Keyboard Shortcuts

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Switch the OS dropdown on the right sidebar to see the specific keyboard shortcuts according to your OS. Keyboard shortcuts help you navigate Slack with minimal effort. You can see a quick list of shortcuts by pressing ⌘/ (Mac) and Ctrl/ (Windows/Linux) or take a look at the detailed lists below.

Keyboard shortcuts in List Style

Note: You can’t set custom keyboard shortcuts for Slack, but we may add this in the future. For now, use the shortcut above to see a quick list.

Align right – click Align right or use the shortcut CtrlShiftK ⌘ShiftK
Align left – click Align left or use Alt A ⌘ A
Align top – click Align top or use Alt W ⌘ W
Align bottom – click Align bottom or use Alt S ⌘ S
Align center – click Align center or use [conditional_data dependency=’windows’] ctrl D [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=’ios’] ⌘ D [/conditional_data]
Align middle – click Align middle or use Alt Y ⌘ Y

Action	Shortcut Key
Previous unread channel or DM	[conditional_data dependency=’windows’] `ctrl` `D` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=’ios’] `⌘` `D` [/conditional_data]
Jump to a conversation	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `ctrl` `k` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=”ios”] `⌘` `k` [/conditional_data]
Move focus to the previous section	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `shift` `F6` [/conditional_data]
Browse direct messages	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `ctrl` `shift` `k` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=”ios”] `⌘` `shift` `k` [/conditional_data]
Browse channels	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `ctrl` `shift` `L` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=”ios”] `⌘` `shift` `L` [/conditional_data]
Compose a new message	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `ctrl` `N` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=”ios”] `⌘` `N` [/conditional_data]
Open the Threads view**	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `ctrl` `shift` `T` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=”ios”] `⌘` `shift` `T` [/conditional_data]
Previous channel or DM visited	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `ctrl` `]` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=”ios”] `⌘` `]` [/conditional_data]
Collapse or open the left sidebar	[conditional_data dependency=”windows”] `ctrl` `shift` `.` [/conditional_data] [conditional_data dependency=”ios”] `⌘` `shift` `.` [/conditional_data]

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