Appendix : Command Keys

Below are the factory default shortcuts for the commands in DEVONthink's menus. The main commands, those visible when you open the menu, are listed first. Shortcuts for submenu commands are listed separately. Any alternate commands, e.g., those that are available when holding the ⌥︎ Option key are listed directly after the related command.

There are also a few commands using buttons only found on extended keyboards. These are listed by name. However, there are equivalent key combinations available on laptops using the Function key:

The Application Menu

Shortcuts found in the DEVONthink menu.

Preferences: ⌘︎,
Empty Trash: ⇧︎⌘︎⌦︎
Hide DEVONthink: ⌘︎H
Hide Others: ⌥︎⌘︎H
Quit DEVONthink: ⌘︎Q
Quit and Keep Windows: ⌥︎⌘︎Q

The File Menu

Shortcuts found in the File menu, including the New Window, Export, and Close Database submenus.

Index Files and Folders: ⌥︎⌘︎X
Update (Indexed) Items/Refresh Feed: ⌥︎⌘︎S
Synchronize Database: ⌃︎⌥︎S
Synchronize All Databases: ⌃︎⌥︎⇧︎S
Database Properties: ⌥︎⌘︎P
Verify & Repair Database: ⇧︎⌘︎Y
Check File Integrity: ⌃︎⇧︎⌘︎Y
Optimize Database: ⇧︎⌘︎K
Restore Backup: ⌥︎⇧︎⌘︎K
Page Setup: ⇧︎⌘︎P
Print: ⌘︎P

New Window

New Window: ⌥︎⌘︎N

Close Database

Close current database: ⇧︎⌃︎⌘︎W
Close All: ⇧︎⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎W

The Edit menu

Shortcuts found in the Edit menu, including the Find, Spelling and Grammar, and Insert submenus.

Undo: ⌘︎Z
Redo: ⇧︎⌘︎Z
Cut: ⌘︎C
Copy: ⌘︎X
Copy with Source Link: ⇧︎⌘︎C
Copy Item Link: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎C
Copy Page/Selection/Paragraph Link: ⌃︎⌥︎⇧︎⌘︎C
Paste: ⌘︎V
Paste & Match Style: ⌥︎⇧︎⌘︎C
Complete: ⌥︎Escape
Select All: ⌘︎A
Deselect All: ⇧︎⌘︎A
Tags: ⌃︎Return
Set Name As: ⌃︎⌘︎I
Emoji & Symbols: ⌃︎⌘︎Space

Find

In Database: ⌥︎⌘︎F
Find: ⌘︎F
Find Next: ⌘︎G
Find Previous: ⇧︎⌘︎G
Use Selection for Find: ⌘︎E
Scroll to Selection: ⌘︎J

Spelling and Grammar

Show Spelling and Grammar: ⌘︎:
Check Document Now: ⌘︎;

Insert

Bullet: ⇧︎⌘︎B
Date: ⇧︎⌘︎D
Item Link: ⌃︎⌘︎E

The Data Menu

Shortcuts found in the Data menu, including the New, Open With, and Mark submenus.

Open: ⌘︎O
Launch URL: ⌃︎⌘︎U
Reveal: ⌘︎R
Save: ⌘︎S
Save All: ⇧︎⌘︎S
Duplicate:
Move To: ⌃︎⌘︎M
Move to… Again: ⌥︎⌘︎T
Group Items: ⌥︎⌘︎G
Group Similar Items: ⌥︎⇧︎⌘︎G
Ungroup Items: ⌥︎⌘︎U
Move To Trash: ⌘︎Delete

New

New From Clipboard: ⌘︎N
Plain Text: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎N
Rich Text: ⌃︎⌥︎N
Group/Tag: ⇧︎⌘︎N

Open With

Default application: ⇧︎⌘︎O

Mark

As Flagged: ⌥︎⌘︎K
As Unread: ⌘︎K
As Locked: ⌃︎⌘︎K

The Format Menu

Shortcuts found in the Format menu, including the Font, Style, Alignment, and Ruler submenus.

Make Rich/Plain Text: ⇧︎⌘︎T
Highlight: ⇧︎⌘︎L
Make Link: ⇧︎⌘︎M
Typewriter-like Scrolling: ⌥︎⌃︎T
Wiki Linking: ⌥︎⌃︎L
WYSIWYG Editing: ⌥︎⌃︎E
Show/Hide Format Bar: ⇧︎⌘︎F
Show/Hide Editing Bar: ⇧︎⌘︎E

Font

Show Fonts: ⌘︎T
Bigger: ⇧︎⌘︎=
Smaller: ⌘︎—
Copy Font: ⌥︎⌘︎C
Paste Font: ⌥︎⌘︎V

Style

Bold: ⌘︎B
Italic: ⌘︎I
Underline: ⌘︎U
Strike Through: ⌃︎⌘︎S
Styles: ⌃︎⌘︎T

Alignment

Align Left: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎L
Align Right: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎R

Ruler

Show/Hide Ruler: ⇧︎⌘︎R
Copy Ruler: ⌃︎⌘︎C
Paste Ruler: ⌃︎⌘︎V

The Tools Menu

Shortcuts found in the Tools menu, including the Inspectors, and Filter submenus.

Get Info: ⇧︎⌘︎I
Chat: ⌃︎⌘︎A
Graph: ⌃︎⌘︎H

Inspectors

Show/Hide: ⌥︎⌘︎I
Generic: ⌃︎1
Custom: ⌃︎2
Properties: ⌃︎P
Annotations & Reminders: ⌃︎3
Table of Contents: ⌃︎4
Thumbnails: ⌃︎5
Annotations: ⌃︎6
Attachments: ⌃︎7
Links: ⌃︎8
Mentions: ⌃︎9
See Also & Classify: ⌃︎S
Search: ⌃︎U

Filter

Info: ⌃︎I
Tags: ⌃︎T
Multimedia: ⌃︎M
Maps: ⌃︎G

Flip

Rotate Right: ⌃︎⌘︎R
Rotate Left: ⌃︎⌘︎L

Batch Process

Batch Process: ⌥︎⌘︎B

The View menu

Shortcuts found in the View menu, including the Full Screen, Zoom, and Document Display submenus.

Navigate: ⌥︎⌘︎1
Reading List: ⌥︎⌘︎2
Import: ⌥︎⌘︎3
Extras: ⌥︎⌘︎4
as Icons: ⌘︎1
as List: ⌘︎2
as Columns: ⌘︎3
None: ⌘︎5
Standard: ⌘︎6
Widescreen: ⌘︎7
Quick Look: ⌘︎Y
Show/Hide Tags: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎T
Show/Hide Details: ⌥︎⌘︎L
Show Only Documents: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎D

Full Screen

Document: ⌘︎F7
Window: ⌃︎⌘︎F

Zoom

Actual Size: ⌘︎0
All Pixels: ⇧︎⌘︎X
Zoom In: ⌃︎⇧︎⌘︎=
Zoom Out: ⌃︎⌘︎—
Zoom To Fit: ⌘︎=
Zoom To Width: ⌃︎⌘︎W

Document Display

Best Alternative/Table View/Preview: ⌃︎⌘︎P
Text Alternative/Form View/Source: ⌃︎⌘︎X
Side-by-Side: ⌃︎⌘︎Y

The Go Menu

Shortcuts found in the Go menu. Note a few commands are marked with the extended keys mentioned at the beginning of this section, e.g., Home.

Previous Database: ⌥︎⌘︎R
Next Database: ⌥︎⌘︎E
Top Group: ⌥︎⌘︎Home
Enclosing Group: ⌥︎⌘︎up arrow
Selected Group: ⌥︎⌘︎down arrow
To Group…: ⌘︎L
First Document: ⌘︎Home
Previous Document: ⌘︎Page Up
Next Document: ⌘︎Page Down
Last Document: ⌘︎End
To Group: ⌃︎⌘︎G
To Document: ⌃︎⌘︎O
To Page/Line: ⌥︎⇧︎⌘︎P
To Link: ⇧︎⌘︎↩︎
Back: ⌘︎[
Forward: ⌘︎]
Previous Instance:
Next Instance:
Previous Highlight:
Next Highlight:
Next Unread Item: ⌘︎↩︎
Complete News: ⌥︎⌘︎↩︎
Move Focus to Sidebar: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎S
Move Focus to View: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎V
Move Focus to Preview: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎P
Move Focus to Inspector: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎I

Workspaces: Workspaces you create will be automatically assigned a shortcut of ⌥︎⇧︎⌘︎1, ⌥︎⇧︎⌘︎2, etc. up to the ninth workspace.

The Window Menu

Shortcuts found in the Window menu.

Close: ⌘︎W
Close All: ⌥︎⌘︎W
Minimize: ⌘︎M
Minimize All: ⌥︎⌘︎M
New Tab: ⌃︎⌘︎,
Select Next Tab: ⌘︎}
Select Previous Tab: ⌘︎{
Activity: ⌥︎⌘︎A

The Scripts Menu

Shortcuts found in the Scripts menu. As the script menu is segregated into subfolders by design, there are no top level commands with shortcuts at the factory settings. However, there are a few built-in scripts with default shortcuts:

Date

Verify & Optimize Databases: ⌃︎⌥︎⌘︎Y

Download

Linked Images of Page: ⌥︎⌘︎J
Open Linked Images in Tabs: ⇧︎⌘︎J