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 |
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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] |