Keyboard shortcuts
Press ? at any time for a list that includes whatever your config adds.
Built in
Section titled “Built in”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ← → | Previous / next record |
| ⇧+← / ⇧+→ | Previous / next unfinished record |
| Enter | Next record |
| 1–9 | Pick the nth choice |
| ⌘/Ctrl+Enter | Save & export |
| ⌘/Ctrl+⇧+L | Switch to Label mode |
| ⌘/Ctrl+⇧+P | Switch to Prepare mode |
| ? | Toggle this list |
⌘ on macOS, Ctrl everywhere else.
Number keys
Section titled “Number keys”1 through 9 pick the nth option of a choice field — the focused one, or the first choice field on the form if nothing is focused. For a form whose main question is a three-way rating, this is the whole interaction: press a digit, press Enter, repeat.
Shortcuts your config adds
Section titled “Shortcuts your config adds”A config can attach a chord to a field (moves focus to it) or to an individual choice (selects it directly). Both appear in the ? dialog automatically, so that list is always truthful for the config you have open.
Choice chords fire app-wide, not only while their own field has focus. That is what makes them worth having — you can press c for “correct” without first tabbing to the right field. It is also why every chord in a config has to be unique across the whole file.
Why a letter sometimes does nothing
Section titled “Why a letter sometimes does nothing”A bare letter chord is held back while you are typing: in a text box, a textarea, or a dropdown’s search field. Otherwise a chord on c would make the letter “c” impossible to type in your notes.
Chords with a modifier (⌘, Ctrl, Alt, ⇧) are not held back — they stay live everywhere, including inside a text field.
Radio groups and sliders are a deliberate middle ground: they consume arrow keys, not letters, so bare chords keep working while one of them has focus.
Modal dialogs take over
Section titled “Modal dialogs take over”While a dialog is open — the resume prompt, this shortcuts list — it owns the keyboard entirely. No shortcut reaches the form behind it.
Reserved chords
Section titled “Reserved chords”A config may not claim a chord the app or the operating system already owns:
⌘/Ctrl+ Z X C V A Q W M H R Enter, plus ⌘/Ctrl+⇧+L and ⌘/Ctrl+⇧+P.
Trying to use one is a config error rather than a silent override — otherwise a config could take Paste away from the notes box with nothing on screen to explain it. See Shortcuts.