diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/commands/ranges.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/commands/ranges.ts
index 04859d2a77..09d3b1ad2f 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/commands/ranges.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/commands/ranges.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view'
-import { EditorSelection, EditorState, SelectionRange } from '@codemirror/state'
+import {
+  EditorSelection,
+  EditorState,
+  SelectionRange,
+  TransactionSpec,
+} from '@codemirror/state'
 import {
   ensureSyntaxTree,
   foldedRanges,
@@ -408,7 +413,10 @@ function bubbleUpRange(
   return range
 }
 
-export function toggleRanges(command: string) {
+export function toggleRanges(
+  command: string,
+  annotations?: TransactionSpec['annotations']
+) {
   /* There are a number of situations we need to handle in this function.
    * In the following examples, the selection range is marked within <>
 
@@ -745,7 +753,7 @@ export function toggleRanges(command: string) {
         // Shouldn't happen, but default to just wrapping the content
         return wrapRangeInCommand(view.state, range, command)
       }),
-      { scrollIntoView: true }
+      { scrollIntoView: true, annotations }
     )
     return true
   }
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/index.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/index.ts
index 7cf7257165..0621f58db4 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/index.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/index.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { toolbarPanel } from './toolbar/toolbar-panel'
 import { geometryChangeEvent } from './geometry-change-event'
 import { isSplitTestEnabled } from '../../../utils/splitTestUtils'
 import { completionLogger } from './completion-logger'
+import { shortcutLogger } from './shortcut-logger'
 
 const moduleExtensions: Array<() => Extension> = importOverleafModules(
   'sourceEditorExtensions'
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ export const createExtensions = (options: Record<string, any>): Extension[] => [
   highlightActiveLineGutter(),
   inlineBackground(options.visual.visual),
   completionLogger,
+  shortcutLogger,
   codemirrorDevTools(),
   exceptionLogger(),
   // CodeMirror extensions provided by modules
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/shortcut-logger.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/shortcut-logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..471e4326ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/shortcut-logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { ViewPlugin } from '@codemirror/view'
+import { emitShortcutEvent } from './toolbar/utils/analytics'
+import { runShortcut } from '../languages/latex/shortcuts'
+
+/**
+ * A custom view plugin that watches for transactions with the `runShortcut` annotation,
+ * and logs the shortcut name for analytics.
+ */
+export const shortcutLogger = ViewPlugin.define(view => {
+  return {
+    update(update) {
+      for (const tr of update.transactions) {
+        const action = tr.annotation(runShortcut)
+        if (action) {
+          emitShortcutEvent(view, action)
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  }
+})
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/utils/analytics.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/utils/analytics.ts
index c1519c7791..6a42045a7c 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/utils/analytics.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/utils/analytics.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ export function emitToolbarEvent(view: EditorView, command: string) {
 export function emitCompletionEvent(view: EditorView, command: string) {
   emitCommandEvent(view, 'codemirror-completion-event', command)
 }
+
+export function emitShortcutEvent(view: EditorView, command: string) {
+  emitCommandEvent(view, 'codemirror-shortcut-event', command)
+}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/shortcuts.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/shortcuts.ts
index 00859605d5..c09572643b 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/shortcuts.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/shortcuts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Prec } from '@codemirror/state'
+import { Annotation, Prec } from '@codemirror/state'
 import { keymap } from '@codemirror/view'
 import { toggleRanges } from '../../commands/ranges'
 
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ export const shortcuts = () => {
         key: 'Ctrl-b',
         mac: 'Mod-b',
         preventDefault: true,
-        run: toggleRanges('\\textbf'),
+        run: toggleRanges('\\textbf', runShortcut.of('toggle-bold')),
       },
       {
         key: 'Ctrl-i',
         mac: 'Mod-i',
         preventDefault: true,
-        run: toggleRanges('\\textit'),
+        run: toggleRanges('\\textit', runShortcut.of('toggle-italic')),
       },
     ])
   )
 }
+
+export const runShortcut = Annotation.define<string>()