Found in a Wave, I try to update it, whenever I notice something different/additional
Wave Navigation
Up/Down arrows use to navigate messages.
Tab/Shift-tab same as Up/Down arrows (outside edit mode)
Home/End focus first/last message
Space go to next unread message.
Left/Right arrows to switch focus between digest panel and wave panel.
Page Up/Down go to the next page in the panel [does not currently work, known bugs]
Ctrl-Space mark all messages read (focus must be on wave panel though)
Messages
Enter replies to messages: the new message will appear just below the selected message (it will be the same indentation level if it is the first reply, but indented more if a non-first reply).
Shift-Enter replies to messages at the end of thread: the new message will appear at the same indentation level, and at the BOTTOM most position.
Shift-Enter while editing ends editing (equivalent to clicking the done button)
highlight text + Enter inline reply: the new message will appear indented and INSIDE the current message.
Ctrl-R same as enter
Ctrl-E edit message
Ctrl-Enter (while editing) insert inline reply at caret
Text Editing
Ctrl-B toggles bold attributes for selected text
Ctrl-I toggles italics attributes for selected text
Ctrl-G Color
Ctrl-L Links to another Wave (highlight text, hit CTRL-L and put in a URL or a Wave ID (see Debug menu for ID’s) [NOTE: we will soon change the key combo]
Copy/Paste
Ctrl-C copy the selected text.
Ctrl-X cut the selected text.
Ctrl-V paste the text from the text buffer.
Structural Formatting
Ctrl-<n> Make the current line a heading, where n = 1..4 for different sized headings.
Ctrl-5 Bullets
Ctrl-6 Normal (removes heading/bullet style, but not bold/italic etc. current visual glitch in some browsers where text stays big – but this is not persistent.)
Ctrl-7 LTR + Left align
Ctrl-8 RTL + Right align

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Hi,
Thanks for sharing. It is one of the resources I have missed.
/daniel
Really nice posts. I will be checking back here regularly.
can someone tell me, please, why we are held hostage to trying to memorizing a gazillion different keyboard shortcuts that vary by application????? Power? Fame? Riches? Self-importance? Lawyers? Physical Therapists and Orthopaedic surgeons?
Most applications have a range of common tasks; they are confusing laid out in different menu structures in the first place, but then have “proprietary” access options. “Universal Access” my you-know-what…
Thanks for the info.
Any hints as to why some of the shortcuts do not work on Mac?
E..g. can’t find a shortcut for the Edit mode!
ctrl + E for edit message is working for me on my Mac
(Snow Leopard, Google Chrome and WaveBoard)
In the meanwhile I did some testing and found out that ctrl-E seldom works in Google Chrome. Most of the times it does nothing! Firefox & Safari don’t have this problem. It seems to be an issue with Chrome? I don’t know …
Running Leopard and not using Waveboard.
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