Keyboard Shortcuts
The desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux can be driven entirely from the keyboard. Press ? anywhere outside a text field to bring up a cheat sheet of every shortcut, or find the same list under Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts.
General
| Action | macOS | Windows & Linux |
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| Command PaletteJump to a cluster, resource kind, open tab, recent object, or any command | ⌘K | Ctrl+K |
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| Keyboard ShortcutsAlso opens with ? when no text field has focus | ⌘/ | Ctrl+/ |
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| Settings | ⌘, | Ctrl+, |
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View
| Action | macOS | Windows & Linux |
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| Find in ViewFocuses the search box on pages that have one | ⌘F | Ctrl+F |
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| Refresh | ⌘R | Ctrl+R |
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Resource
These act on the highlighted row in a resource table, or on the resource open in its details page. Logs, Exec Shell, and Browse Files apply to Pods.
| Action | macOS | Windows & Linux |
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| YAML | ⌘Y | Ctrl+Y |
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| Logs | ⌘L | Ctrl+L |
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| Exec Shell | ⌘E | Ctrl+E |
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| Browse Files | ⌘B | Ctrl+B |
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| YAML in New Tab | ⌘⇧Y | Ctrl+Shift+Y |
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| Logs in New Tab | ⌘⇧L | Ctrl+Shift+L |
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| Exec Shell in New Tab | ⌘⇧E | Ctrl+Shift+E |
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| Browse Files in New Tab | ⌘⇧B | Ctrl+Shift+B |
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| DeleteAsks for confirmation first, as the menu does | ⌘⌫ | Ctrl+Delete |
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AI
| Action | macOS | Windows & Linux |
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| AI Agent for This ViewOpens the agent for the current cluster or resource | ⌘⇧A | Ctrl+Shift+A |
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| AI Agent for Another ClusterPick a cluster, then open the agent | ⌘⌥A | Ctrl+Alt+A |
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Tabs
Available when the multi-tab view is turned on.
| Action | macOS | Windows & Linux |
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| Close Tab | ⌘W | Ctrl+W |
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| Go to Tab9 is always the last tab | ⌘1–⌘9 | Ctrl+1–Ctrl+9 |
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| Reopen Closed Tab | ⌘⇧T | Ctrl+Shift+T |
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| Next Tab | ⌃Tab | Ctrl+Tab |
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| Previous Tab | ⌃⇧Tab | Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
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Navigation
The single-letter keys work in resource tables whenever no text field or terminal has focus.
| Action | macOS | Windows & Linux |
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| Back | ⌘[ | Alt+← |
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| Next RowSteps into the first row when none is highlighted | J | J |
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| Previous Row | K | K |
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| Scroll Table Right | L | L |
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| Scroll Table Left | H | H |
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Shortcuts in the Terminal
While a shell or exec session has focus, window and tab chords such as Ctrl+W and Ctrl+T still go to Kubeterm, so you can always leave the terminal from the keyboard. Find and Refresh yield to the shell, which keeps Ctrl+F and Ctrl+R. Two switches under Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts change this:
- Let the terminal handle Ctrl shortcuts: Gives a running shell back Ctrl+W, Ctrl+T, and the other reserved chords. App shortcuts then only work outside the terminal.
- Let the terminal handle the Back shortcut: Gives a running shell back the Back chord — on Windows and Linux that is Alt+←, which the shell uses to move the cursor one word left. Back then only works outside the terminal.
