Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

ApiArk is keyboard-first. Every action has a shortcut.

Note: On macOS, replace Ctrl with Cmd.

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Essential Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Enter	Send request
Ctrl+N	New request
Ctrl+T	New tab
Ctrl+W	Close tab
Ctrl+S	Save request
Ctrl+K	Command palette
Ctrl+L	Focus URL bar
Ctrl+E	Switch environment
Ctrl+,	Settings
Ctrl+\	Toggle sidebar

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Tab Management

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+T	New tab
Ctrl+W	Close current tab
Ctrl+Shift+T	Reopen closed tab
Ctrl+Tab	Next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Previous tab
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+9	Switch to tab 1-9

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Request Editing

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Enter	Send request
Ctrl+S	Save request
Ctrl+L	Focus URL bar
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo
Ctrl+D	Duplicate request

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Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+K	Command palette
Ctrl+P	Quick open (search requests)
Ctrl+\	Toggle sidebar
Ctrl+E	Switch environment
Ctrl+,	Open settings
F11	Toggle fullscreen
Ctrl+Shift+N	New window

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Collection Tree

Shortcut	Action
Arrow Up/Down	Navigate items
Arrow Right	Expand folder
Arrow Left	Collapse folder
Enter	Open selected request
Delete	Delete selected item
F2	Rename selected item

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Editor (Monaco)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Space	Trigger auto-complete
Ctrl+/	Toggle line comment
Ctrl+Shift+F	Format document
Ctrl+G	Go to line
Ctrl+F	Find
Ctrl+H	Find and replace
Alt+Up/Down	Move line up/down
Ctrl+Shift+K	Delete line
Ctrl+D	Select next occurrence

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Console & Panels

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+`	Toggle console/terminal
Ctrl+Shift+L	Toggle layout (horizontal/vertical)
Ctrl+Shift+Z	Zen mode (hide everything except request/response)
Escape	Close modal/dropdown/popover

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Command Palette

Press Ctrl+K to open the command palette. Type to search for any action:

• send → Send Request
• new → New Request / New Tab / New Collection
• env → Switch Environment / Manage Environments
• import → Import Collection
• export → Export Collection
• mock → Start/Stop Mock Server
• theme → Switch Theme
• settings → Open Settings

The command palette searches across:

• All commands and actions
• All requests in open collections
• Recent history
• Settings

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Customization

Keyboard shortcuts can be customized in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts:

1. Search for the action you want to rebind
2. Click the current shortcut
3. Press your desired key combination
4. The new shortcut is saved immediately

Profiles

• Default: Standard shortcuts
• Vim: Vim keybindings in Monaco editor
• Emacs: Emacs keybindings in Monaco editor

Import/export shortcut profiles to share with your team.