Keyboard shortcuts
The desktop app’s default shortcuts. Change any of them in Settings › Keyboard shortcuts, or from a terminal’s menu; a change syncs to your other computers, except where the table says it stays on this device. The phone app has no keyboard shortcuts: it has the key row above the keyboard.
While a terminal has focus, the navigation, Toggle Sidebar and Edit Host defaults are left to the terminal (Alt+digit and Ctrl+E mean something to a shell). A key you set here works everywhere; the command palette reaches every destination. The keys of the buttons beside the tabs (Snippets, AI, Find, Themes, Side panel, Broadcast, Split, the tab’s menu) work from a terminal.
This device only: Not synced to your other devices.
| Action | Linux and Windows | macOS | Id |
|---|---|---|---|
| New tab | Ctrl+T |
Cmd+T |
tab.new |
| Close tab | Ctrl+Shift+W |
Cmd+W |
tab.close |
| Next tab | Ctrl+Tab |
Cmd+Shift+] |
tab.next |
| Previous tab | Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Cmd+Shift+[ |
tab.prev |
| Rename tab | F2 |
Cmd+Shift+R |
tab.rename |
| Duplicate tab | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Cmd+Alt+D |
tab.duplicate |
| New local terminal | Ctrl+L |
Cmd+L |
terminal.local |
| Serial connection | Ctrl+Alt+S |
Cmd+Alt+S |
terminal.serial |
| Command palette | Ctrl+K |
Cmd+K |
palette.open |
| Find in terminal | Ctrl+F |
Cmd+F |
terminal.find |
| Toggle side panel | Ctrl+. |
Cmd+. |
terminal.sidePanel |
| Clear screen | Ctrl+Shift+K |
Cmd+Alt+K |
terminal.clear |
| Reset terminal | Ctrl+Shift+R |
Cmd+Alt+R |
terminal.reset |
| Toggle broadcast input | Ctrl+Alt+B |
Cmd+B |
broadcast.toggle |
| Toggle split / focus view | Ctrl+Alt+M |
Cmd+Shift+M |
workspace.toggleMode |
| Save workspace | Ctrl+S |
Cmd+S |
workspace.save |
| Split pane right | Ctrl+Shift+E |
Cmd+D |
pane.splitRight |
| Split pane down | Ctrl+Shift+O |
Cmd+Shift+D |
pane.splitDown |
| Focus pane on the left | Ctrl+Alt+Left |
Cmd+Alt+Left |
pane.focusLeft |
| Focus pane on the right | Ctrl+Alt+Right |
Cmd+Alt+Right |
pane.focusRight |
| Focus pane above | Ctrl+Alt+Up |
Cmd+Alt+Up |
pane.focusUp |
| Focus pane below | Ctrl+Alt+Down |
Cmd+Alt+Down |
pane.focusDown |
| Close pane | Ctrl+Alt+W |
Cmd+Alt+W |
pane.close |
| Zoom in (this session) | Ctrl+= |
Cmd+= |
zoom.in |
| Zoom out (this session) | Ctrl+- |
Cmd+- |
zoom.out |
| Reset zoom (this session) | Ctrl+0 |
Cmd+0 |
zoom.reset |
| Open SFTP | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Cmd+Shift+S |
sftp.open |
| New SFTP connection (This device only) | Ctrl+Shift+F |
Cmd+Shift+F |
sftp.new |
| Open settings | Ctrl+, |
Cmd+, |
settings.open |
| Lock Sternway | Ctrl+Alt+L |
Cmd+Ctrl+L |
lock.now |
| Go to Hosts (This device only) | Alt+1 |
Cmd+1 |
nav.hosts |
| Go to Sessions (This device only) | Alt+2 |
Cmd+2 |
nav.sessions |
| Go to SFTP (This device only) | Alt+3 |
Cmd+3 |
nav.sftp |
| Go to Keychain (This device only) | Alt+4 |
Cmd+4 |
nav.keychain |
| Go to Snippets (This device only) | Alt+5 |
Cmd+5 |
nav.snippets |
| Go to Port forwarding (This device only) | Alt+6 |
Cmd+6 |
nav.forwarding |
| Go to Known hosts (This device only) | Alt+7 |
Cmd+7 |
nav.knownhosts |
| Go to Logs (This device only) | Alt+8 |
Cmd+8 |
nav.logs |
| Collapse or expand the sidebar (This device only) | Ctrl+Shift+B |
Cmd+Shift+B |
sidebar.toggle |
| Edit host (This device only) | Ctrl+E |
Cmd+E |
hosts.edit |
| Explain the focused field (F1 also does) (This device only) | Ctrl+/ |
Cmd+/ |
help.field |
| Show or hide Snippets beside the terminal (This device only) | Ctrl+Shift+P |
Cmd+Shift+P |
terminal.snippets |
| Write a command or ask AI (This device only) | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Cmd+Shift+A |
terminal.ai |
| Show or hide Themes beside the terminal (This device only) | Ctrl+Shift+T |
Cmd+Shift+T |
terminal.themes |
| Open the tab’s menu (This device only) | Ctrl+Shift+M |
Cmd+Shift+O |
tab.menu |
| Move pane to a new tab (This device only) | Not set | Not set | pane.moveToNewTab |
| Split the tab into separate tabs (This device only) | Not set | Not set | tab.splitIntoTabs |
F1 always opens the ⓘ of the field the keyboard is in, whatever this table says. F2 edits the selected host while Hosts is on screen.
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