This page lists all Tinderbox keyboard shortcuts ordered by the action key used with all variants (Cmd, Opt, etc.) grouped together.
Abbreviations used:
- Cmd: Command
- Opt: Option (Alt)
- Ctrl: Control
- Esc: Escape
- Fn: Function
Shortcuts - Reverse Listing:
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A+[Cmd]: Select All
A+[Ctrl]: Scroll to top of window (Home)
A+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Create Agent
A+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Attribute Browser view (change current tab's main view type)
A+[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Deselect All (hold Opt to see in menu)
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B+[Cmd]: Bold
B+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Crosstabs view (change current tab's main view type)
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C+[Cmd]: Copy
C+[Ctrl]: Enter Edit-in-Place (view pane's selected note)
C+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Copy Style
C+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Copy View As Image
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D+[Cmd]: Duplicate
D+[Ctrl]: Scroll to bottom of window (End)
D+[Cmd]+Shift]: Dance (map view only)
D+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]+Selection: show Dictionary pop-up (selected $Text)
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E+[Cmd]: Use current selection for Find
E+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Explode
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F+[Cmd]: Find
F+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Find and Replace
F+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: Enter/Leave Full Screen mode (toggle)
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G+[Cmd]: Find Next
G+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Find Previous
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H+[Cmd]: Hide Tinderbox
H+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Hide Others (all other open apps)
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I+[Cmd]: Italic
I+[Ctrl]: Cycle Tab selection
I+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Get Info
I+[Ctrl]+[Shift]: Cycle Tab selection (reverse)
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J+[Cmd]: Jump to Selection
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K+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Show/Hide Displayed Attributes (selected item in main view)
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L+[Cmd]: Make Alias
L+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Browse Links
L+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Park Link (from current $Text selection)
L+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: Link to Selection (untyped link from current $Text selection to note with case-sensitive $Name match)
L+[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Make Web Link
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M+[Cmd]:Minimize
M +[Cmd]+[Opt]: Map view (change current tab's main view type)
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N+[Cmd]: New (TBX Document)
N+[Cmd]+[Shift]: New Window (for current document)
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O+[Cmd]: Open (TBX Document)
O+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Outline view (change current tab's main view type)
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P+[Cmd]: Print
P+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Page Setup
P +[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Insert Pattern. NOTE: Text pane, only if find toolbar displayed.
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Q+[Cmd]: Quit Tinderbox
Q+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Quit and Keep windows (hold Opt key to see in menu)
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R+[Cmd]: Show Original
R+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Show Original in New Tab
R+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Chart view (change current tab's main view type)
R+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: Show Ruler (if focus in text pane)
R+[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Roadmap
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S+[Cmd]: Save
S+[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Shift]: Save As (hold Opt key to see in menu)
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T+[Cmd]: Show/Hide Fonts
T+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Show/Hide Toolbar (for current window)
T+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Standard Size (set selection to default $TextFontSize)
T+[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Standard Font (set selection to default $TextFont)
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U+[Cmd]: Underline
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V+[Cmd]: Paste
V+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Paste Style
V+[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Shift]: Paste and Match Style
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W+[Cmd]: Close Window
W+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Hyperbolic View (was Close All pre v7.5.5)
W+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Close current TBX file (hold Shift key to see in menu)
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X+[Cmd]: Cut
X+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Text Window (open current note text pane as tear-off window)
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Y+[Cmd]+[Shift]: (when cursor is in $Text). Toggles yellow highlight on selected $Text. (from v8.8.0)
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Z+[Cmd]: Undo (last event)
Z+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Redo (last event)
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1+[Cmd]: Show/Hide Inspector
1+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: $Text pane - Set selected text Red
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2+[Cmd]: Show/Hide Quickstamp (Document Inspector, Quickstamp tab - focus goes to search box)
2+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: $Text pane - Set selected text Green
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3+[Cmd]: Show/Hide Prototypes (Document Inspector, Prototype tab)
3+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: $Text pane - Set selected text Blue
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4+[Cmd]: Text Only (hide main view pane). Focus switches to text pane.
4+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: $Text pane - Set selected text Gray
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5+[Cmd]: View and Text (show both main view and text panes)
5+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: $Text pane - Set selected text Black (or $TextFont if not black)
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6+[Cmd]: View Only (hide text pane). Focus switches to view pane if it was in the text pane
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8+[Cmd]: Document Settings
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0+[Cmd]: Standard Scale
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/+[Cmd]: Insert Short Date (in Note text)
/+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Insert Short Date and Time (in Note text)
/+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Open Help Menu (= [Cmd]+[?]) - main views only
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:+[Cmd]: Show Spelling and Grammar
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;+[Cmd]: Check Document Now (for spelling)
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,+[Cmd]: Tinderbox Preferences
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`+[Cmd]: Send Behind (Cycle Open Windows)
`+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Send Behind, reverse order (Cycle Open Windows)
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' (single quote)
'+[Cmd]: Go Back. Navigate back along last traversed link.
- (use hyphen key or number pad minus key)
-+[Cmd]: Shrink
-+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Strikethrough
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.+[Cmd]: Cancel Export (during HTML or text export)
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?+[Cmd]: Open Help menu (= [Cmd]+[Shift]+[/])
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=+[Cmd]: Magnify
=+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: Update Now (Agents). Also updates all edicts, once.
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[+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Previous Tab
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]+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Next Tab
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{+[Cmd]: Align Left
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}+[Cmd]: Align Right
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|+[Cmd]: Align Center
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Spacebar - Main view: Set cursor focus in text pane
Spacebar+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: Show the system Special Characters dialog ('Emoji & symbols')
Spacebar -Displayed Attributes table or Get Info/attributes: Toggle state of boolean attribute (from v8.7.1)
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Left Arrow: Select Previous Sibling Note - Outline Order (Map)
Left Arrow: Select Parent (Outline & Chart)
Left Arrow+[Cmd]: Move cursor to start of line (in $Text pane)
Left Arrow+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Extend selection to start of line (in $Text pane)
Left Arrow+[Opt]: Move cursor to start of current word, then start of previous word (in $Text pane)
Left Arrow+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Collapse (Outline & Chart views)
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Right Arrow: Select Next Sibling Note - Outline Order (Map)
Right Arrow: Select First Child (Outline & Chart) - or collapse container if no child
Right Arrow+[Cmd]: Move cursor to end of line (in $Text pane)
Right Arrow+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Extend selection to end of line (in $Text pane)
Right Arrow+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: Expand Horizontally
Right Arrow+[Opt]: Move cursor to end of current word, then end of next word (in $Text pane)
Right Arrow+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Expand (Outline & Chart views)
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Up Arrow: Expand View (Map)
Up Arrow: Select Previous (Visible) Note (Outline & Chart)
Up Arrow: Select First (Visible) Note (Outline, if no note selected)
Up Arrow+[Cmd]: Move Note Up (Chart/Outline)
Up Arrow+[Cmd]: Expand View (Map)
Up Arrow+[Cmd]+[selection]: Expand View (other view types)
Up Arrow+[Ctrl]: Scroll Page Up
Up Arrow+[Shift]: Extend Outline view selection upwards by one note
Up Arrow+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Text pane focus: select previous $OutlineOrder item in main view (Outline/Chart/Treemap view)
Up Arrow+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Expand view (Map view)
Up Arrow+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Move To Front
Up Arrow+[Cmd]: Move cursor to start of $Text (in $Text pane)
Up Arrow+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Extend selection to start of $Text (in $Text pane)
Up Arrow+[Opt]: Move cursor to beginning of current paragraph, then beginning of previous paragraph (in $Text pane)
Up Arrow+[Fn]: Outline view, scroll one page (screen) up
Up Arrow+[Fn]+[Shift]: Outline view, go to Home
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Down Arrow: Drill Down (Map - with a note icon selected)
Down Arrow: Select Next (Visible) Note (Outline & Chart)
Down Arrow: Select First (Visible) Note (Outline, if no note selected)
Down Arrow+[Cmd]: Move Note Down (Chart/Outline)
Down Arrow+[Cmd]: Map view + selection: Drill Down
Down Arrow+[Ctrl]: Scroll Page Down
Down Arrow+[Shift]: Extend Outline view selection downwards by one note
Down Arrow+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Text pane focus: select next $OutlineOrder item in main view (Outline/Chart/Treemap view)
Down Arrow+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Drill Down (Map)
Down Arrow+[Cmd]+[Ctrl]: Expand Vertically
Down Arrow+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Send To Back
Down Arrow+[Cmd]: Move cursor to end of $Text (in $Text pane)
Down Arrow+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Extend selection to end of $Text (in $Text pane)
Down Arrow+[Opt]: Move cursor to end of current paragraph, then end of next paragraph (in $Text pane)
Down Arrow+[Fn]: Outline view, scroll one page (screen) down
Down Arrow+[Fn]+[Shift]: Outline view, go to End
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Delete Back: Backspace key
Delete Back - Outline: Delete current item and select next item
Delete Back+[Cmd]: Text window - Delete to beginning of line (from cursor)
Delete Back+[Opt]: Text window - Delete to beginning of word (from cursor) or delete previous word
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Delete Forward = Delete key (extended keyboard) or [Fn]+Backspace on laptop or wireless keyboards
Delete Forward - Outline: Delete current item and select next item
Delete Forward+[Cmd]: Text window - Delete to end of line (from cursor)
Delete Forward+[Opt]: Text window - Delete to end of word (from cursor) or delete next word
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Return: Create Note (as next sibling)
Return: Edit-in-place mode: Exit mode
Return: Map view: create new note to right of current selection
Return+[Cmd]: Navigate (forwards). Follow the first listed link in Browse Links
Return+[Shift]: Create child note as last sibling
Return+[Shift]: Edit-in-place mode: exit and create a new note
Return+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Create new note below selected note (Map view)
Return+[Ctrl]: Create new note to left of selected note (Map view)
Return+[Ctrl]: Create note as previous sibling (Outline, Chart view)
Return+[Ctrl]: Edit-in-place mode: split title at insertion point (i.e. insert line break in title)
Return+[Cmd]+[Shift]: Rename selected note (enter edit mode)
Return+[Opt]+[Shift]: Create child note as first sibling
Return+[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Split the current note at the insertion cursor position (focus in text pane)
Return+[Fn]: Rename selected note (enter edit mode)
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Double-click: Create Note (in Outline/Map/Chart when no note selected)
Double-click: Open Note (in Outline/Map/Chart when a note selected) note a different result if an Outline icon is double-clicked
Double-click+[Outline Note icon]: Focus view ('Hoist' in older versions)
Double-click+Roadmap (clicking in in/outbound link lists): shift view focus to destination note
Double-click+[selected Map container icon]: Drill down (double click must be in viewport area of icon)
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Tab - Outline: Demote current selection
Tab+[Opt]: Toggle focus: $Text -> first Displayed Attribute -> main view -> $Text
Tab+[Shift]: Outline - Promote current selection
Tab+[Ctrl]: Select next document tab
Tab+[Ctrl]+[Shift]: Select previous document tab
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Enter: Rename selected note (enter edit mode)
Enter: Enter/Leave Edit-in-place mode (selected note in main view)
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Esc: Stop creating a link (when link drag is active)
Esc: Clear typeahead buffer (major/minor views using typeahead)
Esc: Edit-in-place mode: exit edit mode, ignore current edits
Esc+[Opt]: invoke OS text autocomplete (view and text pane) (v8.1.1)
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Home: Scroll $Text to start of note $Text without moving insertion point (in $Text pane)
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End: Scroll $Text to end of note $Text without moving insertion point (in $Text pane)
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Page Up: Scroll $Text up one page, by $Text pane size, without moving insertion point (in $Text pane)
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Page Down: Scroll $Text up down page, by $Text pane size, without moving insertion point (in $Text pane)
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[Cmd]: Force toggle Select tool
[Cmd]+drag -select: Select text in read-only notes.
[Cmd]+drag window edge: resize document window retaining text pane width.
[Cmd]+[Opt]: Underline links (Note text windows only)
[Cmd]+[Shift]+drag: add to container as last ($OutlineOrder) sibling(s); default is to be added as first
[Cmd]+[Opt]+[click]: (in link anchor text) follow link, i.e. open destination note
[Cmd]+[Opt]+[Ctrl]: Toggle zoomed map view (show all contents)
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[Option]: Toggle Select Area tool
[Option]+[click]: Text pane, click inside $Text link anchor without following link
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[Ctrl]+[click]: Open content menu (OS feature)
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Outline disclosure triangle+[click]+[Cmd]: Show/hide children of this and all sibling containers after this in $OutlineOrder (toggle)
Outline disclosure triangle+[click]+[Cmd]+[Opt]: Expand/Collapse All Containers (toggle)
Outline disclosure triangle+[click]+[Opt]: Expand All Descendants (toggle)
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View selection+[click]+[Cmd]: Add/remove item
View selection+[click]+[Shift]: Expand selection
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Mouse wheel - Vertical Map Scroll
Mouse wheel+[Shift]: Horizontal Map scroll
Mouse wheel+[Ctrl]: zoom screen (OS feature: System Prefs-> Accessibility)
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[Outline icon]+[Double-click]: Focus view ('Hoist' in older versions)
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Trackpad+[drag]: scroll view
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[drag]+[Shift]: Timeline view maintain date (horizontal position) dragging between timebands
[drag]+[Shift]: Map view - constrain to horizontal/vertical movement and disable guides
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[Fn] x 2: Start Dictation (tap key twice for OS Dictation function)