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Use Canvas keyboard shortcuts

Move through common Canvas review actions faster while keeping review decisions deliberate.

Updated 31 May 20264 min readAuthor: Redactorr Support Team · [email protected]Last reviewed: May 2026

Outcome

You can use shortcuts for navigation and review without accidentally approving or sharing the wrong output.

Your progress

Mark each step as you complete it. This is saved only in this browser.

0 / 3 steps complete

Before you start

Use a keyboard and browser combination that supports the shortcut.
Keep focus inside Canvas before using a shortcut.
Avoid shortcuts when reviewing an unfamiliar high-risk document.

Visual frame

Review asset

Canvas keyboard shortcuts storyboard

Synthetic shortcut frame only. It avoids publishing exact shortcut mappings unless verified in the live interface.

FocusInside Canvas
StartNavigation first
VerifyAfter action

Synthetic frame

Shortcut help

Verify the current action before using it.

ReferenceVisible help menu
FocusCanvas panel
Unknown shortcutDo not guess
Shortcuts should be confirmed from the current UI.

Use Canvas keyboard shortcuts workflow frame

Instructional frame for this operational guide. Replace with product screenshots only after the current screen state is approved.

FindOpen or find the shortcut list
DecideStart with navigation shortcuts
VerifyVerify action shortcuts immediately

Guided steps

Follow the task, then check the result.

Open or find the shortcut list

Use the visible help menu, shortcut reference, or command hint to confirm the current shortcut before pressing it.

Success check: You can see or verify what the shortcut does.

Start with navigation shortcuts

Use shortcuts for next item, previous item, search, or panel focus before using decision-changing shortcuts.

Success check: Focus moves where expected without changing review state unintentionally.

Verify action shortcuts immediately

After using a shortcut that marks, keeps, reclassifies, copies, or exports, check the visible state before continuing.

Success check: The shortcut changed only the intended item or action.

Branch questions

Completion check

Shortcut behaviour was confirmed from the current UI.
Focus was inside the intended Canvas area.
Decision-changing shortcuts were verified immediately.

Support boundary

Support can use by default

  • Article slug and selected workflow step.
  • Screen or action name.
  • Browser, viewport, workspace type, and file type category when relevant.
  • Synthetic sample shape or already-redacted sample only after review.
  • Intent ID
  • Article slug
  • App route

Requires your consent

  • User-written description
  • Email address
  • Explicit attachment
  • Redacted sample
  • Support bundle previewed to the user

Not collected by default

  • Raw original document text
  • Full local file paths
  • Pasted private content
  • Unmasked screenshots
  • Replay capture

Safe support summary

Copy a scrubbed handoff.

Redactorr KB support summary

Article: /knowledge-base/canvas-keyboard-shortcuts
Selected issue: A documented shortcut does something different.
Playbook progress: 0/3 steps marked complete

Safe context to include:
- Article slug and selected workflow step.
- Screen or action name.
- Browser, viewport, workspace type, and file type category when relevant.
- Synthetic sample shape or already-redacted sample only after review.
- Intent ID
- Article slug
- App route

Requires explicit consent:
- User-written description
- Email address
- Explicit attachment
- Redacted sample
- Support bundle previewed to the user

Do not include by default:
- Raw original document text
- Full local file paths
- Pasted private content
- Unmasked screenshots
- Replay capture

User note:
- Describe the step and symptom without pasting raw document text, secrets, files, or restoration material.

Article details

Use Canvas keyboard shortcuts

Move through common Canvas review actions faster while keeping review decisions deliberate.

Use this guide when the Canvas keyboard shortcuts surface is available in your workspace. If you cannot see the screen or control described here, use the safe support path instead of guessing.

Outcome

You can use shortcuts for navigation and review without accidentally approving or sharing the wrong output.

Before You Start

  • Use a keyboard and browser combination that supports the shortcut.
  • Keep focus inside Canvas before using a shortcut.
  • Avoid shortcuts when reviewing an unfamiliar high-risk document.

1. Open or find the shortcut list

Use the visible help menu, shortcut reference, or command hint to confirm the current shortcut before pressing it.

Check before you continue: You can see or verify what the shortcut does.

2. Start with navigation shortcuts

Use shortcuts for next item, previous item, search, or panel focus before using decision-changing shortcuts.

Check before you continue: Focus moves where expected without changing review state unintentionally.

3. Verify action shortcuts immediately

After using a shortcut that marks, keeps, reclassifies, copies, or exports, check the visible state before continuing.

Check before you continue: The shortcut changed only the intended item or action.

Completion Check

  • Shortcut behaviour was confirmed from the current UI.
  • Focus was inside the intended Canvas area.
  • Decision-changing shortcuts were verified immediately.

Safe Examples

  • A synthetic shortcut note with no private content.
  • A masked screenshot of the shortcut overlay.

If You Need Support

Contact support when:

  • A documented shortcut does something different.
  • Keyboard focus becomes trapped or skips a critical control.

Include only support-safe context:

  • Article slug and selected workflow step.
  • Screen or action name.
  • Browser, viewport, workspace type, and file type category when relevant.
  • Synthetic sample shape or already-redacted sample only after review.

Still stuck?

Copy a safe article handoff.

Start support with the article, the issue, and safe context. Raw document text, files, restoration material, and unredacted screenshots stay out unless you explicitly choose otherwise.

Support can start here
  • Article slug
  • Selected issue
  • Screen name
  • Action name
Redactorr support case

Source: Article playbook: canvas-keyboard-shortcuts
Route: /knowledge-base/canvas-keyboard-shortcuts
Selected issue: A documented shortcut does something different.

Safe context:
- Article slug and selected workflow step.
- Screen or action name.
- Browser, viewport, workspace type, and file type category when relevant.
- Synthetic sample shape or already-redacted sample only after review.
- Article slug
- Selected issue
- Screen name or article section
- Action name

Only include with explicit consent:
- User-written description
- Email address
- Explicit attachment
- Redacted sample
- Support bundle previewed to the user

Do not include by default:
- Raw original document text
- Full local file paths
- Pasted private content
- Unmasked screenshots
- Replay capture
- Hidden diagnostic uploads

User note:
- Describe what you tried and what happened. Do not paste raw document text, secrets, files, restoration material, or unredacted screenshots.

Support case builder

One case format, wherever you start.

This is the same support case shape used by diagnostics and article handoffs.

Safe to include
  • Article slug and selected workflow step.
  • Screen or action name.
  • Browser, viewport, workspace type, and file type category when relevant.
  • Synthetic sample shape or already-redacted sample only after review.
  • Article slug
  • Selected issue
Consent boundary

Private material belongs behind an explicit consent step, not in the initial case.

6 default exclusions

Before you copy0/4 ready
Open safe support guide