Keyboard shortcuts in SharePoint Online

SharePoint Online provides keyboard shortcuts for common tasks. These keyboard shortcuts refer to the US keyboard layout. Keys on other keyboard layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a US keyboard. See also Keyboard shortcuts in OneDrive for Business on the web.

Notes: 

• If a shortcut requires pressing two or more keys at the same time, this topic separates the keys with a plus sign (+). If you have to press one key immediately after another, the keys are separated by a comma (,).

• SharePoint Online is a web-based application, so the keyboard shortcuts and navigation may be different from those in the on-premises version.

In this topic

• Frequently used keyboard shortcuts

• Keyboard shortcuts for all pages

• Keyboard shortcuts for text editing

• Keyboard shortcuts for a list or library

Frequently used keyboard shortcuts

To do this	Press
Navigate the screen	Tab
Create a document	Alt+N
Upload a document	Alt+U
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item	Shift+F10
Search	Alt+S
Sync library	Alt+Y
Copy text	Ctrl+C
Cut text	Ctrl+X
Paste text	Ctrl+V
Undo	Ctrl+Z

Keyboard shortcuts for all pages

These keyboard shortcuts apply to all pages.

To do this	Press
Navigate the screen	Tab
Expand ribbon or site menus and lists	Shift+Enter
Move through options in site menus and list	Down Arrow or Alt+Down Arrow
Close an open ribbon menu	Esc

Keyboard shortcuts for text editing

To do this	Press
Copy	Ctrl+C
Cut	Ctrl+X
Paste	Ctrl+V
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Clear formatting	Ctrl+Spacebar
Bold or unbold selected text	Ctrl+B
Apply or remove italics for selected text	Ctrl+I
Underline or remove underline from selected text	Ctrl+U
Left-align a paragraph	Ctrl+L
Center a paragraph	Ctrl+E
Right-align a paragraph	Ctrl+R
Outdent a paragraph (i.e., move a paragraph left)	Ctrl+Shift+M
Indent a paragraph	Ctrl+M
Insert a hyperlink in text	Ctrl+K
Delete a selection without adding it to the Clipboard	Delete
Switch between inserting and overwriting text	Insert
Delete the word to the left of the cursor	Ctrl+Backspace
Delete the word to the right of the cursor	Ctrl+Delete
Insert a new line (but not inside the HTML Paragraph element <P>).	Shift+Enter

Keyboard shortcuts for a list or library

The following keyboard shortcuts are available in a SharePoint list or library.

To do this	Press
Create a document	Alt+N
Create a folder	Alt+N, tab to New Folder, and then Enter
Upload a document in the Add a document dialog box	Alt+U
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item	Shift+F10
Share the selected document or folder	Alt+S
Sync library to a computer or device	Alt+Y
Open the More menu for the selected item	Alt+M