This is a quick guide to the current keyboard shortcuts supported by Wave. Currently the best way to print this is to copy and paste it into an app that will print. We'll let you know when Print support is complete!

NOTE: This wave is shared with all wave-users, so we only allow a limited set of admins to edit it. If you try to edit or respond to it, your Wave Client will crash. Don't worry, we're working on a better UI for that!

Wave Navigation

Up/Down arrows use to navigate messages.

Home/End focus first/last message

Space go to next unread message.

Left/Right arrows to switch focus between digest panel and wave panel.

Page Up/Down go to the next page in the panel [does not currently work, known bugs]

Ctrl-Space mark all messages read (focus must be on wave panel though mstahl@google.com )

Messages

Enter replies to messages: the new message will appear just below the selected message (it will be the same indentation level if it is the first reply, but indented more if a non-first reply).

Shift-Enter replies to messages at the end of thread: the new message will appear at the same indentation level, and at the BOTTOM most position.

highlight text + Enter inline reply: the new message will appear indented and INSIDE the current message.

Ctrl-R same as enter

Ctrl-E edit message

Ctrl-Enter (while editing) insert inline reply at caret

Text Editing

Ctrl-B toggles bold attributes for selected text

Ctrl-I toggles italics attributes for selected text

Ctrl-G Color

Ctrl-L Links to another Wave (highlight text, hit CTRL-L and put in a URL or a Wave ID (see Debug menu for ID's) [NOTE: we will soon change the key combo]

Copy/Paste

Ctrl-C copy the selected text.

Ctrl-X cut the selected text.

Ctrl-V paste the text from the text buffer.

Structural Formatting

Ctrl-<n> Make the current line a heading, where n = 1..4 for different sized headings.

Ctrl-5 Bullets

Ctrl-6 Normal (removes heading/bullet style, but not bold/italic etc. current visual glitch in some browsers where text stays big - but this is not persistent.)

Ctrl-7 LTR + Left align

Ctrl-8 RTL + Right align

Slide Show

Space / Right Next Slide

Shift-Space/ Left Previous Slide

Down / Page Down Next set of thumbnails

Up / Page Up Previous set of thumbnails

Home First Slide

End Last Slide

Escape Close Slide Show

Coming Soon

Shortcut for showing all the shortcuts

Shortcut for Archive (ctrl+m is suggested)