Complete Coda keyboard shortcuts and commands reference — 13 shortcuts across 1 category. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
Coda is a document that behaves like an app, and its shortcuts are a word processor's plus the keys that make it different: a command palette on Ctrl + /, slash commands for inserting tables and buttons, and inline formulas. The table follows Coda's help for Windows; macOS uses Cmd.
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + / | Command palette | Open command palette. |
| Ctrl + K | Insert link | Insert a link. |
| Ctrl + E | Inline formula | Insert inline formula. |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Go to page | Quick navigate to page. |
| / | Slash command | Select block type. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold | Bold the selected text. |
| Ctrl + I | Italic | Italicize the selected text. |
| Ctrl + U | Underline | Underline the selected text. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo | Undo the last change in the doc. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo | Redo the last undone change. |
| Ctrl + F | Find | Search within the current doc. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Heading 1 | Format the current line as a large heading. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 2 | Heading 2 | Format the current line as a medium heading. |
The most essential Coda shortcuts are: Ctrl + / (Command palette), Ctrl + K (Insert link), Ctrl + E (Inline formula).
The Coda shortcut for command palette is Ctrl + /. Open command palette.
Print the Coda cheat sheet and keep it next to your keyboard for the first week, then switch to active recall: open Shortcut Speedrun and practice Coda shortcuts against the clock until they're automatic.
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Ctrl + B, Ctrl + I and Ctrl + U format text, Ctrl + Alt + 1 and Ctrl + Alt + 2 apply heading levels, and Ctrl + K turns a selection into a link. Mistakes are reversed with Ctrl + Z (and re-applied with Ctrl + Shift + Z), and Ctrl + F finds within the page. Typing / at the start of a line opens the slash menu for tables, buttons, callouts and embeds — the primary way objects enter a doc.
Ctrl + / opens the command palette, which runs any action by name and is the fastback when a key is forgotten. Ctrl + Shift + M opens the go-to-page picker, which matters once a doc has more than a screenful of pages. Ctrl + E inserts an inline formula, so a sentence can contain a live value such as the count of open tasks from a table below.
Inside a table, Enter edits a cell, Tab moves right and the arrow keys move between cells; column and row operations are in the right-click menu rather than on keys. Formula columns use the same editor as inline formulas, and the = key starts one in a cell.
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