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Keyboard Shortcuts

Fox provides keyboard shortcuts on Mac and iPad for fast operation. This page is the full reference — markup shortcuts for the notes editor, file and project commands, and platform-specific variations where the two diverge.

Markup Shortcuts (Common to Mac & iPad)

These shortcuts work in the notes editor on both platforms.

Action Shortcut
Bold Cmd+B
Italic Cmd+I
Strikethrough Cmd+U
Highlight Cmd+Shift+E
Blockquote Cmd+D
Indent Cmd+]
De-indent Cmd+[
Heading 1 Option+Shift+1
Heading 2 Option+Shift+2
Heading 3 Option+Shift+3
Heading 4 Option+Shift+4
Heading 5 Option+Shift+5
Heading 6 Option+Shift+6

Markup Shortcuts (iPad Only)

iPad supports direct shortcuts for media insertion.

Action Shortcut
Insert Link Cmd+K
Insert Image Cmd+Shift+K

Markup Shortcuts (Mac Only)

All heading levels are also accessible via the Markup → Heading submenu. Links and images are created using markdown syntax ([caption](url) and ![alt](url)) rather than keyboard shortcuts on Mac.

File & Project Shortcuts (Mac)

Action Shortcut
New Project Ctrl+Cmd+N
Project Settings Cmd+Shift+P
Copy Path to Issue Cmd+Option+C
Close Window Cmd+W

View Mode Shortcuts (Mac & iPad)

The View Mode picker is also exposed through the View → View As… submenu on macOS. Use these to switch between modes without leaving the keyboard:

Action Shortcut
View as List Cmd+1
View as Outline Cmd+2
View as Board Cmd+3
Show / Hide Issue Detail Column Cmd+Shift+D

The Show / Hide Issue Detail Column shortcut only takes effect in Outline and Board — List always shows the detail column. Each view mode remembers its own detail-column preference, so toggling it once and switching away preserves the setting per mode.

The Mac Menu Bar

Fox's Mac app includes a full native menu bar with every command available. The menus:

  • Fox — About, Settings, Quit
  • File — New Project, Import, Close Window
  • Edit — Cut, Copy, Paste, Find, Copy Path to Issue
  • Project — Project Settings, Manage Collaboration, recent items
  • Issue — Issue modification actions (Bookmark, Type, Priority, Status, Tags, Move, Copy…, Close)
  • View — View As… submenu (List, Outline, Board), Show / Hide Issue Detail Column, Group Unsorted Milestones, Add Issue Group
  • Markup — Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Highlight, Inline Code, Blockquote, Code Block, Headings (submenu with H1–H6), Lists (Numbered, Dashed, Indent, De-Indent), Horizontal Line

Any menu command can be bound to a custom keyboard shortcut through System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → App Shortcuts if the built-in bindings don't match your muscle memory.

iPad Keyboard Support

Connect a hardware keyboard to your iPad and the full menu bar appears at the top of the screen — same structure as the Mac menu bar, with the same Markup menu including Link and Image actions. Hold Cmd for a moment to see the current screen's shortcut overlay.

Tips

  • Learn the markup shortcuts first — They're the ones you'll use constantly, and they work identically to most other Mac writing apps.
  • Bind Copy Path to Issue to a global shortcut — If you reference issues from other apps a lot, a global hotkey for ⌘⌥C makes pasting into chat apps or commit messages nearly instantaneous.
  • Use ⌘W strategically — On Mac, each project opens in its own window. ⌘W closes the focused window without quitting the app, which is handy when you have several projects open.

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