Linear keyboard shortcuts
Issue navigation, selection, and rich text editor shortcuts.
26 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 12, 2026
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8 actions and 8 key variants match.
- Linear Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Move the focus to the next issue Issue list or board | Windows J | Source |
| Move the focus to the previous issue Issue list or board | Windows K | Source |
| Move the issues to the top Issue list or board | Windows AltShiftUp arrow | Source |
| Move the issues to the bottom Issue list or board | Windows AltShiftDown arrow | Source |
| Insert a bulleted list Linear editor | Windows CtrlShift8 | Source |
| Insert a numbered list Linear editor | Windows CtrlShift9 | Source |
| Insert a checklist Linear editor | Windows CtrlShift7 | Source |
| Insert a line break Linear editor | Windows ShiftEnter | 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