Linear keyboard shortcuts
Issue navigation, selection, and rich text editor shortcuts.
26 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 12, 2026
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- Linear Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Move the focus to the next issue Issue list or board | Mac J 1 more variant | Source |
| Move the focus to the previous issue Issue list or board | Mac K 1 more variant | Source |
| Select the highlighted issue Issue list or board | Mac X 1 more variant | Source |
| Clear the issue selection Issue list or board | Mac Esc 1 more variant | Source |
| Open the command bar Anywhere in Linear | Mac CmdK 1 more variant | Source |
| Select every issue in the view Issue list or board | Mac CmdA 1 more variant | Source |
| Extend the selection down one issue Issue list or board | Mac ShiftDown arrow 1 more variant | Source |
| Extend the selection up one issue Issue list or board | Mac ShiftUp arrow 1 more variant | Source |
| Move the issues to the top Issue list or board | Mac OptionShiftUp arrow 1 more variant | Source |
| Move the issues to the bottom Issue list or board | Mac OptionShiftDown arrow 1 more variant | Source |
| Update the priority Issues selected | Mac P 1 more variant | Source |
| Bold the selected text Linear editor | Mac CmdB 1 more variant | Source |
| Italicise the selected text Linear editor | Mac CmdI 1 more variant | Source |
| Strike through the selected text Linear editor | Mac CmdShiftS 1 more variant | Source |
| Underline the selected text Linear editor | Mac CmdU 1 more variant | Source |
| Format the text as inline code Linear editor | Mac CmdE 1 more variant | Source |
| Insert a bulleted list Linear editor | Mac CmdShift8 1 more variant | Source |
| Insert a numbered list Linear editor | Mac CmdShift9 1 more variant | Source |
| Insert a checklist Linear editor | Mac CmdShift7 1 more variant | Source |
| Turn the text into a link Linear editor | Mac CmdK 1 more variant | Source |
| Undo typing Linear editor | Mac CmdZ 1 more variant | Source |
| Redo typing Linear editor | Mac CmdShiftZ 1 more variant | Source |
| Select all the content Linear editor | Mac CmdA 1 more variant | Source |
| Insert a line break Linear editor | Mac ShiftEnter 1 more variant | Source |
| Upload a file Linear editor | Mac CmdShiftU | Source |
About Linear and its shortcuts
Linear is designed for keyboard-first work and barely pretends otherwise: issues are created, assigned, labelled, prioritised and moved between states with single letters, and the command menu reaches everything else. It is the closest thing here to Gmail's approach, applied to issue tracking.
Linear iterates quickly and its command set grows with it. Being a web application, a few combinations belong to the browser, and some commands only apply while an issue is selected.
Where the Linear keys came from
Read from 2 documentation pages published by the makers of Linear. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Linear, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task