Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

File and pane

Shortcut	Action
⌘O	Open Workspace…
⇧⌘T	New Terminal in workspace
⌘⇧D	Today's Daily Note (creates if needed)
⌘W	Close active tab
⌘\	Split focused pane to the right
⌘⇧\	Split focused pane downward
⌘]	Focus next pane
⌘[	Focus previous pane

Search and navigation

Shortcut	Action
⌘P	Quick palette — fuzzy file/heading jump
⌘⇧F	Full-text search across the workspace
⌘⌥F	Find / Replace across the workspace
⌘-click	Open wiki-link or markdown link under cursor (Source/Split)

Markdown editor

Shortcut	Action
⌘F	Find within the current file (system find bar)
⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z	Undo / redo
⌘+ / ⌘-	Zoom font
⌘V	Smart paste (image → saved + inserted; text → normal paste)

Snippets (typed, not chord)

Type	Expands to
,date<space>	today's date YYYY-MM-DD
,time<space>	HH:MM now
,now<space>	full ISO-8601 timestamp
,today<space>	[[YYYY-MM-DD]] wiki-link to today's daily

User-defined ones in ~/.soffit/snippets.json.

Drag interactions

Drag	Effect
Drag a tab over another pane body	Compass appears — drop on an arrow to split
Drag a tab onto a pane's tab strip	Merges as a tab in that pane
Drag the title-bar strip (top 28pt)	Move the window
Double-click the title-bar strip	Maximize / restore
Drag the right edge of the sidebar	Resize sidebar (180–480pt, persisted)
Drag a file from Finder onto a canvas	Add it as a card at that location

Canvas mode

Gesture	Effect
Drag a file or sticky	Move it
Trackpad pinch	Zoom (0.25× to 3.0×)
Two-finger drag empty space	Pan
Single click a file card header	Open as a tab in the focused pane
Double click a file card body	Open in Split mode
Click a card's ×	Remove from canvas (file untouched)

Sketch mode

Gesture	Effect
Drag on canvas	Draw a stroke
Click a colour swatch	Switch ink colour
Click a width swatch	Switch brush size
Undo button	Remove last stroke
Trash button	Clear sketch

Sidebar

Click	Effect
All Documents	Open the workspace root
Recent	Expand to last 20 opened files
New Terminal	Spawn a terminal pane
Today's Daily Note	Same as ⌘⇧D
Tags	Expand to see all tags + counts
Folder row	Open as a folder pane
▶ next to a folder	Expand inline to show children
File row, single click	Open as a tab in Preview
File row, double click	Open in Split
Right-click any file	Reveal in Finder, pick mode

In a tab strip

Click	Effect
+ button	Menu: Add File / Add URL or Diagram / New Terminal
⋮ button	Pane menu: Split Right, Split Down, Close Pane
Tab pill	Activate that tab
Tab pill ×	Close that tab
Drag a tab pill out	Initiate cross-pane move