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Updated: 2026/9/19 21:57:56

PreviousSettings

#Shortcuts

Everything has a command; every command can have a key. ⌘/ in the app shows this same list — a binding missing from the sheet is a bug, not a choice. Mouse alternatives: a middle click closes a chip, a file tile in the dock or a workspace segment.

#Fold

KeyDoes
⌘Tnew sessionin the workspace root
⌘1–9switch to session n
⌥⌘1–9switch to workspaceadded order; note: 1–2 heading
⌥⇥previous sessionmost recent first; hold ⌥, ⇥ walks further back
⌥⇧⇥next sessionthe same walk, forward again
⌥⌘Ssession scopeglobal, or the focused workspace's
⌘Bshow / hide toolwelcome: browse; in a note: bold
⌘⇧Ethe Files toolopens it focused; focused, closes
⌘⇧Gthe Git toolopens it focused; focused, closes
⌘⇧Lthe Notes toolopens it; open, closes
⌘Etuck / restore documentscloses nothing; in a note: code
⌘⇧↩zoom the paneagain: back to the grid
⌘⇧Msource / previewmarkdown; in a note: live / source
⌘/this cheatsheet
⌘,settingsthe dock's gear; in a workspace
⌘Wclose the sessionasks shelve or kill while its shell is alive
⌘Dsplit the pane righta fresh session beside this one
⌘⇧Dsplit the pane downa fresh session under this one
⌥⌘Wseparate the paneits session steps out to its own chip, running
⌥⌘←↑↓→focus the next panethe split's neighbour that way
⌘⇧Wclose the open documentasks while dirty; a note never asks
⌘Ssave the open documentwhen it has edits; a note never asks
⌘Psearchfiles by fuzzy name, contents and commands; noise is skipped
⌘⇧Pcommand palettethe search in commands mode; > on an empty field too
⌘⇧Fsearch file contentsthe search in contents mode; never the terminal
⌘⇧Nnew notein this workspace's notes; no tool opens
⌘Oopen a workspacethe welcome page; there, the folder picker
⌘⇧Cclone a repositoryon the welcome page
⌘Qquit fold

#Editor

KeyDoes
⌘Ccopy selectionwhile the editor holds the keyboard
⌘Xcut selection
⌘Vpaste
⌘Aselect all
⌘Zundoper file
⌘⇧Zredo
⌘←to line start
⌘→to line end⇧ extends the selection, on every move
⌘↑to file start
⌘↓to file end
⌘⌫delete to line start

#Note editor

KeyDoes
⌘Bboldin a focused, unlocked note
⌘Iitalic
⌘⇧Xstrikethrough
⌘⇧Hhighlight
⌘Einline code
⌥⌘1heading 1
⌥⌘2heading 2
⌘⇧8bullet list
⌘⇧7numbered list
⌘⇧9task list
⌘⇧.quote
⌘⇧Acallout
⌥⌘Ccode block
⌥⌘-divider

#Terminal

The terminal keeps everything else for the shell — agents need their control keys.

KeyDoes
⌘Ccopy selection
⌘Vpaste
⌘Kclear screen
⌘+bigger text
⌘−smaller text
⌘0reset text size

#App

KeyDoes
⌘Hhide Fold
⌥⌘Hhide the other apps
⌘Mminimise the window
⌃⌘Ffill the screenand back to the size before

#A question

The close question — Shelve, Kill or Cancel — and every other dialog answer from the keyboard.

KeyDoes
↩the highlighted answershelve, on the close question
⌘⌫the danger answerkill, where a question offers one
⎋cancel the question