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Keyboard Shortcuts

All shortcuts are fully remappable in File > Settings, listed with a Category column (Application, Project, Files & Folders, Editing, View, Git, Tools) and sorted by category, then alphabetically within each. Defaults below use Ctrl (shown as Cmd on macOS):

ActionDefault shortcut
New ProjectCtrl+Alt+N
Open ProjectCtrl+O
Close ProjectCtrl+Shift+W
SettingsCtrl+,
ExitCtrl+Q
Toggle PreviewCtrl+Shift+P
SaveCtrl+S
New FileCtrl+N
New FolderCtrl+Shift+F
RenameF2
DeleteCtrl+Shift+Backspace
RestoreCtrl+Shift+R
Toggle Dark/Light ModeCtrl+Shift+D
Toggle Full ScreenF11
Find and ReplaceCtrl+F
Toggle CorkboardCtrl+Shift+K
Toggle Story GridCtrl+Shift+G
Toggle Belief TimelineCtrl+Shift+E
Cycle Binder Color ModeCtrl+Shift+C
Toggle BacklinksCtrl+Shift+B
Toggle TagsCtrl+Shift+T
Command PromptCtrl+:
Commit (Git)Ctrl+Alt+C
Push (Git)Ctrl+Alt+P
MetadataCtrl+Shift+M
Activate WikilinkCtrl+Enter
Toggle Binder/Editor FocusF6
Toggle Focus ModeF9
Open DocumentCtrl+P
Close DocumentCtrl+W
Toggle Pomodoro TimerCtrl+Alt+T
Toggle Word CountCtrl+Alt+W
Refresh Word CountF5
Toggle Collaboration PanelCtrl+Shift+L
Toggle Streak TrackingCtrl+Alt+S

Two shortcuts can never overlap — rebinding one to a combo another action already owns automatically un-assigns it from the previous owner. This holds across built-ins and plugin shortcuts alike: if a loaded plugin registered a : command with its own shortcut (see Plugins), it shows up in its own “Plugin Shortcuts” section further down the same window, remappable/unbindable the same way.