Keyboard shortcuts in Swiftflip on Mac

Swiftflip on Mac is built around native menu commands, so most actions have a keyboard shortcut.

Mac guide

Mac

Work from the sidebar

Select a deck, folder or Insight without leaving the main window.

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Grade by keyboard

Space flips the card. The arrow keys record whether you knew it.

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Practice

• Space: flip the current card
• Right arrow: mark the current card correct
• Left arrow: mark the current card incorrect
• ⌘ Z: undo the last grade in the current session
• ⌘ .: end the current practice session

Decks, folders and cards

• ⌘ N: new deck
• ⌘ Shift N: new folder
• ⌘ Option N: new Smart Deck
• ⌘ Ctrl N: new card in the selected deck
• ⌘ Shift E: edit the selected deck
• ⌘ Shift S: share the selected deck
• ⌘ Shift G: generate cards with AI for the selected deck (needs macOS 27 or later)
• ⌘ Option I: Get Info for the selected deck
• ⌘ Shift R: Practice All on the selected deck
• ⌘ Delete: move the selected deck to Recently Deleted
• Delete: move selected cards to Recently Deleted while the card table has focus

Formatting

These work only while you are editing a card field:

• ⌘ B: bold
• ⌘ I: italic
• ⌘ U: underline
• ⌘ K: add a link

Navigation and editing

• ⌘ F: find, or focus the search field
• ⌘ [: go back
• ⌘ Z: undo the last library change
• ⌘ Shift Z: redo

File menu

• ⌘ Shift I: import an Anki, CSV or Swiftflip file

Export has no shortcut. Find it in File then Export.

Insights

• ⌘ 1, ⌘ 2, ⌘ 3: switch between Insights sections
• ⌘ R: refresh the current Insights view

Sheets

Editor sheets for cards, decks, folders and Smart Decks follow the macOS standard:

• Esc: cancel and close the sheet
• Return: confirm the default action

In the editable card table, double-click a cell to edit it inline. The Front field is focused automatically on a new row.

For the full desktop workflow see Use Swiftflip on Mac.