Keys

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This page collects the shared keys and the main keys for each part. In radar, x (or ?) lists the keys that work where you are, and the status line shows the main ones. How keys are chosen is in the key model.

Everywhere

Key	Does
`↑` `↓` `←` `→` or `k` `j` `h` `l`	move
`tab` / `shift-tab`	next / previous pane
`1` `2` `3`	the pane at that position
`⏎`	go in; open the row’s page
`esc`	back one level; close a menu; stop typing; clear a filter
`PgUp` `PgDn`	scroll the detail pane
`x` or `?`	the menu for where you are
`ctrl-p`	command palette: find a screen, setting, action or cached item
`~`	recent notices from this session
`b`	bulk actions on everything shown
`z`	pause or resume refreshing
`q`	quit (asks first when a setting is not saved)
`ctrl-c`	quit from anywhere, even while typing

Global navigation shortcuts apply while navigating; editors, menus and a focused agent dock keep their own keys. The page directory links each detailed guide.

In the parts’ lists and pages:

Key	Does
`/`	filter the list by words (GitLab, Jira, Slack, Work)
`r`	refresh a list or an open page
`o`	open in the service
`y`	copy the link
`A`	ask an agent about the row (GitLab, Jira, Slack, Branches)

Screens

Key	Screen
`R`	Repositories; preserves the selected source when already on this screen
`G`	GitHub source of Repositories
`W`	Local workspaces source of Repositories
`J`	Jira
`S`	Slack
`B`	Branches
`I`	Work
`H`	History
`,`	Settings

↑ from the top of a pane reaches the top bar. There ← → switch screens, and ↓, ⏎ or esc go back in.

Trees and groups

Key	Does
`space`	fold or unfold the group
`+` or `=`	expand the group
`-`	collapse the group (on a row inside one, collapses that group)

Pages

Key	Does
`[` `]`	previous / next tab
`↑` at the top	go to the tab row; `←` `→` move along it, `↓` goes back in
`esc`	back to the list, with your place kept

Text and questions

Key	Does
`⏎`	new line
`ctrl-s`	review and send
`esc`	stop writing (asks first when you have typed something)
`y`	on a question: do it
`e`	on a question about text: go back to editing
`n`	on a question: drop it
`ctrl-r`	in GitLab, Jira and Slack: the text you declined to send, to copy back or drop

Setup

Key	Does
`⏎`	continue; in the list of what to set up, go to that row’s step
`space`	tick a row, or choose it
`a` `n`	in the list of what to set up: tick all, tick none
`esc`	skip this step
`←`	back a step
`f`	finish later: keeps your answers and leaves setup
`s`	on the screen of a part not set up: walk its setup step

GitLab

On a merge request:

Key	Does
`u`	rebase onto the target
`m`	merge
`e`	approve, or take your approval back (`a` on the merge request’s page)
`p`	open the pipeline
`i`	review it locally with an agent
`c`	on a page’s Changes or Threads tab: write a comment, or reply in the thread
`d`	on a thread: resolve it, or open it again

In the list:

Key	Does
`a`	show one author’s merge requests
`:`	go to a group, repository or merge request by part of its name or number
`.`	in a view: show only the repositories that have merge requests in it, and back

Where the repository or merge request is checked out on this machine:

Key	Does
`c`	check out the merge request’s branch
`e`	open an editor there (on a merge request’s row, `e` approves instead)
`t`	open a terminal there
`s`	look for checkouts again
`n`	new branch

In a diff:

Key	Does
`v`	side by side
`f`	collapse the files beside it
`n` `N`	next / previous file
`}` `{`	next / previous hunk

On a job’s log page:

Key	Does
`/`	search the log
`n` `N`	next / previous line with the search words
`space`	fold or open the section the cursor is in
`g`	go to the start, loading the part before it
`c`	copy the lines around the first error (or the last lines)

Jira

Key	Does
`n`	new ticket
`t`	move the ticket to another status
`i`	assign it to me
`c`	comment
`a`	show one assignee’s tickets
`:`	go to a ticket by its key or words
`Y`	copy the ticket’s key

Slack

Key	Does
`c`	reply or write
`m`	mark read up to the selected message (radar’s own mark; Slack is not told)
`e`	react to a message
`v`	on a review ask: review its linked merge request locally

On a review ask you are drafting:

Key	Does
`p`	post it
`e`	edit the words for the selected item
`d`	take the selected item out of it
`c`	post it in another channel
`y`	copy its text
`n`	drop the draft

Branches

Key	Does
`d`	delete the branch or worktree (asks first)
`r`	read the clones again
`b`	bulk menu, with “prune merged and gone”

Work

Key	Does
`n`	new task
`t`	set a local group label
`[` `]`	previous / next group or item page, depending on the focused pane
`v`	read original evidence
`c`	in source detail: copy the scoped source locator
`r`	refresh, or review a retained pending change

History

Key	Does
`n` `p`	next / previous page
`r`	fresh snapshot
`a`	all recorded activity
`t`	recent activity, the last 24 hours
`c`	events sharing the selected event’s causal root
`i`	events for the selected exact action ID
`j` `k`	choose a row
`tab`	switch between events and detail
`esc`	back

Recent notices

Key	Does
`~` or `esc`	close recent notices
`↑` `↓` or `k` `j`	select a notice
`Home` / `g`, `End` / `G`	first / last notice
`PgUp` `PgDn`	scroll the selected notice’s detail

Notices last only for the current session; History is the persistent record.

Settings

Key	Does
`⏎`	change the row; on a check row, run the check
`<` `>`	move a row up or down, where order matters (tenancies, views)
`PgUp` `PgDn`	scroll the explanation
`p`	on an agent provider: paths and folders; on working/review folders: repository overrides
`o`	on a Git link: its worktree-folder template

Agent dock

Key	Does
` (backtick)	show the dock, or go to a session waiting for you; in an empty composer, hide it. Work and item pages do not draw the dock; on an item page this changes its visibility for supported screens while the keys stay with the page
`/` in the composer	the session’s commands: `↑` `↓` choose, `tab` completes the name, `⏎` runs it, a click on a row runs it
`ctrl-t`	new session
`alt-f`	the dock takes the whole middle column, and back
`alt-w`	close the session tab (`ctrl-w` too, while the composer is empty)
`alt-←` `alt-→`	previous / next session tab
`alt-a`	choose the provider’s named agent for new sessions
`alt-m`	choose the model for new sessions
`alt-s`	choose a session to open
`alt-k`	put a skill’s request in the composer
`alt-o`	fold or open the latest tool call
`alt-r`	on a tab that is not attached: read the session back from its agent
`esc`	with a question waiting, decline it; while a turn runs, stop it; otherwise give the keys back to the lists
`a` `s` `l` `d` `v`	on a request, with the composer empty: the approval choices

Mouse

Action	Does
click	select; on a tab, a menu row or a status line key, act
click twice	open (same as `⏎`)
right-click a row	open its `x` menu; right-click another row to move it, or empty space to close it
wheel	scroll the pane under the pointer
drag	select text inside the pane the drag started in; letting go copies it
double-click in text	select the word under the pointer (a path or a link whole) and copy it
triple-click in text	select the line and copy it
drag the dock’s top edge	resize the dock

Selecting text

Key	Does
`shift`+`←` `→` `↑` `↓`	with a selection showing: move its end a cell or a row, inside the pane
`shift`+`Home` `End`	the selection’s end goes to the left or right edge of its row
`ctrl+c`	with a selection showing: copy it again (otherwise it quits)
any other key, a click, the wheel	clear the selection; the key does what it always does

While a drag selects, the status line names the key that makes your terminal select its own text instead of radar: shift, or option in iTerm2, fn in Terminal.app.