Controls and keyboard reference
Use this index to find a control's canonical explanation. It keeps field limits and shortcuts together without repeating the full task walkthroughs. Labels refer to the English interface.
Controls by task
| You need to | Entry or control | Detailed behavior |
|---|---|---|
| Create or describe a project | New project, project menu → Project settings | Project fields |
| Keep a private reading note | Selection → For me → Bookmark, Composer Bookmarks | Reading bookmarks |
| Configure a model connection | Settings → Model | Provider setup |
| Attach a source, send or queue a request | Composer +, attachment chip, Send, queue controls | Conversations and queued requests |
| Inspect a runtime or installed packages | Settings → Runtimes, interpreter and Packages controls | Python and R runtimes |
| Inspect calculations and variables | View notebook, Variables, artifact Provenance | Notebook and execution evidence |
| Grant or revoke access | Approval card, Settings → Permissions | Permissions and approvals |
| Diagnose a package connection | Settings → Network | Domains, proxy and mirrors |
| Configure remote compute | Settings → Compute → Add SSH host | SSH and Slurm setup |
| Verify a research output | Generated file card, preview, Provenance | Public-data analysis |
| Look up limits | Format or configuration field | File limits, Configuration, Package formats |
The complete control index lists controls by application page; this page groups common tasks and keyboard shortcuts. Both link to the same detailed tutorials.
Keyboard reference
| Action | macOS | Windows/Linux | Conditions and scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application search | ⌘K | Ctrl+K | Home/workspace search; in Settings, focus its header search |
| Settings | ⌘, | Ctrl+, | Opens Settings when the current overlay allows the shortcut |
| New conversation | ⌘N | Ctrl+N | Workspace; requires an existing conversation with messages; ignored while a blocking dialog is open |
| Toggle sidebar | ⌘B | Ctrl+B | Workspace; toggles the narrow-screen drawer or desktop sidebar |
| Send composer text | Enter | Enter | When sending is available; an open mention picker owns Enter; IME composition does not submit |
| New line | Shift+Enter | Shift+Enter | Composer text |
| Previous/next prompt draft | ↑ / ↓ | ↑ / ↓ | Start history browsing with the caret at the beginning and no selection; an open mention picker takes precedence |
| Undo draft | ⌘Z | Ctrl+Z | Composer draft history |
| Redo draft | ⌘Shift+Z | Ctrl+Shift+Z | Composer draft history |
| Close active surface | ⌘W | Ctrl+W | Desktop app: transient preview first where applicable, then preview tab/pane, then window; browser access can use browser shortcuts |
| Dismiss overlay | Esc | Esc | Where supported; saving or a blocking confirmation can change dismissal behavior |
Do not repeatedly press the close shortcut expecting it only to hide a file. After previews have closed, the next invocation can close the application window. Window closure and process shutdown are separate platform-dependent behaviors.
Closing a Side Chat tab requires confirmation and stops/deletes that side discussion; file-preview closure does not delete the file. See Side Chat.
Composer reference triggers
| Trigger | Selection | Check before sending |
|---|---|---|
/ | Enabled Skill | Confirm the intended method and supporting dependencies |
@ | Available file/artifact or literature reference/scope | Confirm the selected source and version where shown |
# | Session reference | Confirm the intended conversation |
Selecting a suggestion inserts a structured reference. Merely typing a familiar filename or Skill name is not evidence that the corresponding reference was attached. Inspect the inserted chip and request.
Search scope
App global search covers projects, sessions, message text, uploaded/generated files, Library records and collections, and indexed contents of supported uploads. Generated files are searched by name; unindexed content is not searched. Select a category to narrow the results, then inspect a result's context before opening it. This does not mean every PDF, image or other binary file has a searchable full-text index. See Navigation and search for the complete workflow.
The wiki's Search is separate: it indexes documentation titles, headings and body passages in the current language. A term such as “Inbox” can match a paragraph here even if it is absent from an application's session title.
Technical reference: application bindings · composer keyboard handling · close behavior · global search.
Settings panel/dialog search uses ⌘⌥K on macOS and Ctrl+Alt+K on Windows/Linux. ⌘K / Ctrl+K continues to focus the Settings header search. See shortcut scope.