Keyboard Shortcuts in Slack and Mattermost

In an increasingly connected world that moves faster every day, everyone’s always trying to get more done in less time at work.

Are you enjoying the most productive Mattermost experience?

To increase your productivity on Mattermost, you may want to consider giving keyboard shortcuts and slash commands a spin.

Keyboard shortcuts and slash commands help you move across the Mattermost interface more efficiently. They also make it easier for you to multitask because you don’t have to rely on a cursor to move from one place to the next or perform specific functions (e.g., opening a direct message box or clicking on an unread message).

Many of the Mattermost shortcuts are the same as they are on Slack. So if you’re familiar with Slack, you should have a relatively easy time figuring out a faster way around Mattermost.

To streamline your learning experience, we’ve put together a quick guide you can reference to increase your productivity on Mattermost with keyboard shortcuts and slash commands.

• Navigation
• Files
• Messages
• Browser Built-in
• Slash Commands

1. Navigation

Move across the Mattermost platform faster, find messages that require your attention in less time, and send messages to colleagues quicker using the following keyboard shortcuts:

2. Files

Send files to your peers across Mattermost instead of using email with this simple shortcut:

3. Messages

Send messages and emojis through Mattermost faster and track down your colleagues’ usernames in a few keystrokes with these shortcuts:

4. Browser Built-in

Become more productive on Mattermost using these keyboard shortcuts designed to make your team work more efficiently:

Keep in mind that you don’t have to memorize all these shortcuts—or even any of them.

When you’re using Mattermost, a handy shortcut menu is always just a quick CTRL+/ away (CMD+/ on Mac):

5. Slash commands

Like Slack, Mattermost also gives you the ability to use slash commands (i.e., messages that begin with /) to perform specific actions in the platform without using a mouse or touchscreen.

Mattermost comes with a number of built-in slash commands out of the box, and teams can unlock addition productivity gains by building custom slash commands that support their unique workflows.

Here are some of the slash commands you can start using today:

You don’t have to memorize any of these, either. Simply type / in a message box and a list of slash commands will appear.

You can also create custom slash commands to perform additional functions. For more information on slash commands, head over to our docs.

Here’s to an even more productive Mattermost experience!