Keyboard Shortcuts

Our goal is to help you write as fluidly and efficiently as possible. Our current set of keyboard shortcuts are all about keeping you focused on writing instead of fiddling with formatting.
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📌 Note(s): Shortcuts are enabled in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.
​On Safari, use Ctrl (^) instead of Command (⌘) due to browser restrictions.

Scripto uses the same keyboard shortcuts for basic text formatting that you're used to from every other writing program.
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Every text block in the script needs to have a type. For instance Character, Dialogue, Scene Heading. Scripto does its best to predict which type of block you'll want next but sometimes there are a few plausible options.

Tab cycles through the likely block types on an empty block. Once you start typing, Tab no longer cycles through block types. At the end of an existing block, Tab creates the next expected block type.

Tab cycles through the likely block types, even when the block already contains text.

💫 Poweruser move: Shift + Tab cycles through block types in the opposite order.

⌘\ (Mac) | Ctrl+\ (Windows) — opens and closes the block type menu.

Or, you can memorize the keyboard shortcuts for each individual block type.

The variety script uses slightly different block types than the screenplay.