# Shortcut for strikethrough when composing text?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shortcut-for-strikethrough-when-composing-text/276989>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** keyboard-shortcuts\
**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shortcut-for-strikethrough-when-composing-text/276989 "2023-08-29T05:37:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shortcut-for-strikethrough-when-composing-text/276989/1 "2023-08-29T05:37:37Z")

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Is there a shortcut for strikethrough ( ~~example~~ ) when composing text? Or a way to create one?

There is a shortcut for bolding and italics, but nothing for strikethrough. I need to manualy type ` ~~` around the word like this: `~~ example~~`.

In other places, the shortcut is `Command + Shift + X` but here in Discourse that changes the direction of the text window.

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