Editing Shortcuts

Visual mode supports both traditional keyboard shortcuts (e.g. ⌘ B for bold) as well as markdown shortcuts (using markdown syntax directly). For example, enclose **bold** text in asterisks or type ## and press space to create a second level heading.

Shortcuts

Here are the available keyboard and markdown shortcuts:

Command	Keyboard Shortcut	Markdown Shortcut
Bold	⌘ B	**bold**
Italic	⌘ I	*italic*
Code	⌘ D	`code`
Strikeout		~~strike~~
Subscript		~sub~
Superscript		^super^
Heading 1	⌥⌘ 1	#
Heading 2	⌥⌘ 2	##
Heading 3	⌥⌘ 3	###
Heading Attributes		{#id .class}
Blockquote		>
Code Block	⇧⌘ \	```
R Code Chunk	⌥⌘ I	```{r}
Raw Block		```{=html}
Div		:::
Bullet List		-
Ordered List		1.
Tight List	⌥⌘ 9
List Check		[x]
Link	⌘ K	<href>
Emoji		:smile:
Definition		:
Non-Breaking Space	⌃ Space
Hard Line Break	⇧ Enter
Paragraph	⌥⌘ 0
Image	⇧⌘ I
Footnote	⇧⌘ F7
Citation	⇧⌘ F8	[@
Table	⌥⌘ T
Editing Comment	⇧⌘ C
Select All	⌘ A
Clear Formatting	⌘ \
Edit Attributes	F4
Run Code Chunk	⇧⌘ Enter
Run Previous Chunks	⇧⌥⌘ P

For markdown shortcuts, if you didn’t intend to use a shortcut and want to reverse its effect, just press the backspace key.

Insert Anything

You can also use the catch-all ⌘ / shortcut to insert just about anything. Just execute the shortcut then type what you want to insert. For example:

If you are at the beginning of a line (as displayed above) you can also enter plain / to invoke the shortcut.