Simplenote keyboard shortcuts

Simplenote's official help page lists desktop shortcuts for creating and searching notes, checklists, focus mode, Markdown preview, and font size. The platform-specific table is preserved here.

Windows, macOS, Linux · 11 shortcuts

Notes and search

These desktop commands create notes, search the note list, print a note, and remove the current note from the macOS app.

ActionWindowsmacOSLinux
Create a new noteCtrlShiftICmdNCtrlShiftI
Search notesCtrlShiftSCmdLCtrlShiftS
Delete the current noteThe official table lists this shortcut for macOS.Not documentedShiftCmdBackspaceNot documented

Editing and view

Editing and view commands add checklist items, change the writing view, show the shortcut list, and adjust the desktop font size.

ActionWindowsmacOSLinux
Insert a checklist itemCtrlShiftCCmdShiftCCtrlShiftC
Toggle focus modeCtrlShiftFCmdShiftFCtrlShiftF
Toggle Markdown previewCtrlShiftPCmdShiftPCtrlShiftP
Show keyboard shortcutsCtrl/Cmd,Ctrl/
Increase font sizeCtrl+Cmd+Ctrl+
Decrease font sizeCtrl-Cmd-Ctrl-
Reset font sizeCtrl0Cmd0Ctrl0

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