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 |
1 – 9 |
Jump to tab N |
0 |
Open the "more tabs" modal |
Shift+1 – Shift+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 |