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Keyboard Shortcuts

A comprehensive reference of all keyboard shortcuts available in OxideTerm.

Application & Window

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
New Local Terminal	`⌘ T`	`Ctrl+T`
Shell Selector	`⌘ ⇧T`	`Ctrl+Shift+T`
New SSH Connection	`⌘ N`	`Ctrl+N`
Close Current Tab	`⌘ W`	`Ctrl+W`
Next Tab	`⌘ }`	`Ctrl+Tab`
Previous Tab	`⌘ {`	`Ctrl+Shift+Tab`
Jump to Tab 1–9	`⌘ 1`–`⌘ 9`	`Ctrl+1`–`Ctrl+9`
Command Palette	`⌘ K`	`Ctrl+K`
Toggle Sidebar	`⌘ \`	`Ctrl+\`
Open Settings	`⌘ ,`	`Ctrl+,`
Zen Mode	`⌘ ⇧Z`	`Ctrl+Shift+Z`
Keyboard Shortcuts Help	`⌘ /`	`Ctrl+/`

Command Palette Extras

These actions are accessible from the command palette:

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Toggle Bottom Panel	`⌘ J`	`Ctrl+J`
Broadcast Input	`⌘ B`	`Ctrl+B`
AI Sidebar	`⌘ ⇧A`	`Ctrl+Shift+A`

Terminal (In-Terminal)

These shortcuts work when a terminal pane is focused:

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Search	`⌘ F`	`Ctrl+Shift+F` (Win) / `Ctrl+F` (Lin)
Inline AI Panel	`⌘ I`	`Ctrl+Shift+I`
Close Panel	`Esc`	`Esc`
Copy	`⌘ C`	`Ctrl+Shift+C` (or auto-copy on select)
Paste	`⌘ V`	`Ctrl+Shift+V` (or right-click)

Split Pane

Action	macOS	Windows / Linux
Split Horizontally	`⌘ ⇧E`	`Ctrl+Shift+E`
Split Vertically	`⌘ ⇧D`	`Ctrl+Shift+D`
Close Current Pane	`⌘ ⇧W`	`Ctrl+Shift+W`
Move Focus Between Panes	`⌘ ⌥ Arrow`	`Ctrl+Alt+Arrow`

SFTP

Action	Shortcut
Upload / Download	`→` / `←`
Select All	`⌘ A` / `Ctrl+A`
Rename	`F2`
Delete	`Delete`

Tips

The Command Palette (⌘K / Ctrl+K) provides fuzzy search across all available actions — use it when you forget a shortcut.
Shortcut bindings are consistent with the app’s Settings → Help section and the getShortcutCategories definition in the source.
Some terminal-focused shortcuts differ between platforms because OxideTerm avoids intercepting common shell keybindings (like Ctrl+C for SIGINT).