Keyboard Shortcuts

These shortcuts work in the desktop layout (wide browser windows and the desktop app). On macOS, use ⌘ in place of Ctrl and ⌥ (Option) in place of Alt.

Shortcut	What it does
Alt+↑ / Alt+↓	Previous / next text channel in the sidebar, or previous / next conversation in Direct Messages
Alt+Shift+↑ / Alt+Shift+↓	Previous / next unread channel or conversation in the same list
Esc	Close the open thread, pinned messages or search panel; with none open, mark the conversation read
↑ (in an empty message box)	Edit your last message
Ctrl+/	Show the list of shortcuts (also Keyboard shortcuts in the account menu)

Notes:

• Channel navigation skips voice channels, because opening one joins the call.
• The navigation keys and Esc work from the message box but not from other text fields. Ctrl+/ works everywhere.
• If your push-to-talk key is one of these keys, push-to-talk takes priority.
• On Windows, and on Linux desktops set up that way, Alt+Shift can also switch the keyboard layout.