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Shortcuts

Stride uses a variety of keyboard and markdown shortcuts to make editing and writing calculations easier.

Keyboard shortcuts

Editor

When editing text in a document, the following keyboard shortcuts are available:

Keyboard combinationDescription
/Block picker
ctrl + sSave current file
ctrl + oOpen project
ctrl + pExport to PDF
ctrl + cCopy
ctrl + vPaste
ctrl + bBold selected
ctrl + iItalicize selected
ctrl + =Zoom in
ctrl + -Zoom out
ctrl + 0Reset zoom

Math block

When editing an equation inside a math block, the following keyboard shortcuts are available:

Keyboard combinationDescription
ctrl + cCopy
ctrl + vPaste
ctrl + enterInsert a normal text block after the math block

Sketch block

When editing a sketch, the following keyboard shortcuts are available:

Keyboard combinationDescription
ctrl + sSave and close sketch
1 or vSelection tool
2 or rRectangle tool
3 or dDiamond tool
4 or oElilpse/Circle tool
5 or aArrow tool
6 or lLine tool
7 or pPencil tool
8 or tText tool
9Insert image
0 or eEraser tool
ctrl + cCopy
ctrl + vPaste
ctrl + =Zoom in
ctrl + -Zoom out

Markdown shortcuts

Since Stride is markdown based, the following markdown shortcuts are available to insert the following blocks (or apply the appropriate formatting) and can be used when entering normal text in the document. These shortcuts are triggered upon entering the syntax below followed by a space or upon completion of the syntax.

For images and sketches, the path is relative based on where the project is. An example for a sketch would be ![Glulam beam sketch](media/glulam-beam-sketch.excalidraw).

Markdown syntaxDescriptionTrigger
$$Math blockspace
#Heading 1space
##Heading 2space
###Heading 3space
####Heading 4space
#####Heading 5space
######Heading 6space
>Quotespace
-Unordered listspace
1.Numbered listspace
[]Checklistspace
![alt text](relative path)Imagecompletion
![alt text](relative path.excalidraw)Sketchcompletion
[display text](link URL)Linkcompletion
**text you want bold**Boldcompletion
*text you want italicized*Italiccompletion
~~text you want stricken~~Strikethroughcompletion

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