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Keyboard basics

The dozen keys you'll use 90% of the time. Press ? on any screen for the full list.

Movement

Key What
j k Move cursor up / down one row
Ctrl+↑ Ctrl+↓ Jump ~5 rows
PgUp PgDn Ctrl+U Ctrl+D Page up / down
g / G Go to top / bottom
Enter Drill in / activate
Esc Back / cancel

Tabs and subtabs

Key What
19 Jump to tab N
0 Open the "more tabs" modal
Shift+1Shift+9 (or ! @ # $ % ^ & * () Jump to subtab N
Tab / Shift+Tab Next / previous subtab

Chips (filter views)

Every list-shaped tab has a chip strip — saved filters you can flip between.

Key What
[ ] Cycle chips left / right
Shift+← Shift+→ Same
V Open the chip manager
F Toggle the cursored chip as favourite

Search and filter

Key What
/ Filter the current list — type to narrow
Ctrl+F Global search across metadata + records

Org switching

Key What
' Focus the org rail
then j / k Move between orgs
then Enter Switch to the highlighted org
then space Fold / unfold an org group
then a Open the add-org picker

Comparing metadata across orgs is the /compare tab, not the org rail.

Panes

Key What
\ Toggle the right sidebar
Ctrl+\ Toggle stacked vs side-by-side sidebar
\| Toggle the left rail
i Open the cursored row's sidebar info in a modal

Working with items

Key What
K Quick-collect cursored item into the loaded dev project (toggle)
Ctrl+K Collect cursored item — pick which project
t Open the tag picker for the cursored item
T Tag every visible row (bulk)
o Open the cursored item in Lightning (in your browser)
Ctrl+O Open menu — pick a target
y Yank (copy to clipboard) — id / URL / etc.

SOQL

On /soql only:

Key What
i Enter the editor (input mode)
Enter (from input mode) Run the query
Escape Leave input mode
s Save the current query to the library
T Toggle Tooling API

When all else fails

Key What
? Show every key the current screen understands
Ctrl+C Quit sf-deck
Ctrl+R Refresh all loaded data for the active org