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lode — keyboard shortcuts

A reference for every key lode's TUI responds to, for someone using lode day to day -- not for someone adding or rebinding a key (that's keybindings.md, the maintainer doc this page is generated from).

The live, always-current list is one keypress away. Press Ctrl+_ (or ? on most screens) inside lode any time to open the in-app help overlay -- it lists every binding on the screen you're on, including a few kept off the footer to save space. This page is a convenience for browsing outside the app; the overlay is the definitive source at runtime.

Keys that work everywhere

Key Action
ctrl+q Quit
ctrl+o Show Config
ctrl+b Show Browse
ctrl+t Show Tags
ctrl+l Show Ask
ctrl+underscore Show keybinding help overlay
ctrl+shift+minus Show keybinding help overlay
ctrl+minus Show keybinding help overlay
? Show keybinding help overlay

Keys by screen

Each screen also has its own keys, active only while that screen is showing. A key listed here can differ from what the same key does elsewhere in the app -- lode resolves whichever binding belongs to the screen you're currently on first.

Version history

Key Action
escape Back

Viewing an old version

Key Action
escape Back
ctrl+n Open link under cursor
ctrl+l Ask about this note

Enrichment inspector

Key Action
escape Back

Yes/No confirmation dialogs

Key Action
y Yes -- shared base for DeleteConfirmScreen, NoEgressClearConfirmScreen and SaveAsNoteConfirmScreen
n No
escape Cancel

Browse

Key Action
escape Back
i Inspect
v View retrieved content
d Delete
x Expand/collapse summary
n Toggle no_egress on the highlighted note; clearing it confirms first
slash Search

External-source picker

Key Action
escape Back

Tags

Key Action
escape Back
space Toggle tag

Viewing a saved web snapshot

Key Action
escape Back
t Toggle raw HTML
ctrl+n Open link under cursor

Editing a note

Key Action
ctrl+s Save
escape Back (cancel)
ctrl+f Focus related-notes panel
ctrl+h Show version history
ctrl+g Inspect (enrichment modal)
ctrl+r View retrieved content
ctrl+n Open link under cursor
ctrl+l Ask about this note

Discard-and-quit confirmation

Key Action
s Save & quit
d Discard & quit
c Cancel
escape Cancel

Capture (the screen you land on)

Key Action
ctrl+s Save & new
escape Discard & quit
ctrl+f Focus related-notes panel
ctrl+n Open link under cursor

Ask

Key Action
escape Back
up Move the focused-citation cursor to the previous citation
down Move the focused-citation cursor to the next citation
ctrl+j Open the focused citation's cited version/snapshot
ctrl+s Save the current answer as a new note

Config

Key Action
escape Back

Reconcile

Key Action
r Re-apply
d Discard
Key Action
up Select previous related
down Select next related
enter Open selected (modal)
Key Action
escape Back

The keybinding help overlay

Key Action
escape Close
? Close