Keyboard Shortcuts
Speed up your workflow Krater is built for the keyboard. Every major surface has shortcuts — once ⌘K and ⌘N are muscle memory, you barely touch the mouse. ⌘ means Cmd on Mac, Ctrl on Windows and Li...
Speed up your workflow
Krater is built for the keyboard. Every major surface has shortcuts — once ⌘K and ⌘N are muscle memory, you barely touch the mouse.
⌘ means Cmd on Mac, Ctrl on Windows and Linux.
Global shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
⌘K or ⌘/ |
Toggle search (command palette) |
⌘N |
New chat |
⌘B |
Toggle the sidebar |
⌘, |
Open settings |
⌘L |
Open Keep |
⌘K works even while you’re typing in a field. The other global shortcuts pause while your cursor is in a text input, so they never steal a keystroke mid-message. Some browsers reserve ⌘N and ⌘L for themselves (new window, address bar) — if yours does, the sidebar buttons do the same thing.
Search palette (⌘K)
One box searches everything: conversations, messages, slash commands, pages, and help articles.
↑/↓— move through resultsEnter— open the highlighted result⌘Enter— open a conversation in a new tabEsc— close (orBackspaceon an empty query)
Narrow the search with a prefix:
| Prefix | Searches |
|---|---|
/ |
Slash commands only — selecting one drops it into the composer |
> |
Pages only — jump to Keep, Tasks, Additions, settings |
? |
Help articles only |
Chat composer
/at the start of a message opens the slash command menu — all 17 commands, from/imageto/research↑/↓— move through the menuEnterorTab— select the highlighted command- Keep typing to filter:
/imfinds/image Esc— close the menuEnter— send the messageShift+Enter— new line
On video commands that accept reference files, @ opens the file-mention picker — same ↑ / ↓, Enter, Esc pattern.
Sidebar
With the sidebar open, ↑ / ↓ walks your conversation list, Enter opens the highlighted chat, and Esc clears the selection. Combined with ⌘B, you can review recent chats without leaving the keyboard.
Editing and reviewing
| Where | Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Edit a sent message | Ctrl+Enter |
Save the edit |
| Edit a sent message | Esc |
Cancel |
Keep (/keep) |
⌘A |
Select all files |
Keep (/keep) |
Esc |
Clear selection |
| Media lightbox | ← / → |
Previous / next file |
| Media lightbox | Esc |
Close |
| Slides editor | ⌘Z |
Undo |
| Slides editor | ⌘Shift+Z or ⌘Y |
Redo |
Worth knowing
- The palette is faster than scrolling the sidebar for an old chat:
⌘K, type two words,Enter. - Slash commands are the real speedrun — see Slash Commands for all 17.
- In
/ttsand/voice, use the play button next to a voice to preview it before spending credits.