Story Builder documentation

Keyboard shortcuts

The keys worth learning, and where each one works.

Anywhere

Keys Does
Shift + / Opens this list, wherever you are
Shift + D Switches between light and dark

In the builder

Keys Does
Ctrl + K The command palette — jump to any record by name
Ctrl + F Find and replace inside the chapter you are editing
Ctrl + Shift + Q Opens and closes quick notes
Ctrl + Shift + C Opens and closes chat

The command palette is the one that repays learning first. It searches every record in the project by name, so moving from a chapter to the character you just mentioned is two keystrokes and a few letters rather than a trip through the sidebar.

Find and replace works on the chapter open in front of you, and it applies replacements to the live document — so it is safe to use while somebody else is editing the same chapter beside you.

In the library

Reading a published story:

Keys Does
and Previous and next chapter
Space Page down
Shift + Space Page up
Home and End Jump to the start or the end of a chapter

A note on the modifier

The list shows Ctrl. On a Mac the same shortcuts use Cmd, and the dialog you open with Shift + / shows whichever your keyboard actually has.