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keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard behavior available in the current visual editors.

app and docs navigation

Ctrl / + BToggle the current sidebar.
/ or Ctrl / + KFocus documentation search.
AESelect a matching multiple-choice option while solving.

structured math

sqrtCreate a radical and place the cursor inside.
pi / thetaInsert the corresponding mathematical symbol.
Tab / Shift+TabMove through structure slots and into neighboring prose when no slot remains.
/ Move spatially into and out of fractions, roots, scripts, and neighboring content.
BackspaceDelete according to the current mathematical structure.

mixed prose

Ctrl / + MInsert inline math at the current prose caret.
Ctrl / + Shift + MInsert display math at the current prose caret.
/ Move seamlessly between a prose boundary and the neighboring math field.
Backspace / DeleteCross the neighboring prose/math boundary in the deletion direction. Backspace in an empty selected math field removes that math node.
EnterCreate a clearly separated prose line; Backspace at the start of a line joins it to the previous line.

The same actions are available as labeled toolbar buttons. Source mode remains optional for authors who want to edit canonical delimiters directly.

The editor stores prose and x2x^2 as one versioned source string.