Keyboard shortcuts
Every binding in Paneful, grouped by what they do. Shortcuts use
⌘ on macOS / Ctrl on Linux unless noted.
General
| Shortcut | Action |
| ⌘ + P | Open command palette |
| ⌘ + D | Toggle sidebar |
| ⌘ + Shift + G | Toggle source control panel |
| ⌘ + F | Search the focused terminal's scrollback |
Panes
| Shortcut | Action |
| ⌘ + N | New pane (vertical split) |
| ⌘ + Shift + N | New pane (horizontal split) |
| ⌘ + W | Close the focused pane |
| ⌘ + 1 – 9 | Focus pane by index |
| Ctrl + Shift + ←/→/↑/↓ | Move focus to the adjacent pane |
| Shift + ←/→/↑/↓ | Swap the focused pane with the adjacent one |
Layout
| Shortcut | Action |
| ⌘ + T | Cycle through layout presets |
| ⌘ + R | Auto-pick the best layout for the current pane count |
Terminal text
These work inside any terminal pane, including scheduled-run viewers.
They paper over things the browser would otherwise eat.
| Shortcut | Result |
| Shift + Enter | Insert a literal newline in the command buffer (no submit). Works in shells, Claude Code, vim, and other TUIs. |
| ⌘ + ← | Cursor to line start |
| ⌘ + → | Cursor to line end |
| ⌘ + Backspace | Clear line |
Other
| Action | How |
| Open URL in system browser | ⌘ + click any URL in a terminal |
| Copy with trailing whitespace stripped | Select text, then ⌘ + C |
| Drag a folder from Finder | Drop on the sidebar to create a project; drop on a pane to paste the path |
| Toggle GPU rendering | Lightning bolt icon in the sidebar header, or via command palette |
| Toggle theme | Sun/moon/monitor icon in the sidebar header |