Keyboard shortcuts for students

Press ? anywhere in the app to see the list of shortcuts. It is also in the account menu under Keyboard shortcuts.

Shortcuts work when you are not typing in a field. Search (Ctrl K) works while typing too, except in the code editor.

Alt and AltGr

Press Alt combinations with the left Alt key. On a Lithuanian keyboard the right one (AltGr) types digits, so the app does not treat it as a shortcut. Alt combinations work with any keyboard layout. On a Mac, Alt is ⌥ (Option).

Everywhere

Action	Windows, Linux, ChromeOS	macOS
Search	Ctrl K	⌘ K
Show or hide the sidebar	[	[
New tab	Alt N	⌥ N
Close tab	Alt W	⌥ W
Go to tab 1–8	Alt 1 … 8	⌥ 1 … 8
Go to the last tab	Alt 9	⌥ 9
Previous or next tab	Alt [ / Alt ]	⌥ [ / ⌥ ]
Reopen closed tab	Alt Shift T	⌥ ⇧ T
Show keyboard shortcuts	?	?
Close a menu, dialog or side panel	Esc	Esc

Hold Ctrl (⌘ on a Mac) while clicking a link to open it in a new tab in the background.

In the search dialog, pick a result with ↑ ↓ and open it with Enter.

Problems

In a course’s Problems:

Action	Key
Next or previous problem in the list	J / K
Open the highlighted problem	Enter

On a problem’s page:

Action	Key
Next problem	J
Previous problem	K
Open the editor	E

E works on programming problems you can solve right now. Excel tasks are solved by downloading and uploading a workbook, so they have no editor.

Code editor

The editor shows the same list under Editor options → Keyboard shortcuts.

Action	Windows, Linux, ChromeOS	macOS
Run samples	Ctrl Enter	⌘ Enter
Submit	Ctrl Shift Enter	⌘ ⇧ Enter
Save draft	Ctrl S	⌘ S
Command palette	F1	F1
Find	Ctrl F	⌘ F
Replace	Ctrl H	⌥ ⌘ F
Go to line	Ctrl G	⌃ G
Add a cursor	Alt + click, Ctrl D	⌥ + click, ⌘ D
Fold or unfold a block	Ctrl Shift [	⌥ ⌘ [
Comment or uncomment lines	Ctrl /	⌘ /
Word wrap	Alt Z	⌥ Z
Tab moves focus	Ctrl M	⌃ ⇧ M

• Run, Submit and Save also work while focus is elsewhere in the workspace (outside the editor), as long as no dialog or menu is open.
• While the editor has focus, the shortcuts for everywhere are off: Ctrl K belongs to the editor there. To search, leave the editor first.
• Tab normally indents code. Press Ctrl M (⌃ ⇧ M on a Mac) so that Tab and Shift Tab move focus out of the editor; press it again to switch back.
• Drag the gap between panes to resize them, or double-click it to hide or show the statement or the tests. When the gap has keyboard focus, the arrow keys resize and Enter hides or shows.

Submissions

In a course’s Submissions:

Action	Key
Next or previous row	J / K
Open or close the result in the side panel	Space
Close the result	Esc

While a result is open, J and K change it along with the row.

Inbox and messages

The Inbox works like Linear’s:

Action	Key
Next or previous notification	J / K (↓ / ↑ in the list too)
Show the notification beside the list	Space
Open what the notification is about	Enter
Mark as read or unread	U
Archive	E or Backspace
Snooze	H
Close the notification	Esc

In Messages, move between conversations with J / K (↓ / ↑ in the list too). Send a message with Ctrl Enter (⌘ Enter on a Mac).

Also

• Side panels (such as a submission’s result): Esc closes them. With the panel’s edge focused, ← / → change its width (bigger steps with Shift), Home / End set the narrowest or widest, and a double-click on the edge restores the usual width. The sidebar’s width works the same way.
• Settings: Esc leaves Settings and takes you back where you were.
• Submission calendar on My work: pick a day with the arrow keys.