Keyboard shortcuts

Everything in Codewhale works from the keyboard.

Works on: the desktop app. Web and phone: not available yet.

See every shortcut in the app

Press ⌘/ (Ctrl+/ on Windows and Linux), or search for "Keyboard shortcuts" in the palette. Every control's tooltip shows its shortcut too.

Tab and Shift+Tab move focus in reading order everywhere. Esc closes the innermost menu or dialog first; with nothing open, Esc in an empty composer stops the reply.

Shortcuts

Ask Whale (⌥Space, Ctrl+Alt+Space) works even when Codewhale isn't the front window; see The whale on your screen.

Everywhere

Action	macOS	Windows and Linux
Search	`⌘K`	`Ctrl+K`
New conversation	`⌘N`	`Ctrl+N`
Open folder…	`⌘O`	`Ctrl+O`
Answer what it needs	`⇧⌘A`	`Shift+Ctrl+A`
Ask Whale	`⌥Space`	`Ctrl+Alt+Space`
Choose model	`⌘'`	`Ctrl+'`
Change what asks first…	`⇧⌘E`	`Shift+Ctrl+E`
Change mode	`⇧⌘M`	`Shift+Ctrl+M`
Settings	`⌘,`	`Ctrl+,`
Keyboard shortcuts	`⌘/`	`Ctrl+/`

This conversation

Action	macOS	Windows and Linux
Mark conversation as read	`⌥⌘U`	`Alt+Ctrl+U`
Rename conversation	`⌥⌘R`	`Alt+Ctrl+R`
Archive conversation	`⌥⌘E`	`Alt+Ctrl+E`
Delete conversation…	`⌘⌫`	`Ctrl+Backspace`

Cards and files

Action	macOS	Windows and Linux
Delete… (a routine, from its menu in Routines)	`⌘⌫`	`Ctrl+Backspace`

Composer

Action	macOS	Windows and Linux
Send, or queue while it works	`↩`	`↩`
New line	`⇧↩`	`Shift+↩`
Send into this turn	`⌘↩`	`Ctrl+↩`
Stop, or close the innermost menu	`esc`	`Esc`
Commands	`/`	`/`
Complete a command	`Tab`	`Tab`
Open the menu for what has focus	`⇧F10`	`Shift+F10`
Undo, while its toast shows	`⌘Z`	`Ctrl+Z`

In an open menu, one letter chooses an item, with no modifier. Letters never fire while you're typing with an input method. Items with a ⌥⌘ shortcut take their bare letter in the menu.

Menus for plugins, connectors, skills, routines and tickets are on their own pages: Plugins, Connectors and skills, Routines and Maintainer mode.

A conversation (its row, or the title at the top)

Item	Key
Rename	`⌥⌘R`
Fork › Everything so far	`E`
Fork › Fresh start, same setup	`F`
Make room	`K`
Copy › Conversation ID	`I`
Archive	`⌥⌘E`
Delete…	`⌘⌫`

The title menu at the top has the same items except Rename and Delete…; use the sidebar row for those.

In a group conversation the menu has Copy › Conversation ID, plus Invite people… (S) for the owner or Leave conversation… (L) for everyone else.

The whale

Item	Key
Answer what it needs	`⇧⌘A`
New conversation with Whale	`N`
Open profile	`↩`
Open home conversation	`O`
Show on desktop	`D`
Hide from desktop	`D`
Ask Whale	`⌥Space`
Check in later…	`L`
Pause check-ins	`P`
Resume check-ins

Your message

Item	Key
Edit	`E`
Fork from here	`F`
Copy › Text	`T`

A reply

Item	Key
Quote in reply	`Q`
Retry	`R`
Fork from here	`F`
Copy › As Markdown	`⌘C`
Copy › Text	`T`

Someone else's message

Item	Key
Quote in reply	`Q`
Copy › As Markdown	`⌘C`
Copy › Text	`T`

An agent's message

Item	Key
Quote in reply	`Q`
Copy › As Markdown	`⌘C`
Copy › Text	`T`

Selected text

Item	Key
Quote in reply	`Q`
Copy	`⌘C`

A tool card

Item	Key
Quote in reply	`Q`
Show details	`⌥V`
Hide details	`⌥V`
Copy › Command	`M`
Copy › Text	`T`
Copy › Output	`O`

An approval card

Item	Key
Change what asks first…	`⇧⌘E`
Quote in reply	`Q`
Show details	`⌥V`
Hide details	`⌥V`
Copy › Command	`M`

A changed file

Item	Key
Open	`↩`
Show changes	`D`
Conversations that changed this file	`H`
Copy › Path	`⌥⌘C`
Copy › Name	`N`

These menu items are not available yet. They are left out of menus, and the palette lists them as "Not available yet":

Item	On
Pin conversation, Mark conversation as unread, Move to section, Share…, Copy conversation link, Copy conversation as Markdown, Open in new window, Delete for everyone…	a conversation
Attach as context	a conversation, a message, a card or a file
Rewind files to here…	your message
Good reply, What it did	a reply
Comment	a message, selected text, or a line in Review
Use on all your devices…, Show folder in Finder	the whale
Edit…	a profile, a connector or a routine
Update, Show in folder, Roll back	a plugin
Sign in	a connector
Use in this conversation	a skill
Open ticket conversation, Take over	a ticket in maintainer mode

On the web

Not available yet.

On your phone