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Tempest provides a comprehensive set of keyboard shortcuts for efficient navigation and workspace management. Most global shortcuts are fully customizable through the Settings panel.

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Global App Shortcuts

These shortcuts work across the entire application and control major functions like theme switching, navigation, and workspace management. All are customizable.

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Layout and Panel Control

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Tab Navigation

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Agent and Workspace Control

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Terminal Shortcuts

These shortcuts are fixed and not customizable. On macOS, use Cmd in place of Ctrl for clipboard and search shortcuts in the terminal. Once the terminal search bar is open:

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Editor Shortcuts

These shortcuts are fixed and not customizable.

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Git and Diff Pane Shortcuts

These shortcuts are fixed and not customizable. On macOS, use Cmd+Enter to commit.

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Customizing Shortcuts

All shortcuts in the Global App, Layout, Tab Navigation, and Agent sections are user-configurable.
1

Open Settings

Press Ctrl+, (or your current settings shortcut) to open the Settings panel.
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Go to Keybindings

Navigate to the Keybindings section in the left sidebar of Settings.
3

Rebind an action

Click the shortcut field next to any action, then press the new key combination you want to use. The binding saves automatically.
4

Reset to defaults

Use the reset button in the Keybindings section to restore all shortcuts to their defaults. Individual shortcuts can be rebound again afterward.
Custom keybindings are stored in your local settings and persist across restarts.

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Notes

  • App-level shortcuts such as Ctrl+Tab pass through when the terminal is focused, so tab switching works without leaving the terminal.
  • If a shortcut conflicts with your operating system or another application, rebind it in Settings.
  • Split pane shortcuts let you run multiple sessions side by side within the same workspace tab.