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Zotero 5.0 Keyboard Shortcuts
Note that the Shortcuts pane of the Preferences allows you to change some of those keyboard shortcuts.
Adding Items to your Zotero Library
Function | Windows/Linux | Mac OS |
Save to Zotero | Ctrl +Shift +S | Cmd +Shift +S |
Create a New Item by Hand | Ctrl +Shift +N | Cmd +Shift +N |
Create a New Note | Ctrl +Shift +O | Cmd +Shift +O |
Import | Ctrl +Shift +I | Cmd +Shift +I |
Import from Clipboard | Ctrl +Shift +Alt +I | Cmd +Option +Shift +I |
Editing Items (Info Tab)
Add Another Author/Creator when Editing Creator | Shift +Enter | Shift +Enter |
Save Abstract or Extra field | Shift +Enter | Shift +Enter |
Creating Citations and Bibliographies (Quick Copy)
Function | Windows/Linux Defaults | Mac OS Defaults |
Copy Selected Item Citations to Clipboard | Ctrl +Shift +A | Cmd +Shift +A |
Copy Selected Items to Clipboard | Ctrl +Shift +C | Cmd +Shift +C |
Navigating between Zotero Panes
Function | Windows/Linux | Mac OS |
Focus Libraries (Left) Pane | Ctrl +Shift +L | Cmd +Shift +L |
Move through Panes and Fields | Tab /Shift +Tab | Tab |
Move through Info/Notes/Tags/Related Tabs | → and ← (or Ctrl +Tab /Ctrl +Shift +Tab or Ctrl +PgUp /Ctrl +PgDn ) | Ctrl +PgUp /Ctrl +PgDn 1) |
Quick Search | Ctrl +Shift +K | Cmd +Shift +K |
Quick Search | Ctrl +F | Cmd +F |
Search
Function | Windows/Linux | Mac OS |
Quick Search | Ctrl +Shift +K | Cmd +Shift +K |
Quick Search | Ctrl +F | Cmd +F |
Find/Highlight Collection(s) an Item belongs to | Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Alt (Linux) | Hold down Option |
Function | Windows/Linux | Mac OS |
Toggle Tag Selector | Ctrl +Shift +T | Cmd +Shift +T |
Assign Colored Tag to an Item | 1 to 6 keys | 1 to 6 keys |
Feeds
Function | Windows/Linux | Mac OS |
Mark All Feed Items as Read/Unread | Ctrl +Shift +R | Cmd +Shift +R |
Mark Feed as Read/Unread | Ctrl +Shift +` | Cmd +Shift +` |
Other Shortcuts
Function | Windows/Linux | Mac OS |
Expand/Collapse Collections or Items List | + /- | + /- |
Highlight All Collections an Item is in | Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Alt (Linux) | Hold down Option |
Count Items (Result Appears in Right Pane) | Ctrl +A | Cmd +A |
Edit Collection Names (Left Pane) | F2 | Not available |
Remove or Delete Items and Collections
Function | from My Library | from a Collection |
Move to Trash | Del | Shift +Del |
Move to Trash without Confirmation Dialog | Shift +Del | Not Available |
Remove from Collection | Not Applicable | Del (Only for top-level items) |
Function | Key |
Delete Collection (and Keep Items in Library and Others Collections, if any) | Del |
Delete Collection and Move Items to Trash | Shift +Del |
Notes
Function | Windows/Linux | Mac OS |
Bold | Ctrl +B | Cmd +B |
Italic | Ctrl +I | Cmd +I |
Underline | Ctrl +U | Cmd +U |
Select All | Ctrl +A | Cmd +A |
Undo | Ctrl +Z | Cmd +Z |
Redo | Ctrl +Y or Ctrl +Shift +Z | Cmd +Y or Cmd +Shift +Z |
Cut | Ctrl +X | Cmd +X |
Copy | Ctrl +C | Cmd +C |
Paste | Ctrl +V | Cmd +V |
Paste without formatting | Ctrl +Shift +V | Cmd +Shift +V |
Format Heading 1 to 6 | Shift +Alt +1/6 | Ctrl +Alt +1/6 |
Format as Paragraph | Shift +Alt +7 | Ctrl +Alt +7 |
Format as Div | Shift +Alt +8 | Ctrl +Alt +8 |
Format as Address | Shift +Alt +9 | Ctrl +Alt +9 |
Find and Replace | Ctrl +F | Cmd +F |
Insert Link | Ctrl +K | Cmd +K |
Focus/jump to toolbar | Alt +F10 | Alt +F10 |
Word Processor Plugin
Custom Shortcuts
Check out the Zutilo extension which adds several functions not available in base Zotero through extra menu items and keyboard shortcuts.
Keyconfig is also an option to assign keyboard shortcuts to functions. Cf. this post on the forums.