Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts provide a quick and easy way to move around Help Scout. They are built into Help Scout so no need to enable anything on your end. 

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Turning Off Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can be disabled under the Your Profile section of your account by toggling off the Keyboard Shortcuts option.Disable Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts - Image List

Conversation Actions

Conversation List

Folders

Text Editor

Windows: Use the  Control key in place of the Command key for these shortcuts.

Tags Management

All Pages

Docs Search

Keyboard Shortcuts - Text List

Below is a searchable text list of these shortcuts.

Conversation Actions

Reply - R
Add Note - N
Forward - F
Edit Draft - E
Delete Conversation - D
Next Conversation - K
Previous Conversation - J
Assign - A
Follow - O
Status - S
Status: Active - S then A
Status: Pending - S then P
Status: Closed - S then C
Status: Spam - S then S
Add Tag - T
Undo (after send) - Z

Conversation List

Select - Arrow Up or Arrow Down
Toggle Selected - Spacebar
Open Selected - Return/Enter
Next Page - K
Prevous Page - J
Select All - * then A
Select None - * then N
Select Active (bold) - * then B
Select Inactive (unbold) - * then I
Assigned Selected - A
Status (selected) - S
Status (selected): Active - S then A
Status (selected): Pending - S then P
Status (selected): Closed - S then C
Status (selected): Spam - S then S
Move Selected -
Delete Selected - D

Folders

Dashboard - G then H
Unassigned Folder - G then U
Mine Folder - G then M
Drafts Folder - G then D
Assigned Folder - G then A
Closed Folder - G then C
Spam Folder - G then
New Conversation - G then N
Mailbox Settings Dropdown - , (comma)

Text Editor

Windows: Use Ctrl in place of Cmd for these shortcuts

Bold - Cmd + B
Italic - Cmd + I
Underline - Cmd + U
Bullet List - Cmd + Shift + 8
Numbered List - Cmd + Shift + 7
Undo - Cmd + Z
Save Draft - Cmd + Shift + D
Attach File - Cmd + Shift + A
Toggle Saved Replies - Cmd + Shift + S
Create a Link - Cmd + K
Send Reply/Save Note - Cmd + Return/Enter
Discard Reply/Note - Esc

Tags Management

Select All - * then A
Select None - * then N
View Selected - V
Edit Selected - T
Merge Selected - M
Delete Selected - D
De-select / close menu - Esc

All Pages

Toggle Search - /
Keyboard Shortcuts - ?
Close window or menu - Esc

Docs Search 

Toggle Search -  Cmd + /
Select - Arrow Up or Arrow Down 
Preview Article - Return/Enter
Insert Link w/ reply or note open - Spacebar

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