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

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