> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.rumus.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Keyboard shortcuts

> Bind every common action to whatever key feels natural — and find conflicts before they bite.

Most user-facing actions in Rumus have a keyboard shortcut. They're all customizable from a single page: **Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts**.

## How the page is organized

Shortcuts are grouped into sensible categories:

| Category            | Examples                               |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| **Clipboard**       | Copy, Paste, Select All                |
| **Cursor Movement** | Line start / end, word left / right    |
| **Editing**         | Delete word, delete line               |
| **View**            | Zoom in / out, fullscreen              |
| **Scrolling**       | Page up / down, scroll to top / bottom |
| **Tabs & Windows**  | New tab, close tab, switch tab         |
| **Search**          | Find in terminal                       |

There are roughly two dozen actions in total — every common terminal interaction has a binding you can change.

## Rebind a shortcut

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Keyboard settings">
    **Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the action">
    Scroll to the action you want to change, or use the search field at the top to filter.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click the existing binding">
    The binding becomes editable. Press the new key combination on your keyboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Confirm the change. The new binding takes effect immediately.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Conflict detection

If you bind a key combo that's already in use by another action, Rumus tells you:

> *"This shortcut is already used by '{action}'."*

You then choose to **override** (the previous binding loses the key) or **cancel** the change. There's no silent collision — the page makes you decide.

## Reset

Two reset paths:

* **Reset this action** — restore a single binding to its shipping default.
* **Reset all to defaults** — wipe every customization on the page. This one prompts for confirmation; there's no undo.

## What about chord shortcuts (Ctrl+K Ctrl+X style)?

Rumus's keyboard system today supports **single key combinations** only — one modifier set + one key per binding. Multi-step chord bindings (the VS Code "Ctrl+K Ctrl+X" pattern) aren't supported.

If you need a complex combo that doesn't fit a single chord, look for an existing single-chord binding nearby that you can repurpose.

## Platform conventions

Rumus's defaults follow each platform's conventions:

* **macOS** — `⌘` for the primary modifier (e.g. `⌘C` for copy).
* **Windows / Linux** — `Ctrl` for the primary modifier (e.g. `Ctrl+C` for copy).

Sync carries your **bindings** across devices, but the **modifier semantics** stay native — so `⌘C` on your Mac becomes `Ctrl+C` on your Windows machine if you've kept the default.

## Common rebindings

Some bindings people often want to change:

* **Find in terminal** — many users prefer `Ctrl+F` / `Cmd+F` even though some platforms default to a different key.
* **Switch tab** — `Ctrl+1` … `Ctrl+9` for direct tab access is a popular addition.
* **Close tab** vs **Close window** — be careful these don't share modifiers; closing the wrong one is a fast way to lose work.

## What ISN'T configurable here

A few things live elsewhere:

* **AI sidebar toggle** — currently the panel-right icon at the far right of the title bar (no key binding today).
* **Workspace switching** — managed from the workspace switcher.
* **Smart autocomplete accept** — bound on the same page (look under "Editing" or "Tabs & Windows" depending on the action label).

If a key in the app today does something but isn't on this page, it's a system / OS-level binding, not a Rumus one.

## Settings sync

Custom keyboard bindings are part of [config sync](/docs/account/sync) — set them once, propagate everywhere.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Tabs and windows" icon="window-maximize" href="/docs/terminal/tabs">
    The actions whose bindings you might want to change first.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Search" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/docs/terminal/search">
    The terminal-search shortcut is one of the most-rebound.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>