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Zotero 5.0 (macOS) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 11/24/2020 on https://defkey.com/zotero-5-mac-shortcuts

Zotero is a free and open-source reference management software that is used
to manage bibliographic data and related research materials such as PDF
files). It was initially released in October 2006.

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) has 50 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Adding Items to Zotero Library
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Cmd + Shift + S         Save to Zotero
Cmd + Shift + N         Create a New Item by Hand
Cmd + Shift + O         Create a New Note
Cmd + Shift + I         Import
Cmd + Option + Shift + I Import from Clipboard


Editing Items (Info Tab)
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Shift + Enter           Add Another Author/Creator when Editing Creator
Shift + Enter           Save Abstract or Extra field


Removing or Deleting Items and Collections
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Del                     (from My Library) Move to Trash
Shift + Del             (from My Library) Move to Trash without Confirmation Dialog
Shift + Del             (from a collection) Move to Trash
Del                     (from a collection) Remove from Collection (Only for top-level items)
Del                     Delete Collection (and Keep Items in Library and Others Collections, if
any)
Shift + Del             Delete Collection and Move Items to Trash


Creating Citations and Bibliographies (Quick Copy)
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Cmd + Shift + A         Copy Selected Item Citations to Clipboard
Cmd + Shift + C         Copy Selected Items to Clipboard


Navigating between Zotero Panes
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Cmd + Shift + L         Focus Libraries (Left) Pane
Tab                     Move through Panes and Fields
Ctrl + Page Up / Down   Move through Info/Notes/Tags/Related Tabs
Ctrl + Fn + Up arrow / Down arrow Move through Info/Notes/Tags/Related Tabs
Cmd + Shift + K         Quick Search
Cmd + F                 Quick Search


Search
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Cmd + Shift + K         Quick Search
Cmd + F                 Quick Search
Option                  (Hold) Find/Highlight Collection(s) an Item belongs to


Tags
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Cmd + Shift + T         Toggle Tag Selector
1                       … to 6: Assign Colored Tag to an Item


Feeds
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Cmd + Shift + R         Mark All Feed Items as Read/Unread
Cmd + Shift + `         Mark Feed as Read/Unread


Other shortcuts
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+                       Expand/Collapse Collections or Items List
-                       Expand/Collapse Collections or Items List
Option                  (Windows. Hold down) Highlight All Collections an Item is in
Cmd + A                 Count Items (Result Appears in Right-Hand Pane)


Notes
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Cmd + B                 Bold
Cmd + I                 Italic
Cmd + U                 Underline
Cmd + A                 Select All
Cmd + Z                 Undo
Cmd + Y                 Redo
Cmd + Shift + Z         Redo
Cmd + X                 Cut
Cmd + C                 Copy
Cmd + V                 Paste
Cmd + Shift + V         Paste without formatting
Ctrl + Option + 1       … to 6: Format Heading 1 to 6
Ctrl + Option + 7       Format as Paragraph
Ctrl + Option + 8       Format as Div
Ctrl + Option + 9       Format as Address
Cmd + F                 Find and Replace
Cmd + K                 Insert Link
Option + F10            Focus/jump to toolbar


Note
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It is possible to assign additional keyboard shortcuts
using Zutilo extension or Keyconfig.

Source: Zotero


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