# Keyboard shortcuts

> The complete list of shortcuts that exist, where each works, and the common ones that deliberately do not.

Vaulter is deliberately light on keyboard shortcuts; almost everything is a visible control. The ones that exist are listed here completely, along with the ones people expect that deliberately do not exist, so you can stop hunting for them.

## Everywhere

| Keys | Does |
| --- | --- |
| `Esc` | Closes the open dialog or menu |
| `Enter` | Confirms the focused field in most dialogs (invites, renames, delete confirmations) |

## Finding things: Cmd+K

`Cmd+K` (`Ctrl+K` on Windows) opens a search palette in two places:

- **Workspace pages** (dashboard, projects, templates, settings): searches your projects and templates and jumps straight to one. It works on every workspace page, even where no search box is visible.
- **These docs**: searches every page of the documentation by content and deep-links to the matching section.

`Cmd+K` does **not** work inside the build workspace; there, search lives in the panels themselves.

## The chat composer

| Keys | Does |
| --- | --- |
| `Enter` | Send the message |
| `Shift+Enter` | New line without sending |
| `↑` `↓` then `Enter` or `Tab` | Navigate and pick from the slash-command menu when it is open |
| `Esc` | Close the slash-command menu (this also clears what you typed) |

The prompt box on the dashboard works the same way: `Enter` starts the build, `Shift+Enter` adds a line.

## Edit Mode

[Edit Mode](/docs/building/chat-vs-edit-mode) is the one part of Vaulter with real shortcut depth:

| Keys | Does |
| --- | --- |
| `Cmd+E` | Toggle Edit Mode on and off (works while the Preview tab is active) |
| `Esc` | Deselect the selected element; pressed again with nothing selected, exits Edit Mode |
| `Cmd+Z` | Undo the last Edit Mode change |
| `Cmd+Shift+Z` | Redo |

While editing text directly on the page: `Enter` commits the text, `Shift+Enter` adds a line, `Esc` throws the edit away and restores the original.

Two behaviors worth knowing: Edit Mode undo stops at changes it cannot safely invert rather than skipping past them, and Edit Mode switches itself off when you leave the Preview tab or a build starts.

## The code editor

The Code tab and the Vault's SQL editor are the same editor VS Code uses, so its standard shortcuts apply: `Cmd+F` find, `Cmd+/` toggle comment, `Cmd+D` select next occurrence, `Alt+↑`/`Alt+↓` move a line, `F1` for its full command list, and its own text-level `Cmd+Z`.

One expectation to unlearn: **there is no `Cmd+S`**. The editor does not have a save shortcut; pressing it triggers your browser's own save dialog. Saving is the visible save action in the panel.

## What deliberately does not exist

So you can stop looking:

- No global command palette with actions; `Cmd+K` only searches and navigates.
- No `Cmd+Enter` to send chat; sending is plain `Enter`.
- No shortcut to switch build-workspace tabs (Preview, Code, Vault); they are click-only.
- No project-wide `Cmd+Z`. Undo outside Edit Mode is the [version history](/docs/your-app/undo-and-versions), which is deliberate and visible rather than a keystroke.
- No shortcut to refresh the preview; the refresh control is in the preview toolbar.
- No `?` help overlay; this page is the reference.

## Frequently asked

#### Can I customize or add shortcuts?

Not today. The set above is fixed.

#### Cmd+E is not toggling Edit Mode

`Cmd+E` works while the Preview tab is the active view. If you are on the Code or Vault tab, switch to Preview first.

#### I pressed Cmd+Z and my last chat change did not undo

Chat changes are not on the keyboard undo stack; `Cmd+Z` only undoes Edit Mode changes. To roll back something the agent built, use [Undo and version history](/docs/your-app/undo-and-versions).