Keyboard shortcuts.

Every meaningful shortcut in Orchid, grouped by area. Mac keys shown first, Linux in parentheses where they differ.

Customize

Open the command palette with K (Linux: Ctrl K) and search for Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts to rebind anything below.

Global

ShortcutAction
K (Ctrl K)Open the command palette
P (Ctrl P)Quick-open file by name
O (Ctrl O)Open a project from disk
N (Ctrl N)New notebook in the current project
S (Ctrl S)Save the active notebook
, (Ctrl ,)Open settings
P (Ctrl P)Run a command (palette, full list)
\ (Ctrl \)Toggle the sidebar
J (Ctrl J)Toggle the bottom panel (terminal, logs)
B (Ctrl B)Toggle the sidebar
LToggle the agent chat panel
W (Ctrl W)Close the active tab
T (Ctrl T)Reopen the last closed tab

Notebook navigation

ShortcutAction
/ Move selection between cells (when focus is on cell margin)
Move the current cell up
Move the current cell down
G (Ctrl G)Go to cell by index
EscBlur the editor, focus the cell as a unit
EnterEnter the cell's editor

Cell editing

ShortcutAction
/ (Ctrl /)Toggle line comment
/ Move line up / down
D (Ctrl D)Select next occurrence (multi-cursor)
F (Ctrl F)Find in cell
/Open the cell-type switcher (at the start of an empty cell)
LSelect current line
KDelete current line
I (Ctrl I)Trigger inline AI edit on selection

Cell running

ShortcutAction
EnterRun cell and move to next
Enter (Ctrl Enter)Run cell and stay
EnterRun cell and insert a new one below
EnterRun all cells from top
. (Ctrl .)Interrupt the running cell
RRestart kernel

SQL helpers

ShortcutAction
; (Ctrl ;)Format SQL in the current cell
E (Ctrl E)Explain plan for the current query
FToggle the result table's filter row
XExport query result to CSV
TabTrigger schema-aware completion

Agent panel

ShortcutAction
L (Ctrl L)Focus the agent chat input
CSend selected cells as context
in inputSend message
AApprove all pending changes in review
DDiscard all pending changes
MToggle multi-agent mode
EscStop the running agent

Search

ShortcutAction
F (Ctrl F)Search across the project
HFind & replace across the project
T (Ctrl T)Search the schema browser
F3 / F3Next / previous match

Source control

ShortcutAction
GOpen the source control panel
K then CCommit staged changes
K then PPush to the current remote
DDiff the active notebook against HEAD

Cheatsheet card

Print or screenshot this page for the wall — or open the in-app cheatsheet with ?. For everything else, see Configuration and the CLI reference.

In-app cheatsheet overlay with the most common shortcuts grouped by area./docs-images/reference/keyboard-shortcuts-cheatsheet.png
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