Keybindings

Keybindings

Key	Mode	Action
j / k	Normal	Move down/up in channel list or messages
h / l	Normal	Switch focus between panels
Tab / Shift+Tab	Normal	Cycle focus
Enter	Normal (sidebar)	Open selected channel, or toggle a section header
Space	Normal (sidebar)	Toggle the selected section header (collapse/expand)
Enter	Normal (message)	Open thread
i	Normal	Enter insert mode
Esc	Insert / Command	Return to normal mode
Enter	Insert	Send message
Shift+Enter	Insert	Newline
Ctrl+V	Insert	Smart paste — image / file path / text (use Ctrl+V, not the terminal's Ctrl+Shift+V)
Ctrl+U	Insert	Clear compose (text + pending attachments)
Ctrl+U / Ctrl+D	Normal	Half-page up / down
Up	Insert	Previous line; on the first line, jump to start of message
Down	Insert	Next line; on the last line, jump to end of message
gg / G	Normal	Jump to top / bottom
/	Normal	Search in channel (vim-style; searches cached history of the current channel)
n / N	Normal	Next / previous search match (wraps)
Esc	Normal (search active)	Clear active search
Ctrl+f	Any	Search workspace (Slack server-side; supports modifiers like from:@user, in:#channel, before:YYYY-MM-DD)
Ctrl+b	Any	Toggle sidebar
Ctrl+]	Any	Toggle thread panel
Ctrl+t / Ctrl+p	Any	Fuzzy channel finder
Ctrl+w	Any	Workspace picker
1–9	Normal	Jump to workspace N
r	Normal (message)	Open reaction picker
R	Normal (message)	Quick-toggle existing reactions
E	Normal (message)	Edit your own message
D	Normal (message)	Delete your own message (with confirmation)
U	Normal (message)	Mark selected message and everything newer as unread
x	Normal (message/thread)	Run an external command on the selected message (see Configuration)
S	Normal (thread)	Save thread to markdown file (~/.local/share/slk/exports/ or $XDG_DATA_HOME/slk/exports/)
Y / C	Normal (message)	Copy message permalink
O / v	Normal (message)	Open full-screen image preview
Esc / q	Preview	Close preview
Enter	Preview	Open in system image viewer
h / ←	Preview	Previous image (when message has multiple)
l / →	Preview	Next image (when message has multiple)
Click	Any (on image)	Open full-screen preview
Ctrl+y	Any	Switch theme
Ctrl+s	Any	Set status (Active / Away / DND snooze)
q	Normal	Quit (with confirmation)
Q	Normal	Quit immediately
Ctrl+c	Any	Quit (with confirmation)

Custom keybinding overrides are on the roadmap — see Tradeoffs and Non-Goals.