The best Latex editor

Learn the keyboard shortcuts

This guide highlights essential shortcuts to save and compile latex code, search across files, switch between documents and access other powerful commands

Please note:
⌘ — either CTRL on Windows, or CMD on OS X.

⌘ + B

Show/Hide the sidebar of crixet

⌘ + F

Used to find and replace within the current file

⌘ + ⇧ + F

Puts focus onto the search field in the left sidebar and lets you search across all files

⌘ + J

Jump into the PDF and highlight

⌘ + P

Opens the search file dialog and lets you switch very fast to another file from here.

⌘ + ⇧ + P

Opens the Command Palette. Here you can also see other built in shortcuts which work in the editor.

⌘ + S

Saves and compiles the code and renders the new PDF

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All rights reserved All trademarks, logos, and brand names are the property of their respective owners.