If you're not a born shortcutter, we get it. You can still work like a Tape power user if you remember few commands
π‘Note: You'll see cmd/ctrl
used a lot below. This indicates command
on Mac and control
on Windows and Linux.
Most popular
Press
cmd/ctrl
+l
to unlock dashboard apps. Or to lock dashboard apps.Press
arrow keys
to navigate to a different block.Press
cmd/ctrl
+z
to undoPress
cmd/ctrl
+y
to redoPress
cmd/ctrl
+#
to close the sidebarPress
cmd/ctrl
+p
to open search or jump to a recently viewedPress
cmd/ctrl
+f
to search the current dashboard app
π‘Tip: You can bring up your computer's emoji picker with the shortcut ctrl
+ cmd
+ space
on Mac and windows key
+ .
or windows key
+ ;
on Windows.
Create & style your content
Press
enter
to insert a line of text.Press
shift
+enter
to create a line break within a block of text.Type
/turn
at the beginning or end of a block to turn it into a different type of block. You'll see a list of choices pop up.Type
/background
at the beginning or end of any text block to change its color or highlight color.Type
/
followed by the name of any color to change the color of the block. Like/red
.Press
cmd/ctrl
++
to zoom in.Press
cmd/ctrl
+-
to zoom out.
Edit & move blocks
Everything in Tape's dashboard app is a block β from a line of text to an image or embed. These shortcuts let you edit whole blocks once they're selected.
Press
esc
to select the block you're currently in. Or to clear selected blocks.Press
cmd/ctrl
+a
once to select the block your cursor is in.Press
arrow keys
to select a different block.Press
backspace
ordelete
to delete selected blocks.Press
cmd/ctrl
+D
to duplicate the blocks you've selected.Press
enter
to edit any text inside a selected block
Slash commands
Pressing /
in dashboard apps brings up a full menu of content blocks you can choose to insert. You can shortcut this further by pressing /
and then typing what you want. Here are your choices:
Basic
/text
or/plain
creates a new text block./heading
creates headings.esc
clears the/
menu.
Media
/embed
lets you add embeds that work with Tape.
Advanced
/delete
deletes the current block./column
create columns of blocks.
π‘Tip: Not a keyboard shortcut, but very useful. By double-clicking on the gray vertical guide between blocks within nested columns, you can make all columns the same width.