Learn Roam Research keyboard shortcuts

Practice Roam Research 2025 keyboard shortcuts with timed drills. Memorize all 66 hotkeys and keybindings faster through interactive exercises.

Top shortcuts

  • Slash — Bring up a menu of many core functions
  • Ctrl+U — Search the database
  • Ctrl+Enter — Jump back to page after search
  • Ctrl+F — Search on the current page
  • Shift+Enter — Open a new page created in search in the sidebar
  • Ctrl+Shift+D — Jump to the Daily Notes page
  • Ctrl+B — Toggle brackets
  • Tab — Indent block
  • Shift+Tab — Un-indent block
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Move block up
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Move block down
  • Enter — Create a new block, bullet point
  • Ctrl+Enter — Create a TODO checkbox
  • Shift+Enter — Create a new line inside of a block
  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
  • Ctrl+Period — Zoom in, show only the current block enlarged
  • Ctrl+O — Follow link under cursor, when editing a block
  • Ctrl+Shift+O — Open a link under cursor in the sidebar
  • Ctrl+ArrowUp — Collapse all child blocks under the current block
  • Ctrl+ArrowDown — Expand all child blocks under the current block
  • Shift+ArrowUp — Select the block above where the cursor is placed
  • Shift+ArrowDown — Select the block below where the cursor is placed
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Select all blocks
  • Ctrl+A — Jump to the beginning of the current block
  • Ctrl+E — Jump to the end of the current block
  • Ctrl+F — Move one character to the right
  • Ctrl+B — Move one character to the left
  • Ctrl+T — Swap all characters on either side of the cursor
  • Ctrl+X — Show avatar of the last user to edit the block

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