Keybindings

Keybindings

The bottom status bar and the ? help popup are both generated live from one config file (keybindbar.config.ts), so what you see in the app is always authoritative — this page is a snapshot for quick reference.

Panel navigation

From	Key	To
connection	l / →	workspace
workspace	h / ←	connection
workspace	k / ↑	query input
workspace	l / →	records
query	j / ↓ / esc	workspace
query	h / ←	connection
record	h / esc	workspace

Workspace (results list)

Key	Action
shift+l	next page
shift+h	previous page
s	sort
shift+s	page size
ctrl+n	insert record
g	jump to first record
shift+g	jump to last loaded record

Record

Key	Action
j / ↓	next record
k / ↑	previous record
e	edit
d	delete
y	duplicate
c	copy to clipboard
ctrl+n	insert record
g	jump to first record
shift+g	jump to last loaded record

Connection / database / collection tree

The tree is the single source of truth for connections, databases, and collections — one navigable list. ctrl+e, e, d, x, i are context-aware: they act on whatever node is currently highlighted.

Key	On a connection	On a database	On a collection
enter	expand / connect	expand / select	open (browse documents)
ctrl+e	create a new connection (sibling)	create a new database in this connection (sibling)	create a new collection in this database (sibling)
e	edit this connection	—	—
d	delete this connection (confirm)	drop this database (confirm)	drop this collection (confirm)
x	export this connection (or all, if none selected)	—	—
i	import connections from a file	—	—

Export/import supports two file formats, auto-detected by extension:

• .json → the same connection JSON shape MongoDB Compass itself uses
• anything else → a plain mongosh-style URI list (mongodb://... / mongodb+srv://...)

Global shortcuts

Key	Action
enter	submit query (in query panel)
?	toggle keybinding help popup
:	open query shell
c	copy record to clipboard
q / ctrl+c	quit

See Architecture for how these two dispatch layers (global vs. per-widget) interact.