Keyboard shortcuts¶

Switchboard is built to run from the keyboard. On Windows and Linux, read Ctrl where a Mac uses Cmd.

Inside a terminal on Windows and Linux

There, plain Ctrl+W, Ctrl+T, Ctrl+O, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+K, Ctrl+N and Ctrl+Q belong to the program in the terminal. Add Shift for Switchboard's: Ctrl+Shift+K opens the command palette, and so on. The menus show these forms. On a Mac, Cmd always goes to Switchboard.

Everywhere¶

Mac	Windows and Linux	What it does
`Cmd`+`K`	`Ctrl`+`K`	Command palette: commands, chats, and a new terminal per shell
`Cmd`+`N`	`Ctrl`+`N`	New chat
`Cmd`+`T`	`Ctrl`+`T`	New terminal, with your default shell
`Cmd`+`O`	`Ctrl`+`O`	Find a chat and open it in a terminal
`Cmd`+`B`	`Ctrl`+`B`	History
`Cmd`+`1`	`Ctrl`+`1`	The board
`Cmd`+`2` to `Cmd`+`8`	`Ctrl`+`2` to `Ctrl`+`8`	Terminal tabs, in order
`Cmd`+`9`	`Ctrl`+`9`	The last tab
`Cmd`+`W`	`Ctrl`+`W`	Close the top thing: a sheet, a floating terminal, a tab, then the window
`Cmd`+`Shift`+`L`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`L`	Switch light and dark
`Cmd`+`,`	`Ctrl`+`,`	Settings
`Cmd`+`Q`	`Ctrl`+`Q`	Quit
`Esc`	`Esc`	Close what's on top, one layer at a time

On the board¶

These work when you aren't typing in a field.

Key	What it does
`J` or `Down`	Next chat
`K` or `Up`	Previous chat
`L` or `Right`	Next column
`H` or `Left`	Previous column
`Enter`	Open the chat: in a tab, resuming it if it was stopped
`Shift`+`Enter`	Open its terminal in a window
`Alt`+`Enter`	Open its terminal as a floating sheet
`F`	Start fresh
`R`	Resume
`C`	Continue on another computer
`N`	New chat
`Tab`, `Shift`+`Tab`	Move between buttons

In a terminal¶

Enter, Esc and Tab go to the program.

Selecting text copies it, so it is ready to paste as soon as you let go of the mouse. A right-click copies the selection, or pastes when nothing is selected.

Mac	Windows and Linux	What it does
`Cmd`+`C`	`Ctrl`+`C` with text selected, `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`C` or `Ctrl`+`Ins`	Copy
`Cmd`+`V`	`Ctrl`+`V`, `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`V` or `Shift`+`Ins`	Paste
`Ctrl`+`C` with text selected	the same	Copy; with nothing selected, `Ctrl`+`C` goes to the program
`Shift`+`Page Up`, `Shift`+`Page Down`	the same	Scroll
`Cmd`+`Up`, `Cmd`+`Down`	`Ctrl`+`Home`, `Ctrl`+`End`	Scroll to the top, the bottom
`Cmd`+`Left`, `Cmd`+`Right`	`Home`, `End`	Start, end of the line
`Option`+`Left`, `Option`+`Right`	`Ctrl`+`Left`, `Ctrl`+`Right`	Back, forward a word
`Option`+`Backspace`	`Ctrl`+`Backspace`	Delete a word
`Cmd`+`Backspace`		Delete to the start of the line
`Cmd`+`+`, `Cmd`+`-`, `Cmd`+`0`	`Ctrl`+`+`, `Ctrl`+`-`, `Ctrl`+`0`	Bigger, smaller, actual size text
`Cmd`+`Shift`+`R`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`R`	Redraw the terminal

In the command palette¶

Key	What it does
`Up`, `Down` (or `Ctrl`+`P`, `Ctrl`+`N`)	Move
`Enter`	Run

Cmd+K then Enter opens a new terminal with your default shell, since New terminal rows come first.

In Files¶

Key	What it does
`Up`, `Down`	Move
`Enter`	Open
`Right`	Into the folder
`Left`, `Backspace` or `Cmd`+`Up`	Up to the parent folder
`Cmd`+`Down`	Open
`Space`	Quick look