Padlet shortcuts
Updated 3 weeks ago
by
Rana Wilds
Padlet accommodates a variety of shortcuts that will help you make padlets faster and easier. Level up your padlet skills with the following tips and tricks.
Mouse shortcuts for Padlet
Drag and drop a file: Opens the post composer with content inside.
Drag and drop multiple files: Opens multiple post composers, each with one of the files. Click the icon on the right to publish all drafts. Check out this article for more info.
Double-click on padlet: Opens the post composer.
Double-click on post: Edit the post.
Double-click on padlet title: Edit the padlet settings.
Keyboard shortcuts for Padlet
Windows users will use Control ^ and Mac users will use Command ⌘.
C: Creates a new post.
F: Goes fullscreen while using Slideshow.
Esc: Closes the post composer.
Cmd/Ctrl + Enter: Publishes the current post.
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Enter: Publishes the current post and starts a new post.
Cmd/Ctrl + V: Pastes clipboard content to a post.
Cmd/Ctrl + /: Opens the search panel in the dashboard
Keyboard shortcuts / hotkeys (for formatting) text
Windows users will use Control ^ and Mac users will use Command ⌘.
Bold text: Cmd/Ctrl + B | Italic text: Cmd/Ctrl + I |
Strikethrough text: Cmd/Ctrl + S | Highlight: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + H |
Link: Cmd/Ctrl + K | Superscript: Cmd/Ctrl + period (.) |
Subscript: Cmd/Ctrl + comma (,) | Quote: Cmd/Ctrl + > |
Code block: Cmd/Ctrl + \ | Math: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + M |
Bulleted list: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + 8 | Numbered list: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + 7 |
Decrease indentation on bulleted/numbered lists: Shift + Tab | Increase indentation on bulleted/numbered lists: Tab |
Markdown syntax
For bold, italic, s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶, and highlighted text, place your text in between the symbols shown below. For example, to type Favorite Books in bold, you would type **Favorite Books** To highlight the text, you would type ==Favorite Books==
Bold text: **bold**
Italic text: *italic*
Strikethrough text: ~~strikethrough~~
Highlight: ==highlight==
Bulleted list: Select either a -, +, or * and then a Space
Numbered list: 1. and then a Space
Quote: > and then a Space
Code block: ``` and then Enter
Other shortcuts
padlet.new: When you navigate directly to padlet.new, we will automatically create a new padlet for you to work on. This will default to the Wall format. If you want to start a padlet with a different format, try one of these URLs:
