# Your keyboard: shortcuts and the command palette

Search, jump and act without the mouse: Ctrl+K, > for commands, and the shortcuts worth knowing.

One box does both: search everything, or run a command. Open it with the keyboard from anywhere in the app.

## 1. Open search and commands

1. Press Ctrl+K, or Cmd+K on a Mac. When you are not typing and no window is open, `/` opens it too.
2. Type to search your boards, lists and items. On a board it searches that board first.
3. Move with the arrow keys, press Enter to open, Esc to close.

With nothing typed, it shows your recent commands first, then what you opened lately.

## 2. Run a command

1. Type `>` first to see commands only.
2. Type part of a command. Letters in order are enough: `mkdn` finds **Mark done**, `swt` finds **Switch view: Table**.
3. Press Enter.

Commands follow what you are looking at:

- **With an item open**: **Mark done**, **Move to...**, **Add label...**, **Copy link**.
- **On a board**: add an item to a list, **Filter...**, **Share...**, and **Switch view** to Board, Table, Calendar or Timeline.
- **Anywhere**: **Create board**, **Create from template**, **For you**, **Connect your AI**, **Settings**, **Keyboard shortcuts** and switching to dark or light mode.

![The search and commands window open on a board](https://listspace.app/help-images/guide-command-palette-light.webp "Ctrl+K: search this board and more, or type a command")

## 3. Shortcuts worth knowing

- **Alt+Shift+A**: archive the open item.
- **Shift+Click**: select every item in the same list between the last one you selected and this one. **Alt+A** jumps to the bar for selected items, **Esc** clears the selection.
- **Ctrl+B**, **Ctrl+I**, **Ctrl+U** in a description: bold, italic, underline. **Ctrl+K** with text selected adds a link.

The full list is in the app: open the **Help** menu, then **Keyboard shortcuts**, or run the command of the same name.

## Help articles this guide uses

- [Boards](https://listspace.app/help/boards)
- [Items and documents](https://listspace.app/help/items-and-documents)

This guide as a web page: https://listspace.app/guides/keyboard-shortcuts-and-the-command-palette. All guides: https://listspace.app/guides.