Monday, November 9, 2009

Google Wave shortcut keys

Navigation

  • Home
    To go to the first message of the wave
  • End
    To go to the last message in the wave
  • Up/Down Arrows
    Navigate through messages
  • PageUp/PageDown
    To go to the next page/previous page within the panel
  • Space
    To go the next unread-message in the wave
  • Ctrl + Space
    Mark all messages unread (when focus on the wave panel)
  • Left/Right Arrows
    Shift focus between inbox and compose window
Messages

  • Enter
    Reply to the message at the same level of indentation
  • Shift + Enter
    Reply to a message at the end of a wave.The new message will appear at the same indentation level, at the very end of the wave.
  • Shift + Enter (while editing)
    Same as save or clicking Done button.
  • Ctrl + Enter
    Insert inline reply (while editing)
  • Ctrl + E
    Edit the message

Text Editing & Formatting
  • Shift + Enter (while editing)
    To finish editing a wave. Same as clicking Done button
  • Ctrl + n
    To make the current line is a Heading.
    n is a numeric between 1 and 4
  • Ctrl + 5
    Adds bullets
  • Ctrl + 6
    Removes formatting
  • Ctrl + B
    Bold / Un bold
  • Ctrl + I
    Italics / Un italics
  • Ctrl + G
    Select Colour
  • Ctrl + K
    Adds a link
  • Ctrl + L
    Select the url from the browser address bar.
    It's useful to link another wave or another wave id.
    (Example : Highlight the text, Press Ctrl + L, highlight a url or wave id)
  • Ctrl + C
    Copy Text
  • Ctrl + X
    Cut Text
  • Ctrl + V
    Paste Text