Aha! Ideas | Shortcuts

We have designed Aha! Ideas to be quick and intuitive to navigate. If you prefer keyboard and mouse shortcuts, then this article will help you and your team move faster together.

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Format text

Aha! Ideas supports both standard and Markdown formatting in the text editor.

Aha! Ideas function	Mac shortcut	Windows shortcut
Header 1	Cmd+Opt+1	Ctrl+Alt+1
Header 2	Cmd+Opt+2	Ctrl+Alt+2
Header 3	Cmd+Opt+3	Ctrl+Alt+3
Header 4	Cmd+Opt+4	Ctrl+Alt+4
Header 5	Cmd+Opt+5	Ctrl+Alt+5
Header 6	Cmd+Opt+6	Ctrl+Alt+6
Bold text	Cmd+B	Ctrl+B
Italicize text	Cmd+I	Ctrl+I
Underline text	Cmd+U	Ctrl+U
Left align text	Cmd+Shift+L	Ctrl+Shift+L
Center align text	Cmd+Shift+C	Ctrl+Shift+R
Right align text	Cmd+Shift+R	Ctrl+Shift+C
Justify align text	Cmd+Shift+J	Ctrl+Shift+J
Create bulleted list	*+Space -+Space	*+Space -+Space
Create numbered list	1.+Space	1.+Space
Insert code snippet	Cmd+/	Ctrl+/
Insert horizontal line	Cmd+-	Ctrl+-
Clear text formatting	Cmd+\	Ctrl+\
Fullscreen text editor view	Cmd+Shift+Enter	Ctrl+Shift+Enter

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Use Markdown formatting

Aha! Ideas uses a subset of Markdown that does not include every Markdown syntax.

Aha! Ideas function	Markdown shortcut
Bold text	__text__ text
Italicize text	_text_ text
Strikethrough text	~text~ ~~text~~
Insert hyperlink	[link text](link URL)
Header 1	#+Space
Header 2	##+Space
Header 3	###+Space
Header 4	####+Space
Quote format	>+Space
Insert code snippet	`text`
Insert preformatted code block	```
Exit preformatted code block	Arrow keys Shift+Enter
Checklist	[]+Space
Numbered list	1.+Space
Bulleted list	-+Space

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Whiteboard shortcuts

Whiteboards function	Keyboard shortcut
Select the Pointer	`
Select the Text option	T
Select your last used Shape	S
Select the Sticky note option	N
Select the Connector option	C
Select the Pen option	P
Select the Frame option	F
Select the Stamp emoji	E
Add an Image	I
Navigate to the previous frame	<
Navigate to the next frame	>
Format text to paragraph styling	Command or Control + Option + P
Duplicate an object	Alt or Option + drag
Bring object to front	Command or Control + ]
Send object to back	Command or Control + [
Zoom to fit all objects	Option + 1
Zoom to fit selection	Option + 2
Move a selected object	Arrow key
Move a selected object more	Shift + arrow key
Duplicate an object	Command or Control + D
Disable snapping or guidelines	Command or Control

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Edit Aha! Ideas records

Aha! Ideas function	Mac shortcut	Windows shortcut
Add watcher	Shift + W	Shift + W
Add comment	C	C
Assign record	Shift+A	Shift+A
Change record status	Shift+S	Shift+S
Copy record link	Shift+L	Shift+L
Download attachments from preview	Cmd+D	Ctrl+D

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Navigate around Aha! Ideas

Aha! Ideas function	Mac shortcut	Windows shortcut
Next field	Tab	Tab
Previous field	Shift+Tab	Shift+Tab
Select multiple record cards as a group	Shift+mouse click	Shift+mouse click
Select multiple record cards individually	Cmd+mouse click	Ctrl+mouse click
Open workspace hierarchy	S	S
Open record history	Cmd+Shift+H	Ctrl+Shift+H

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Other shortcuts

Aha! Ideas function	Mac shortcut	Windows shortcut
Undo last action	Cmd+Z	Ctrl+Z
Redo last action	Cmd+Y	Ctrl+Y
Submit form	Cmd+Return	Ctrl+Enter
Add record	A	A
Close drawer view	Esc	Esc
Open Saved views modal	Shift+V	Shift+V
Search Aha! Ideas	/	/
View all keyboard shortcuts	?	?

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