Google Wave Keyboard shortcuts

petewood — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:18:56 +0000

Here are the official Google Wave keyboard shortcuts. They can be found here.

Shortcut Key	Action
Navigation
Up/Down Arrows	Arrow keys allow you to navigate through messages in your account.
Home	Takes you to the first message in a wave.
End	Takes you to the last message in a wave.
Space	Takes you to the next unread message in a wave.
Left/Right Arrows	Switches focus between the compose window and the inbox.
Page Up/Page Down	Takes you to the next page within a panel.
Ctrl then Space	Marks all messages “read” when focus is on the Wave panel.
Messages
Enter	Reply to a message at the same level of indentation.
Shift then Enter	Reply to a message at the end of a wave. The new message will appear at the same indentation level,at the very end of the wave.
Ctrl then E	Edit message.
Text Editing and Formatting
Shift then Enter	Same function as ‘Done’ button — signifies you are finished editing your addition to a wave.
Ctrl then B	Bolds/unbolds selected text.
Ctrl then I	Italicizes/unitalicizes selected text.
Ctrl then K	Adds a link.
Ctrl then [n]	Makes the current line a heading, where [n] = 1 through 4 for different sized headings.
Ctrl then 5	Adds bullets.
Ctrl then 6	Removes formatting from text.
Copying and Pasting
Ctrl then C	Copies the selected text.
Ctrl then X	Cuts the selected text.
Ctrl then V	Pastes the text you have copied or selected.

Shortcut Key	Action
Navigation
Up/Down Arrows	Arrow keys allow you to navigate through messages in your account.
Home	Takes you to the first message in a wave.
End	Takes you to the last message in a wave.
Space	Takes you to the next unread message in a wave.
Left/Right Arrows	Switches focus between the compose window and the inbox.
Page Up/Page Down	Takes you to the next page within a panel.
Ctrl then Space	Marks all messages “read” when focus is on the Wave panel.
Messages
Enter	Reply to a message at the same level of indentation.
Shift then Enter	Reply to a message at the end of a wave. The new message will appear at the same indentation level, at the very end of the wave.
Ctrl then E	Edit message.
Text Editing and Formatting
Shift then Enter	Same function as ‘Done’ button — signifies you are finished editing your addition to a wave.
Ctrl then B	Bolds/unbolds selected text.
Ctrl then I	Italicizes/unitalicizes selected text.
Ctrl then K	Adds a link.
Ctrl then [n]	Makes the current line a heading, where [n] = 1 through 4 for different sized headings.
Ctrl then 5	Adds bullets.
Ctrl then 6	Removes formatting from text.
Copying and Pasting
Ctrl then C	Copies the selected text.
Ctrl then X	Cuts the selected text.
Ctrl then V	Pastes the text you have copied or selected.

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