Keyboard Shortcuts

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Switch the OS dropdown on the right sidebar to see the specific keyboard shortcuts according to your OS. Keyboard shortcuts help you navigate Slack with minimal effort. You can see a quick list of shortcuts by pressing ⌘/ (Mac) and Ctrl/ (Windows/Linux) or take a look at the detailed lists below.

Keyboard shortcuts in List Style

Note: You can’t set custom keyboard shortcuts for Slack, but we may add this in the future. For now, use the shortcut above to see a quick list.

Align right – click Align right or use the shortcut CtrlShiftK ⌘ShiftK
Align left – click Align left or use Alt A ⌘ A
Align top – click Align top or use Alt W ⌘ W
Align bottom – click Align bottom or use Alt S ⌘ S
Align center – click Align center or use ctrl D ⌘ D
Align middle – click Align middle or use Alt Y ⌘ Y

Action	Shortcut Key
Previous unread channel or DM	`ctrl` `D` `⌘` `D`
Jump to a conversation	`ctrl` `k` `⌘` `k`
Move focus to the previous section	`shift` `F6`
Browse direct messages	`ctrl` `shift` `k` `⌘` `shift` `k`
Browse channels	`ctrl` `shift` `L` `⌘` `shift` `L`
Compose a new message	`ctrl` `N` `⌘` `N`
Open the Threads view**	`ctrl` `shift` `T` `⌘` `shift` `T`
Previous channel or DM visited	`ctrl` `]` `⌘` `]`
Collapse or open the left sidebar	`ctrl` `shift` `.` `⌘` `shift` `.`