Opens the standard Quick Look panel showing a preview of the selected items.

Scrolls one page down or up in non-editable views, e.g., web pages, images, or PDF documents.

Start and stop recording.

Cancels processes, closes dialogs or Quick Look previews, etc., depending on the context.

Clears any entered data. Equivalent to pressing the retreating circle icon.

Stops editing.

Jumps to the first or next editable column when using View > List.

Moves one cell to the right for editing.

Renames documents.

Moves one cell down for editing.

Goes to beginning of, or end of, any view.

Deletes selected items.

Moves the editing selection.

Goes to beginning of, or end of, any view.

Zooms out.

Moves one cell to the left for editing.

Zooms in.

Moves one cell up for editing.

Selects consecutive items.

Navigates up and down in all views. Use ⇧ to select multiple entries.

Expands or collapses the selected groups in horizontal split, vertical split or List views, or navigates to previous/next item in other views.

Saves the entered data. Equivalent to clicking Add.

Toggles the Clutter-free option.

Extends the next consecutive item to the current selection.

Expands or contracts the current text selection.

Scrolls one page down or up in non-editable views, e.g., web pages, images, or PDF documents.

Capture the entire window.

Clips from the default browser.

Scrolls one page up and down in any view.

Capture a highlighted window.

Clips from a URL you've copied to the clipboard.

Capture a marqueed area.

Type a URL to clip and any associated data, e.g., comments, tags, etc..

Opens a selected document in the system default application.

Adds a non-consecutive item to the selection.

Opens the target of a link in a new tab or separate window.

(the triangle in front of a group) Expands or collapses all groups that are contained within this group as well.

(a link) For HTML-based files, adds the clicked URL to the Download Manager panel.

(a word) Initiates a search with the clicked word as the search term.

Cycles focus between the item list, view/edit pane, and the Tags bar or Inspectors (if visible).

Duplicates items to the drag destination instead of moving it.

Selects text using a rectangular selection ribbon.

Opens a full screen Quick Look slideshow.

When dragging items from the Finder, this moves, not copies, the file into the database.

Scrolls the visible area with the mouse.

Opens a link in a new tab and activates it. This requires enabling tabbed browsing in Preferences > General.

Goes backwards and forwards through the visited locations.

Using [ and ], goes backwards and forwards through the documents or visited web pages .

Goes backwards and forwards through the visited locations.

Using [ and ], goes backwards and forwards through the documents or visited web pages .

Cycles to the previous tab.

Cycles to the next tab.

Expands or collapses the selected groups and all their children the item list.

Creates replicants for the items at the drag destination. Dragging items from the Finder to DEVONthink with ⌥⌘ pressed indexes the item. Dragging items into documents with ⌥⌘ held inserts a link to the item.

Inserts a cross-link for groups or documents dropped into a rich text document. Dragging files or folders from the Finder to a rich text document with ⌥⌘ pressed creates links to them.

Cycles through open application windows. This is a common macOS shortcut.