Slack
A platform transforming team communication, visualizing work flow with channel-based conversations
Navigation shortcuts that dramatically improve communication efficiency with rapid movement through Slack via channel switching, quick search, and message navigation
Ctrl+K
Open Quick Switcher
Opens the Quick Switcher dialog.
💡 Hint: Quick Switcher
🎯 Instantly search and switch between channels, DMs, and members for high-speed navigation
Ctrl+F
Open search
Searches conversations and messages.
💡 Hint: Find
🎯 Efficiently search for messages and files within channels or across the entire workspace
F3
Find next
Goes to the next search result.
💡 Hint: F3 = next
🎯 Sequentially review search results to quickly discover target information
Shift+F3
Find previous
Goes to the previous search result.
💡 Hint: Shift + F3 = previous
🎯 Move through search results in reverse to ensure no information is missed
Ctrl+Shift+]
Go to next channel
Navigates to the next channel.
💡 Hint: Next channel
🎯 Move through channel list sequentially for efficient workspace navigation
Ctrl+Shift+[
Go to previous channel
Navigates to the previous channel.
💡 Hint: Previous channel
🎯 Return to previous channel to track conversation flow
Ctrl+E
Focus message input
Moves focus to the message input field.
💡 Hint: Focus input
🎯 Instantly move to message input field from keyboard for rapid typing start
Ctrl+Shift+N
Enter message navigation mode
Enters message navigation mode.
💡 Hint: Navigation mode
🎯 Efficiently navigate between messages in message navigation mode