Scriby reference

Keyboard shortcuts for Scriby on Mac

Move between Draft and Snippets, shape text, search saved replies, and trigger explicit actions without leaving the keyboard.

Mac key symbols

Command · Option · Control · Shift · Delete

Open Keyboard Shortcuts from the right-click status menu or press ⇧⌘/. The in-app view begins with a Current Context group for the surface you are using.

Panel

ShortcutAction
Your global shortcutOpen Draft on the screen containing the pointer
⌘1Switch to Editor or toggle Draft/Snippet
⌘2Switch to Snippets or toggle compact/expanded
⌘0Toggle Editor and Snippets
⌘WClose the Panel without Copy
⇧⌘/Open Keyboard Shortcuts

Recorded global shortcuts need Command, Control, or Option; Shift alone is not enough.

Editor

ShortcutAction
⌘Enter / ⇧⌘CCopy Draft or current Snippet body
⇧⌘ReturnInsert a text block after the current block
⇧⌥ReturnInsert a text block before the current block
⇧⌥↑ / ⇧⌥↓Move the current or selected logical line group
⌃⌥ASelect a link, email address, or text block
⇧⌘{Open quick variable insertion
⇧⌘KDelete the current line

In Markdown list items, Tab indents and Shift-Tab outdents by two spaces. An open placeholder completion takes priority over list indentation.

Draft

ShortcutAction
⇧⌘SSave Draft as Snippet
⌥⌘⌫Clear Draft after confirmation

Current Snippet

ShortcutAction
⌘SSave the current Snippet
⌘NStart a new Snippet
⇧⌘TShow or hide current Snippet tags
⌥⌘⌫Delete the current saved Snippet after confirmation

Snippets library

ShortcutAction
⌘F / ⌘LGo to Snippets search
⇧⌘TOpen or close the tag picker
/ Move highlight or first scroll clipped expanded content
ReturnExpand the highlighted compact Snippet
⌘C / ⌘EnterCopy the highlighted Snippet body
⌘OEdit the highlighted saved Snippet
⌘DDuplicate the highlighted Snippet to Draft
⇧⌘DAppend the highlighted Snippet to Draft
Delete / ⌘⌫Delete the highlighted Snippet after confirmation
EscExit selection mode, close a foreground layer, clear search, go back, or close

Search owns ordinary Return, Backspace, and Delete while its field is focused. Press or when results exist to hand focus to the list.

Variables overlay

ShortcutAction
ReturnCopy or return the filled payload for the current explicit action
EscCancel Variables without delivering or changing source text
Tab / ⇧TabMove between value fields
⇧⌘/View Keyboard Shortcuts