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Keyboard shortcuts

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Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut Action
⌘O Open Workspace…
⇧⌘T New Terminal in workspace
⌘W Close active tab
⌘\ Split focused pane to the right
⌘⇧\ Split focused pane downward
⌘] Focus next pane
⌘[ Focus previous pane
⌘F Find (in markdown source/split panes — uses the system find bar)
⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z Undo / redo (in markdown source/split panes)
⌘+ / ⌘- Zoom font (in markdown source/split panes)

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 (honours your system title-bar preference)
Drag a file from Finder onto a canvas Add it as a card at that location
Drag a tab pill within its strip Reorder tabs (current position only — cross-pane is the compass behaviour above)

Canvas mode

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

Sidebar

Click Effect
All Documents Open the workspace root as a folder pane
Recent Expand to show last 20 opened files; click any to open
New Terminal Spawn a terminal pane rooted in the workspace
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 mode
File row, double click Open in Split mode
Right-click any file Reveal in Finder, or pick mode explicitly

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 (⌘W works on the active one)
Drag a tab pill out Initiate cross-pane move (see Drag interactions)

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