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Keyboard shortcuts

Save time navigating mBox with keyboard shortcuts for your Inbox, Knowledge Base, AI chat, image markup, and more.

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Written by Stella

mBox has keyboard shortcuts for navigating the app, managing your Inbox, working with the Knowledge Base, and more. On Mac, cmd refers to ⌘. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl instead.

⚡ Quick math: Every keyboard shortcut saves roughly 2 seconds compared to reaching for the mouse. If you review 50 submissions a day and use just 5 shortcuts per submission, that's over 8 minutes back in your day — or about 30 hours a year. Enough time to review another 250 submissions, or just enjoy your coffee while it's still hot.

Shortcuts don't fire while you're typing in a text field, except where noted.

Navigation

Keys

Action

[

Toggle left navigation

]

Toggle right sidebar

g then i

Go to Inbox

g then k

Go to Knowledge Base

cmd+j

Open chat / start new chat

Escape

Minimize open chat

Inbox

Keys

Action

j /

Next message

k /

Previous message

Enter

Open selected message

/ or cmd+k

Focus inbox search

u

Toggle read / unread

e

Toggle done

h

Open snooze picker

f

Toggle favorite

shift+s

Toggle project subscription

cmd+Delete

Delete message

cmd+.

Copy project ID

cmd+shift+,

Copy inbox URL

cmd+c

Copy title as link (when no text is selected)

cmd+opt+u

Mark all read

cmd+shift+Backspace

Mark all done

Knowledge Base

Keys

Action

cmd+[

Go back (e.g. from a rule detail back to the property page)

AI chat

These shortcuts work in the chat composer.

Keys

Action

cmd+j

New chat

Escape

Minimize chat

Tab

Toggle attach context

cmd+Enter

Submit message

cmd+u

Attach file

cmd+Enter

Submit answer on clarifying-question cards

Comments

Keys

Action

cmd+Enter

Submit comment

cmd+shift+Enter

Send now (not available in edit mode)

cmd+u

Attach file

cmd+↑ / cmd+↓

Cycle comment visibility

Escape

Deactivate / blur composer

cmd+Backspace or cmd+Delete

Delete comment (edit mode)

@

Open mentions

Text formatting

These work in any rich-text field (comments, chat, handoff notes).

Keys

Action

cmd+b

Bold

cmd+i

Italic

cmd+shift+8

Bullet list

cmd+shift+7

Numbered list

cmd+k

Insert link

Image markup viewer

Keys

Action

v

Pan tool

c

Markup tool

x

Side-by-side view

y

Overlay view

p

Freehand draw (markup mode)

l

Line (markup mode)

a

Arrow (markup mode)

o

Circle (markup mode)

r

Rectangle (markup mode)

[ / ]

Previous / next overlay instance

19

Select overlay by index

cmd+[ / cmd+]

First / last overlay

cmd+h

Toggle highlights

cmd+r

Reset selected overlay

cmd+0

Fit / reset zoom

cmd+[

Go back / close viewer

]

Toggle viewer right sidebar

Handoff

Keys

Action

]

Toggle handoff sidebar

Escape

Close PA embed overlay

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