Keyboard shortcuts and tutorial

Find the main shortcuts under Tutorial & Shortcuts in the left sidebar of the project screen. This page lists a few more.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Use Ctrl on Windows and ⌘ on Mac.

Action	Shortcut
Copy	`Ctrl + C`
Paste	`Ctrl + V`
Undo	`Ctrl + Z`
Compile	`Ctrl + S`
Bold	`Ctrl + B`
Italic	`Ctrl + I`
Underline	`Ctrl + U`
Emph	`Ctrl + E`
Indent	`Tab`
Outdent	`Shift + Tab`
Toggle Markdown preview	`Ctrl + Shift + M` (Markdown files only)

Bold, Italic, Underline, and Emph

These shortcuts work in .tex, .cls, and .sty files. Each one wraps text in a LaTeX command.

Shortcut	Command
Bold	`\textbf{...}`
Italic	`\textit{...}`
Underline	`\underline{...}`
Emph	`\emph{...}`

Select text and press the shortcut to wrap it. Press it again on the wrapped text to remove the command.
With nothing selected, the shortcut inserts an empty command and puts the cursor inside the braces.

Review changes from Murfy AI

When you review changes from Murfy AI in a file, use these keys to move between the changes.

Action	Shortcut
Next change	`PageDown` or `F7`
Previous change	`PageUp` or `Shift + F7`

See Murfy AI for how to review changes. For the editor's other writing aids, see Writing in the editor.

Find and replace

With the cursor in the editor, press Ctrl + F to open the search panel at the bottom of the editor. It searches only the file that's open in the editor. The panel's labels are always in English.

Item	What it does
`Find`	Type the text to search for
`next`, `previous`	Go to the next or previous match
`all`	Selects the first match in the file
`match case`	Match uppercase and lowercase letters exactly
`regexp`	Search with a regular expression
`by word`	Match whole words only
`Replace`	Type the text to replace matches with
`replace`	Replace the selected match and go to the next one
`replace all`	Replace every match in the file
`×`	Close the panel

If you only have view access, the Replace field and the replace and replace all buttons don't appear.

Action	Shortcut
Open the search panel	`Ctrl + F`
Next match	`F3` or `Ctrl + G`, or `Enter` in `Find`
Previous match	`Shift + F3` or `Ctrl + Shift + G`, or `Shift + Enter` in `Find`
Replace the selected match	`Enter` in `Replace`
Close the search panel	`Esc`
Go to line	`Ctrl + Alt + G` (`⌘ + Option + G` on Mac)

Go to line opens a box at the bottom of the editor. Type a line number and press Enter or click go.

Tutorial

When you open a project, Murfy can show a guide automatically. Which guide you get depends on when you created your account.

Accounts created after the latest feature release: a tour of coach marks. Each one points at a part of the screen: the editor, the Compile button, the compiled PDF, and Murfy AI. The Murfy AI step opens the AI Agent panel. Steps for controls that aren't on screen, such as the PDF before your first compile, are skipped.
Older accounts: slides about features released in the last 30 days. Only slides for features released after you last closed or finished a guide appear. If you've already opened a feature's announcement in this browser, its slide doesn't appear. See Announcements and Murfy guide.

The guide appears automatically at most once per visit. Once you finish or close a guide, it doesn't appear automatically again. This is remembered on your account.

To open a guide yourself, open Tutorial & Shortcuts in the left sidebar.

Take the tour again: plays the coach-mark tour from the start. On older accounts, the feature slides follow the last step.
What's new: opens the feature slides, including ones released more than 30 days ago. On newer accounts, the slides introduce Murfy AI's edits, fixing compile errors, AI review, and History.

A dot on the Tutorial & Shortcuts icon means you haven't seen the latest feature slides. It goes away when you finish or close the slides. On newer accounts, it also goes away when you finish the tour.