Help · Getting around
Keyboard
Every key Vandle listens to, which keys stay with your terminal, and how to change them.
Vandle can be used without the mouse. The keys below are the defaults; every one of them can be changed.
Which keys belong to whom
- Ctrl+Shift belongs to Vandle. Window and tab actions live there.
- Ctrl+letter belongs to the terminal. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+R, Ctrl+L reach your shell as they always did.
- Tab keys such as Ctrl+Enter or Ctrl+S only act where the tab in front can do something with them. Anywhere else the key goes on to the terminal or the page.
- F1 stays with a program in a terminal, because mc, htop and many terminal tools use it. Ctrl+F1 opens the help from there.
Window
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Help for the tab in front |
| Ctrl+F1 | Help, also from a terminal |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Show or hide the sidebar |
| Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Full screen |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Lock the master key |
| Ctrl+Shift+, | Settings |
| Ctrl+Shift+K | Toolbox |
Tabs
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+T | New tab, or switch to an open one |
| Ctrl+Tab | Tab switcher, most recent first |
| Ctrl+PgDn / PgUp | Next / previous tab in the bar |
| Ctrl+Shift+1…8 | Tab by its place |
| Ctrl+Shift+9 | Last tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+W | Close the tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Duplicate the tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Reload, or reconnect a tab that dropped |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Hand the tab over as a file |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Open a handed-over tab |
Layouts
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+Y | Show a tab beside this one |
| Ctrl+Alt+← → ↑ ↓ | Pane on that side |
| Ctrl+Shift+J | Next pane |
More in Layouts and splits.
Web
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+L | Go to an address |
| Alt+← / → | Back / forward |
| F12 | Developer tools |
Terminal
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy (also Ctrl+C with a selection) |
| Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Find in the output |
| Ctrl++ / - / 0 | Larger / smaller / original text |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | Port forwards (SSH) |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Files on this host (SSH) |
Copy, paste and select all are fixed and cannot be moved.
Remote desktop
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+Home | Take the keyboard back |
| Ctrl+Alt+End | Ctrl+Alt+Del on the remote machine |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Mute the microphone |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Mute the sound |
A remote desktop keeps every other key for the machine on the other side, except the tab, layout and window keys you need to get out of it. See Remote desktop.
API, databases and dashboards
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Enter | Send the call, or run the statement under the cursor |
| Ctrl+S | Save; in the dashboard builder: Done |
| Ctrl+E | Edit the dashboard |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | New call; in a file tab: new folder |
Files
Enter opens, Backspace goes up one folder, F2 renames, Del deletes and F5 copies to the other side. These are fixed.
Change a key
- Open Settings with Ctrl+Shift+, and go to Hotkeys.
- Click the key of an action, then press the new combination. Esc cancels.
- If another action had that combination, it gives it up and Vandle tells you which one.
Reset all brings every default back. Some actions, such as the route and name diagnosis, have no key until you give them one.