Shortcuts for mastering block operations to freely manipulate content movement, duplication, and editing to materialize thoughts

Esc

Select/deselect block

Press Esc to select the block with cursor; press again to deselect.

💡 Hint: Esc = exit/return

🎯 Select entire blocks to create starting points for efficient editing operations

Ctrl+D

Duplicate block

Duplicates the selected block with Ctrl+D.

💡 Hint: Duplicate

🎯 Duplicate blocks to quickly reuse similar structures

Backspace → Delete

Delete block

Deletes the selected block using Backspace or Delete.

💡 Hint: Delete

🎯 Delete unnecessary blocks to organize content

Ctrl+Shift+Up → Ctrl+Shift+Down → Ctrl+Shift+Left → Ctrl+Shift+Right

Move blocks

Moves selected blocks with Ctrl+Shift+arrow keys.

💡 Hint: Ctrl+Shift+Arrows

🎯 Move blocks to freely adjust content structure

Tab

Indent content

Indents (nests) the content.

💡 Hint: Tab → nest

🎯 Indent content to clarify hierarchical structure

Shift+Tab

Outdent content

Outdents the content.

💡 Hint: Shift + Tab

🎯 Outdent content to flatten structure

Up or Down or Left or Right

Select block with arrow keys

Use arrow keys to select different blocks.

💡 Hint: Arrows

🎯 Select blocks with arrow keys for efficient keyboard-only navigation

Shift+Up → Shift+Down

Expand block selection

Use Shift + arrow keys to expand block selection.

💡 Hint: Shift + Arrows

🎯 Expand block selection to multiple blocks for batch operations

Ctrl+Enter

Operate block

Uses Ctrl+Enter to open pages, toggle to-dos, open/close toggles, or full-screen images.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + Enter

🎯 Execute various block operations uniformly to maximize work efficiency

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