bold, - list, # heading, etc.

Auto-formats as markdown

Type the markdown pattern and it converts automatically

Dashboard & builders

Shortcut

Action

Context

Enter

Send an AI prompt

Builder composer

Shift/⌘/Ctrl + Enter

New line

Builder composer

Enter

Submit an AI prompt

Email Builder design sidebar

Formatting shortcuts

Same as the Text formatting section above

Hub page editor

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