Keyboard Shortcuts and Cheatsheet

FastPrompter Keyboard Shortcuts & Cheatsheet

Full keyboard-driven operation. Layout-independent VK dispatch — works on QWERTY, JCUKEN, AZERTY, QWERTZ.

Quick Reference

Category	Hotkey	Action	Scope
Global	Alt+X	Summon / Hide window	System-wide
Global	Shift+Alt+X	Open pie menu	System-wide
Global	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q	Emergency force quit	System-wide
Window	Ctrl+D	Cycle Zen/Solo/normal (3-stage)	Main
Window	Ctrl+Q	Cycle snap position / presets	Main
Window	Alt+S	Toggle window position lock	Main
Window	Alt+E	Toggle Always-on-Top	Main
Window	Alt+D	Toggle sidebar	Main
Window	Alt+A	Toggle hide-on-focus-loss	Main
Window	Alt+`	Open Mini Settings	Main
Watcher	Alt+C	Queue current line for watcher	Main
Watcher	Alt+Shift+C	Open Queue Master dialog	Main
Navigation	Ctrl+1…Ctrl+0	Jump to Silo 1–10	App
Navigation	Alt+↑ / Alt+↓	Walk silos	App
Navigation	Ctrl+N	New empty silo	App
Navigation	Ctrl+F	Find in silo	Editor
Navigation	Ctrl+H	Find and replace	Editor
Navigation	Ctrl+Shift+S	Export active silo to .md	App
Formatting	Ctrl+E	Header format (configurable)	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+Return	Toggle checkbox - [ ] / - [x]	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+W	Insert divider --- (smart split)	Editor
Formatting	Alt+W	Insert divider upward + bullet	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+B	Toggle Bold	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+I	Toggle Italic	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+U	Toggle Underline	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+T	Toggle Strikethrough	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+Shift+Q	Toggle Blockquote	Editor
Formatting	Alt+Z	Toggle Line Numbers	Editor
Formatting	Alt+Backspace	Delete previous word	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+Z	Smart Undo (per silo)	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+MiddleButton	Delete line under cursor (smart list reflow)	Editor
Formatting	Ctrl+Click on bullet	Toggle - / •	Editor
Snippets	F1…F10	Paste Snippet 1–10	App
Snippets	Ctrl+Shift+1…9	Paste Snippet 1–9 (alternate)	App
Snippets	Ctrl+S	Open Snippet Manager	App
SAIPEN	Ctrl+Shift+C	Open SAIPEN viewer	App
Timers	Ctrl+Shift+T	Open Timer Dialog	App
Hashtags	Alt+Shift+T	Open Hashtag Dialog	App
Attachments	F2	Rename file container attachment	File Container
Attachments	Delete	Delete attachment to trash	File Container
Kanban	Alt+↑↓	Move card up/down (in kanban silo)	Editor
Kanban	Alt+←→	Move card left/right column (kanban)	Editor
Table	Tab	Walk to next cell (in table silo)	Editor
Table	Shift+Tab	Walk to previous cell	Editor
General	Esc	Hide window / Close overlay	System/Local
General	Alt+X (double)	Toggle always-on-top	Global
General	Ctrl+Plus/Minus	Zoom scale	App

Category Groups

Global: Summon, Pie Menu, Emergency

Alt+X — toggle window at cursor. Shift+Alt+X — radial pie menu (themes, scale, tools). Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q — kill process.

Window Management

Ctrl+D — 3-stage: Zen (minimal editor only) → Solo (minimise all other windows) → back to normal. Ctrl+Q — cycle through 7 snap zones, FancyZone picker, and user presets. Alt+S/E/D/A — lock geometry, pin-on-top, show sidebar, toggle focus-loss hide.

Watcher Queue

Alt+C — queue current line under caret. Block-anchored, survives edits above it. Alt+Shift+C — Queue Master: inspect/reorder/clear queues across all silos.

Markdown Formatting

All formatting shortcuts toggle inline markers: Ctrl+B → **bold**, Ctrl+I → *italic*, Ctrl+U → <u>underline</u>, Ctrl+T → ~~strike~~, Ctrl+Shift+Q → > quote.

Ctrl+W inserts --- divider + smart line split. Alt+W inserts upward divider + bullet above cursor. Both configurable via Settings → Dividers.

Ctrl+Click on bullet cycles - / •. Ctrl+Return toggles - [ ] / - [x].

Ctrl+E — format current line as header. Configurable: rule type, bullet, timestamp stamp, alignment. Open Settings → Dividers & headers to customize.

Ctrl+MiddleButton — delete whole line with smart reflow: ordered lists renumber, bullet lists close gap.

Silo Navigation

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+0 jump to silos 1-10. Alt+↑↓ walk sequentially. Ctrl+N appends empty silo at bottom.

Snippet Macros

F1-F10 paste pre-configured text templates. Bind content via Snippet Manager (Ctrl+S) or right-click on F-button.

SAIPEN + Timers

Ctrl+Shift+C — open SAIPEN viewer (STATE/BOARD/LOG). Ctrl+Shift+T — open timer dialog. Alt+Shift+T — open hashtag search.

Kanban & Table (T-630)

Inside a kanban silo: Alt+arrows move cards. Inside a table silo: Tab/Shift+Tab walk cells, Enter adds row.

Layout Independence

All shortcuts use physical VK codes via HotkeyFilter + layout_shortcuts.py. Works regardless of active keyboard layout. Binds by key position, not character.