Keyboard shortcuts

Scratch is keyboard-first. Six of the shortcuts below — Summon, Open settings, New buffer, Next buffer, Previous buffer, and Delete current buffer — can be changed in Settings → Shortcuts. Scratch warns you if a combination is already used. The rest are standard macOS app shortcuts and stay fixed.

Summon

Action	Default	Scope
Toggle window (summon and dismiss)	`⌥` `Space`	System-wide

The summon hotkey works whether or not Scratch is the frontmost app. macOS asks for Accessibility permission the first time you use it.

Buffers

Action	Default
New buffer	`⌘` `N`
Next buffer	`⌘` `⇧` `]`
Previous buffer	`⌘` `⇧` `[`
Delete current buffer	`⌘` `⇧` `⌫`

Search

Action	Default
Find in current buffer	`⌘` `F`
Search across all buffers	`⌘` `⇧` `F`
Close search or hide window	`Esc`

Export

Action	Default
Export current buffer	`⌘` `E`
Export to folder	`⌘` `⇧` `E`

App

Action	Default
Open settings	`⌘` `,`
Save (force flush)	`⌘` `S`
Quit	`⌘` `Q`

Editor

The CodeMirror editor brings standard text editing shortcuts (cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, select all). Markdown shortcuts are typed as slash commands — type / at the start of a line to see the menu (/h1, /code, /quote, /table, /bold, /link, etc.). See Editor preferences for the full list.

Action	Default
Accept inline calculation preview	`⇥` or `⌘` `=`
Open the rephrase menu	`⌘` `K`

The rephrase menu appears only when Apple Intelligence rephrasing is on. See rephrase with Apple Intelligence.

Customizing shortcuts

Open Settings → Shortcuts. Click any binding, press the new combination, and save. Scratch checks that the combination isn’t already used somewhere else in the app.

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Settings — Shortcuts with the six rebindable hotkeys.

The summon hotkey is the only system-wide binding; the rest only fire while Scratch has focus.