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Keyboard shortcuts
Every global shortcut in the IDE and in Rescriptum Tab.
Shortcuts use Ctrl on Windows. These are the global shortcuts registered by the IDE and by the Rescriptum Tab extension.
IDE
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+K | Command palette |
Ctrl+, | Settings |
Ctrl+O | Open folder |
Ctrl+M | Model picker |
Ctrl+N | New chat |
Ctrl+H | Chat history |
Ctrl+J | Show or hide the chat |
` Ctrl+ `` | Show or hide the terminal |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Cycle the preview mode |
Ctrl+P | Quick open a file |
Ctrl+0, Ctrl+=, Ctrl+- | Reset, increase, decrease editor font size |
Esc | Close the palette, model picker, or history |
Jump to a panel
| Shortcut | Panel |
|---|---|
Ctrl+1 | Editor |
Ctrl+3 | Agents (Copilot fleet) |
Ctrl+4 | Git |
Ctrl+5 | MCP Config |
Ctrl+6 | Plugins |
Ctrl+7 | Marketplace |
Ctrl+8 | Intelligence |
Ctrl+9 | Projects |
Tip
Everything else, including Models, Cloud, Tab, and Blueprints, is one Ctrl+K away. Type the panel name.
Rescriptum Tab
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Alt+Shift+C | Start the element picker and pin an element |
Alt+S | Show or hide the on-page companion dock |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Open the Tab side panel |
Esc | Cancel the picker or minimize the dock |
Alt+P | Toggle predictive search on the new tab page |
Browsers reserve some key combinations. If a Tab shortcut does nothing, check chrome://extensions/shortcuts (or the edge:// and brave:// equivalents) for conflicts.