If you use Scrivener, it’s likely that you’re interested in maximizing your writing productivity. Scrivener is a powerful writing tool that gives you flexibility and control over almost every aspect of your writing. One of the best ways to speed up your writing workflow is to become a power user through the use of keyboard shortcuts. Below I’ve included a comprehensive list of Scrivener’s keyboard shortcuts for the Mac version of Scrivener.  

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

• ⌘ = Command Key (Apple Key)
• ⌥ = Option Key (Alt Key)
• ⇧ = Shift Key
• ⌃ = Control Key
• ↑ = Up Arrow Key
• ↓ = Down Arrow Key
• → = Right Arrow Key
• ← = Left Arrow Key
• ↩ = Return Key
• ⎋ = ESC Key (or ESC)
• ⇥ = Tab Key
• ⌫ = Delete Key

Shortcut List

SCRIVENER

• Preferences ⌘,
• Hide Scrivener ⌘H
• Hide Others ⌥⌘H
• Quit Scrivener ⌘Q

FILE

• New Project ⇧⌘N
• Open… ⌘O
• Close Project ⇧⌘W
• Close Project and Clear Interface Settings ⌥⇧⌘W
• Close Window ⌘W
• Save ⌘S
• Save and Rebuild Search Indexes ⌥⌘S
• Save As… ⇧⌘S
• Import > Files… ⇧⌘I
• Import > Web Page… ⌥⌘W
• Export > Files… ⇧⌘E
• Page Setup… ⇧⌘P
• Print Current Document… ⌘P
• Compile Draft… ⌥⌘E

EDIT

• Undo ⌘Z
• Redo ⇧⌘Z
• Cut ⌘X
• Copy ⌘C
• Copy Special > Copy without Comments and Footnotes ⌥⇧⌘C
• Paste ⌘V
• Paste and Match Style ⌥⇧⌘V
• Select All ⌘A
• Select Current Text ⌥⌘A
• Complete ⌥⎋
• Complete Document Title ⌃⎋
• Insert > Line Break ⌥⌘↩
• Insert > Bookmark Annotation ⇧⌘B
• Insert > Current Date & Time ⌥⇧⌘D
• Scrivener Link > New Link… ⌘L
• Find > Find… ⌘F
• Find > Find Next ⌘G
• Find > Find Previous ⇧⌘G
• Find > Use Selection for Find ⌘E
• Find > Jump to Selection ⌘J
• Find > Project Search ⌃⌥F
• Find > Find by Formatting… ⌃⌥⌘F
• Find > Find Next Formatting ⌥⇧⌘G
• Find > Find Previous Formatting ⌃⌥⌘G
• Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar ⌘:
• Spelling and Grammar > Check Document Now ⌘;
• Spelling and Grammar > Check Spelling While Typing ⌘\
• Special Characters ⌥⌘T

VIEW

• Document/Scrivenings ⌘1
• Corkboard ⌘2
• Outline ⌘3
• Zoom > Zoom In ⇧⌘>
• Zoom > Zoom Out ⇧⌘<
• Go To > Previous Document ⌥⌘↑
• Go To > Next Document ⌥⌘↓
• Go To > Enclosing Group ⌃⌘R
• Go To > Editor Selection ⌘4
• Layout > Show/Hide Binder ⌥⌘B
• Layout > Show/Hide Inspector ⌥⌘I
• Layout > No Split ⌘’
• Layout > Split Horizontally ⌥⌘=
• Layout > Split Vertically ⌘”
• Layout > Show Layouts ⇧⌘)
• Editor > Lock in Place ⌥⌘L
• Editor > Forward in Document History ⌘]
• Editor > Backward in Document History ⌘[
• Editor > Other Editor > Forward in History ⌥⌘]
• Editor > Other Editor > Backward in History ⌥⌘[
• Editor > Other Editor > Scroll Up ⌃⌥⌘↑
• Editor > Other Editor > Scroll Down ⌃⌥⌘↓
• Media > Play Media FIle ⌘↩
• Media > Fast Forward ⌥⌘}
• Media > Rewind ⌥⌘{
• Page View > Show/Hide Page View ⌥⇧⌘P
• Corkboard > Show Pins ⌃⌘P
• Corkboard > Show Stamps ⌃⌘S
• Corkboard > Show Keyword Colors ⌃⌘K
• Move Focus To > (Next Pane) ⌃⇥This menu item cycles left to right through Binder, Left/Top Editor, Right/Bottom Editor, changing to the next target.
• Move Focus To > Binder ⌃⌥⌘B
• Move Focus To > (Left/Bottom) Editor ⌃⌥⌘E
• Move Focus To > Right/Top/Supporting Editor ⌃⌥⌘R
• Inspect > Synopsis ⌃⌥⌘I
• Inspect > Notes ⌃⌥⌘H
• Inspect > References ⌃⌥⌘N
• Inspect > Keywords ⌃⌥⌘J
• Inspect > Custom Meta-Data ⌃⌥⌘M
• Inspect > Snapshots ⌃⌥⌘M
• Inspect > Comments and Footnotes ⌃⌥⌘K
• Outline > Expand All ⌘9
• Outline > Collapse All ⌘0
• Outline > Previous Container ⌃⌥↑
• Outline > Next Container ⌃⌥↓
• Reveal in Binder ⌥⌘R
• Enter/Exit Full Screen [OS 10.7 (Lion)+ Only] ⌃⌘F
• Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥⌘FYou can also use ⎋ to exit composition mode if this option is selected in Scrivener > Preferences:Compose.

PROJECT

• New Text ⌘N
• New Folder ⌥⌘N
• New From Template > (First Template Document) ⌥⇧⌘NIf you set a Template Folder, this shortcut is applied to the top document in the folder
• Show/Hide Project Targets ⇧⌘T
• Text Statistics ⌃⌥⌘S
• Project Statistics ⌥⇧⌘S
• Project Notes ⌥⌘P
• Show/Hide Project Keywords ⌥⇧⌘H
• Meta-Data Settings… ⌥⌘,

DOCUMENTS

• Open > in (Left/Bottom) Editor ⌥⌘O
• Open > in Right/Top/Other Editor ⇧⌘O
• Open > With All Subdocuments > On Editor Corkboard ⌥⇧⌘O
• Open > in External Editor ⌃⌘O
• Snapshots > Take Snapshot ⌘5
• Snapshots > Take Snapshot With Title ⇧⌘%
• Snapshots > Show Changes > Next Change ⌃⌘]
• Snapshots > Show Changes > Previous Change ⌃⌘[
• Duplicate > with Subdocuments and Unique Title ⌘D
• Duplicate > without Subdocuments ⇧⌘D
• Set Selection as Title ⌥⇧⌘T
• Move to Trash ⌘⌫
• Split > at Selection ⌘K
• Split > with Selection as Title ⌥⌘K
• Merge ⇧⌘M
• Group ⌥⌘G
• Ungroup ⌥⌘U
• Move > Left ⌃⌘←
• Move > Right ⌃⌘→
• Move > Up ⌃⌘↑
• Move > Down ⌃⌘↓

FORMAT

• Font > Show Fonts ⌘T
• Font > Bold ⌘B
• Font > Italic ⌘I
• Font > Underline > Single ⌘U
• Font > Strikethrough ⇧⌘_
• Font > Bigger ⌘+
• Font > Smaller ⌘-
• Font > Show Colors ⇧⌘C
• Font > Copy Font ⌥⌘C
• Font > Paste Font ⌥⌘V
• Text > Align Left ⌘{
• Text > Center ⌘|
• Text > Justify ⌥⌘|
• Text > Align Right ⌘}
• Text > Copy Ruler ⌃⌘C
• Text > Paste Ruler ⌃⌘V
• Lists > Next List Style ⌥⌘→
• Lists > Previous List Style ⌥⌘←
• Formatting > Copy Formatting ⌃⌥⌘C
• Formatting > Paste Formatting ⌃⌥⌘P
• Scriptwriting > Script Mode ⌘8
• Scriptwriting > Show Script Elements Menu ⇧⌘Y
• Show/Hide Ruler ⌘R
• Show/Hide Format Bar ⇧⌘R
• Highlight > Highlight ⇧⌘H
• Comment ⇧⌘*
• Footnote ⌃⌘8
• Inline Annotation ⇧⌘A
• Inline Footnote ⇧⌘F
• Options > Typewriter Scrolling ⌃⌘T
• Bibliography/Citations… ⌘Y

WINDOW

• Minimize ⌘M
• Minimize All ⌥⌘M
• Zoom ⌃⌘-
• Zoom All ⌃⌥⌘-
• Zoom to Fit Screen ⌃⌘=
• Layouts > Manage Layouts ⇧⌘)
• Float QuickReference Panels ⌃⌘Q

Miscellaneous

• Help ⇧⌘?
• Open/Close Scratch Pad ⇧⌘↩The Scratch Pad hot key can be set in Scrivener > Preferences:General.

Inspector

• Document/Project Notes ⌘6
• Document/Project References ⌘6