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Keyboard shortcuts

Move around the dashboard and the desktop app without the mouse
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Shortcuts are shown for a Mac. On Windows and Linux, press Ctrl where the table shows ⌘, and Alt for ⌥. ⌃ is Ctrl on every computer.

Dashboard

Anywhere

ActionKeys
New session (New doc in PM, New investigation in SRE)⌘⇧O
Search⌘K
Settings⌘,
Back to app, from SettingsEsc
Move to the product switcher, then use the arrow keys⌘⇧P
Show or hide the sidebar⌘B
Switch between dark and lightD
Start a session from the box on Home⌘Enter

Esc, ⌘B and D don’t work while you’re typing in a field. The others do.

In a session

ActionKeys
Show or hide the workbench⌘⌥B
Terminal⌃`
Changes⌘⇧G
Files⌘⇧E
Tasks⌘⇧K
Artifacts⌘⇧Y
Subagents, when the session has them⌘⇧U
Ports, when the session has them⌘⇧B
Usage details, when available⌘⇧X
Search the conversation⌘F

Session tabs

On session and new-session pages:

ActionKeys
New tab⌥T
Close tab⌥W
Reopen closed tab⌥⇧T
Next tab⌃⇧]
Previous tab⌃⇧[

In the message box

ActionKeys
Send, or start the sessionEnter
New line⇧Enter
Stop the agent’s turn (empty box, while it works)Esc
Stop the agent and send now (while it works)⌘Enter
Plan mode on or off (new session), or the next mode (in a session)⇧Tab
Bring back an earlier message (empty box)↑ / ↓
Slash commands/
Mention a file@
Choose the model (new session)⌘/

Desktop app

To see these in the app, choose Help › Keyboard Shortcuts, or press ? outside a text field.

ActionKeys
New session⌘N
Search⌘K
Show or hide the sidebar⌘B
Keyboard shortcuts?
New tab⌘T
Close tab⌘W
Reopen closed tab⌘⇧T
Next tab⌃Tab
Previous tab⌃⇧Tab
Go to tab 1 to 9⌘1 to ⌘9
Close window⌘⇧W
Context panel⌘⌥B
Terminal⌃`
Changes⌘⇧G
SendEnter
New line⇧Enter
Stop the agentEsc
Slash commands/
Mention a file@
Choose a new session’s model⌘/
Developer tools⌘⌥I

Good to know

  • On a touch screen, Enter adds a new line; use the send button.
  • Mention a file works while the session’s sandbox is connected.
  • Menus and tooltips in the dashboard show each item’s shortcut too.