Squarespace keyboard shortcuts and tips

Squarespace keyboard shortcuts and tips

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Last updated November 05, 2025 19:55

Tips and tricks to navigate Squarespace and accomplish common tasks using a keyboard instead of a mouse.

Use these shortcuts to navigate and manage your Squarespace site. These tips and tricks are useful when you'd rather not click through menus to accomplish common tasks.

Use these shortcuts to get around when editing your Squarespace site. These may not work in certain products or panels where you aren't directly editing or viewing site content, such as Email Campaigns and Scheduling.


	Mac	Windows
Open/close the full preview	`Esc`	`Esc`
Search for a panel	`/` or `?` Search for a panel, like domains or connected accounts. If your browser uses the same shortcut, your cursor may default to your browser's search field.	`/` or `?` Search for a panel, like domains or connected accounts. If your browser uses the same shortcut, your cursor may default to your browser's search field.

Navigate panels and site content

Use these shortcuts to navigate and select elements on your site or in panels on the left side of the screen:

Press Tab to highlight an element.
Press Shift + Tab to move back to a previously highlighted element.
Press Space to select the element or content that's highlighted.
Press Enter/Return while a block is selected to open its menu.
Press Esc to close a block's menu.

A focus outline or Skip to Content message may also appear. To learn more, visit Making your Squarespace site more accessible.

Fluid Engine

Use these shortcuts when moving and editing content in Fluid Engine.


	Mac	Windows
Select a block	`Tab`	`Tab`
Select previous block	`Shift + Tab`	`Shift + Tab`
Select all blocks in a section	`⌘` + `A`	`Ctrl` + `A`
Delete selected block(s)	`Delete`	`Delete`
Move block	`Arrow keys`	`Arrow keys`
Resize block	`⌘` + `arrow keys`	`Ctrl` + `arrow keys`
Symmetrically resize block	`⌘` + `Shift` + `arrow keys`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `arrow keys`
Move block forward or backward	`Shift` + `up/down arrow key`	`Shift` + `up/down arrow key`
Move block up or down (mobile view)	`Option` + `up/down arrow key`	`Alt` + `up/down arrow key`
Duplicate block	`⌘` + `D`	`Ctrl` + `D`
Copy block	`⌘` + `C`	`Ctrl` + `C`
Paste block	`⌘` + `V`	`Ctrl` + `V`
Hide selected block at current browser width	`⌘` + `Shift` + `H`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `H`
Show grid	`G`	`G`

Right-click in Fluid Engine

To open a menu of shortcuts in Fluid Engine, right-click (or Ctrl + click) on the section or its blocks. Shortcuts include:

Arrange
Copy (blocks only)
Delete
Duplicate
Hide/Show on desktop (blocks only)
Hide/Show on mobile (blocks only)
Paste
Save section (sections only)

For more details on hiding blocks, visit Editing your site with Fluid Engine.

Text formatting

Use these shortcuts to format text in text blocks, image blocks, or an email campaign:


	Mac	Windows
Add a link	`⌘` + `K`	`Ctrl` + `K`
Paragraph 3 (version 7.1 only)	`⌘` + `Option` + `0`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `0`
Paragraph 2/Normal	`⌘` + `Option` + `1`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `1`
Paragraph 1 (version 7.1 only)	`⌘` + `Option` + `2`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `2`
Heading 4 (version 7.1 only)	`⌘` + `Option` + `3`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `3`
Heading 3	`⌘` + `Option` + `4`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `4`
Heading 2	`⌘` + `Option` + `5`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `5`
Heading 1	`⌘` + `Option` + `6`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `6`
Bold	`⌘` + `B`	`Ctrl` + `B`
Italic	`⌘` + `I`	`Ctrl` + `I`
Underline	`⌘` + `U`	`Ctrl` + `U`
Left Align	`Shift` + `⌘` + `L`	`Shift` + `Ctrl` + `L`
Center Align	`Shift` + `⌘` + `E`	`Shift` + `Ctrl` + `E`
Right Align	`Shift` + `⌘` + `R`	`Shift` + `Ctrl` + `R`
Undo	`⌘` + `Z`	`Ctrl` + `Z`
Redo	`⌘ + Y ⌘` + `Shift` + `Z`	`Ctrl` + `Y Ctrl + Shift + Z`
Paste as plain text	`⌘` + `Shift` + `V`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `V`
Increase text indent	`⌘` + `]`	`Ctrl` + `]`
Decrease text indent	`⌘` + `[`	`Ctrl` + `[`
Increase list bullet indent	`Tab`	`Tab`
Decrease list bullet indent	`Shift` + `Tab`	`Shift` + `Tab`

Page editing

Use these shortcuts when adding content in the Pages panel.


	Mac and Windows
Add a blog post, product, event, or another collection item	When a collection page is open: `Space`
Find a block	When adding a block, search at the top of the Block Menu instead of scrolling. For example, try image, audio, or summary.
Resize an image incrementally	Press and hold `Shift` while dragging an image block cropping handle to resize the image in 20-pixel increments for more precise resizing.

Site style changes

Use these shortcuts when styling your site in the Design panel.


Find a color	When changing colors, use HTML color names in addition to HEX, RBG/RBGa, or HSL/HSLA codes.
Find a style tweak (version 7.0)	On version 7.0, at the top of site styles, you can search for style settings, like paddingornavigation.

Acuity Scheduling

Use these shortcuts to navigate Acuity.


	Mac and Windows
Hide/show the left menu	`Shift` + `M`
Block off time	`Shift` + `B`
Schedule a new appointment	`Shift` + `N`
Open the client scheduling page	`Shift` + `S`

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Squarespace keyboard shortcuts and tips

Squarespace keyboard shortcuts and tips

Squarespace keyboard shortcuts and tips

Tips and tricks to navigate Squarespace and accomplish common tasks using a keyboard instead of a mouse.

Site navigation and search

Navigate panels and site content

Fluid Engine

Right-click in Fluid Engine

Text formatting

Page editing

Site style changes

Acuity Scheduling