Keyboard shortcuts
The keys that open search and layers, make the map full screen, start a comment, edit a record and finish a drawing, on a Mac and on Windows.
On a computer, these shortcuts work when the corresponding feature is available in your app. Comment shortcuts require comments to be enabled. Hover over a map button to see its key in the tooltip, for example Layers (shift+L).
Anywhere in the app
| Mac | Windows | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Cmd+K | Ctrl+K | Opens or closes search. Not every app has this: if you don't see the magnifier in the navigation bar, ask us. See Search. |
On the map
| Mac | Windows | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Shift+L | Shift+L | Opens or closes Layers. |
| Shift+. | Shift+. | Full screen map (⇧.): hides the panel beside the map. Press it again to bring the panel back. |
| C | C | Turns comment mode on or off. |
| Esc | Esc | Leaves comment mode. |
| Enter | Enter | Sends the comment you're writing. If mention suggestions are open, selects the highlighted person instead. Shift+Enter starts a new line. |
| / | / | Opens or closes Search place or coordinate (/), in apps that have it. |
| ←→ | ←→ | Moves to the previous or next date when a basemap with a timeline is on. See Change the basemap. |
Lists and records
| Mac | Windows | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| E | E | Opens Edit on the record you have open. Only people who can edit the record have it. |
| Cmd+Enter | None | Saves the form you're filling in, like clicking Create or Update followed by the record type, for example Create Tree. |
| Esc | Esc | Closes the table you expanded with Expand table. If you're typing in a field or a menu or dialog is open, Esc closes that first: click outside the field and press Esc again. |
| ←→ | ←→ | Shows the previous or next photo when you have a photo open. |
While you draw a shape
| Mac | Windows | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Enter | Finishes the shape, like clicking Done (Save when you edit a shape). |
| Delete | Backspace | Removes the last corner you placed. |
| Delete | DeleteorBackspace | When you edit a shape, removes the corner under the pointer. |
| Esc | Esc | Closes the drawing menu if one is open; otherwise stops drawing or editing without keeping your changes. |
The steps for drawing are in Draw a boundary, line or point on the map.
When a key does nothing
Single keys such as C, E and Shift+L don't work while you're typing in a box: click outside it first. Cmd+Enter works only on a Mac; on Windows, click the button instead. On a phone, there are no shortcuts.
To learn the map's buttons, see Use the map.