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Keyboard shortcuts
Every shortcut in Cablebag, as listed under Settings, Keyboard shortcuts, followed by the keys that work inside dialogs, menus, the tab bar, the session tree and the search box. In the search box, type > to see the commands with their keys. Macros can have a shortcut of their own; set it in the macro.
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+K | Search box: sessions, tabs, Proxmox machines, tools, commands (inside a terminal: Ctrl+Shift+K) |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | New session |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | New local terminal |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Home |
| Ctrl+comma | Settings |
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Tab | Next tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Previous tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Open the same session again in a new tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+W | Close the tab |
| R | Connect again, in a terminal whose connection ended |
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+arrow | Go to the pane in that direction |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+arrow | Move the pane in that direction |
| Ctrl+Alt+Enter | Let the pane fill the area, or back to the tiles |
| Ctrl+Alt+plus, Ctrl+Alt+minus | Make the pane bigger or smaller |
| Ctrl+Alt+0 | All panes the same size |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Turn the split (side by side or above each other) |
| Ctrl+Alt+M | Make it the main pane |
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+C, Ctrl+Shift+V | Copy, paste |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Find in the terminal (Enter and Shift+Enter step through the matches, Escape closes it) |
| Ctrl+plus, Ctrl+minus | Terminal text bigger or smaller |
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Show or hide the assistant |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Show or hide the remote files of the SSH tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+plus, Ctrl+Shift+minus | Everything in the window bigger or smaller |
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+S | Save, in the editor of a remote file |
| Esc | Stop an SSH session from connecting again by itself |
| Ctrl+Alt+Del | Sent to the remote computer in a Remote Desktop tab |
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Up, Down, Page Up, Page Down | Move through the results |
| Enter | Open the chosen result |
| Shift+Enter | Edit the chosen session instead of opening it |
| Escape | Close the box |
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Tab, Shift+Tab | Move between the fields of a dialog; the focus stays inside it |
| Escape | Close the dialog (with one dialog on top of another, only the top one), the search box, the terminal Find bar or the rename box of a tab |
| Context menu key, Shift+F10 | Open the right-click menu of the focused tab or session |
| Up, Down, Home, End | Move between the entries of a menu |
| Enter | Run the chosen entry |
| Escape, Tab | Close the menu and return the focus |
A dialog puts the focus on its first field when it opens and gives it back to where it was when it closes.
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Left, Right (tab bar) | Move between tabs; Home and End go to the first and last |
| Enter (tab bar) | Open the tab |
| Up, Down (session tree) | Move between rows |
| Right, Left (session tree) | Open or close a folder |
| Enter (session tree) | Open the session |
Tab to the line between the sidebar and the tabs, then use the left and right arrows (with Shift in larger steps); Home and End make the sidebar the narrowest and the widest.
Settings, Terminal, Screen reader support lets screen readers such as Narrator and NVDA read the terminal's text and announce new output. It is off by default because it slows down very fast output. The rest of the window needs no setting. See Accessibility.
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