Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Messages keyboard shortcuts

Messages · macOS

ActionmacOS
App and conversations
Open Messages settingsCmd ,
Start a new messageCmd N
Close the Messages windowCmd W
Minimize the windowCmd M
Toggle fullscreenCtrl Cmd F
Search conversationsCmd F
Show all messagesCtrl Cmd 1
Show messages from known sendersCtrl Cmd 2
Show messages from unknown sendersCtrl Cmd 3
Show unread messagesCtrl Cmd 4
Show recently deleted messagesCtrl Cmd 5
Open a pinned conversation by numberCmd number
Open the first unpinned conversationOption Cmd 1
Message composing
Send the messageReturn
Insert a line breakOption Return
Edit a sent messageCmd E
Copy selected textCmd C
Paste textCmd V
Make message text largerCmd +
Make message text smallerCmd -
Reply to the selected messageCmd R
Open the Tapback menuCmd T then number
Open the emoji and symbols windowCtrl Cmd Space
Delete the selected messageDelete
Open the spelling windowShift Cmd :
Check spellingCmd ;
Conversation details
Select the next conversationCtrl Tab
Select the previous conversationCtrl Shift Tab
Show conversation detailsOption Cmd I
Turn conversation alerts on or offOption Cmd M
Mark the conversation read or unreadShift Cmd U
Open the contact cardOption Cmd B
Email the contactOption Cmd E
Open video effectsShift Cmd E
Quick Look at an attachmentSpace

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.