Keyboard shortcuts

📝Note

On Windows and Linux, replace ⌘ with Ctrl. All shortcuts below use Mac notation.

Press ? anywhere in the app (outside a text field) to open the in-app shortcut overlay.

Global

These shortcuts work anywhere in the app, as long as you are not typing in a text field.

Shortcut	Action
`⌘K`	Open command palette and global search
`⌘/`	Toggle sidebar open and closed
`Esc`	Close the active modal or dismiss the current panel
`?`	Open the keyboard shortcut help overlay

Article editor

These shortcuts are active when your cursor is inside the article editor or a text input field.

Shortcut	Action
`⌘S`	Save the current entity
`⌘Z`	Undo
`⌘⇧Z`	Redo
`⌘B`	Bold
`⌘I`	Italic
`[[`	Open the wikilink picker

💡Tip

Type [[ then start typing to filter existing entities. If you type a name that does not exist and press Enter, Skryrún creates a stub entity automatically. You do not have to leave the editor to link to something that hasn't been created yet.

GM Screen

Default shortcuts active while running a session on the GM Screen.

Shortcut	Action
`⌘K` or `/`	Focus the entity search bar
`N`	Create a new scratch note on the canvas
`P`	Hide pinned cards; press again to show them
`[`	Toggle the left sidebar
`]`	Toggle the right sidebar
`T`	Toggle the entire top cabinet (Recent + Scenes panels)
—	Toggle the Recent panel — not bound by default
`S`	Toggle the Scenes panel
`D`	Toggle the Dice cabinet
`R`	Toggle the Ref cabinet
`B`	Hide the bottom drawer; press again to restore its tools
`L`	Show or hide the event log
`.`	Advance to the next turn in the active encounter
`Esc`	Dismiss the current interaction, restore the previous view, or close the focused/top visible card
`?`	Open this shortcut overlay

Every shortcut above except Esc can be rebound from the shortcuts overlay's Customize… button — including binding a key to the Recent panel toggle, which ships unbound.

Canvas interactions

Action	How
Zoom canvas	Scroll wheel
Pan canvas	Drag background · middle-mouse drag
Focus a chip	Double-click its body
Connect two chips with a ray	Drag from a chip's edge handle onto another chip
Open a wikilink as a new chip	Click any `[[wikilink]]` inside a chip

The search bar is focused by default on entry — start typing immediately, no click required.

Battlemap canvas

Shortcuts active while a map canvas is focused. Press ? on the map for the same list in-app.

Tools

Shortcut	Tool
`V`	Select
`H`	Pan
`M`	Measure
`L`	Label
`P`	Region
`R`	Route
`O`	Fog of war
`W`	Walls
`I`	Lights
`A`	AOE template

View

Shortcut	Action
`F`	Fit map to view
`G`	Toggle grid
`D`	Toggle darkness
`Space`	Hold to pan, release to return to your tool
Scroll	Zoom in and out

Tokens

Shortcut	Action
`N`	New token
`T`	Target — click the tokens the selection is attacking
`⇧` + click	Add or remove a token from the selection
`⇧` + drag	Marquee-select tokens
`↑` `↓` `←` `→`	Nudge the selection one cell
`⇧` + arrows	Nudge the selection five cells
Double-click	Open the token's stat block
Right-click	Token quick menu
`Alt` + click	Ping — flash a ring everyone at the table sees

Editing

Shortcut	Action
`⌘Z` / `Ctrl+Z`	Undo
`⌘⇧Z` / `Ctrl+⇧Z`	Redo
`Delete`	Delete the selected token, label, region, route, or wall
`Esc`	Cancel the current draw, then clear selection, then exit the tool
`?`	Show the in-app shortcut list

📝Note

Single-key map shortcuts don't fire while a modifier is held, so ⌘A, ⌘F, ⌘R, ⌘G, and ⌘L keep their browser behaviour.

Scene Canvas

Shortcuts active while editing a scene on the Scene Canvas.

Shortcut	Action
`⌘S` / `Ctrl+S`	Save the scene, including while typing
`[`	Toggle the left panel
`]`	Toggle the right panel
`B`	Hide open panels; press again to restore them
`F`	Fit the whole canvas into view
`⇧F`	Fit selected nodes into view
`+` or `=` / `-`	Zoom in / out
`Delete` / `Backspace`	Remove selected nodes and connections from the focused canvas
`Esc`	Cancel the current canvas action; otherwise clear selection
`?`	Open this shortcut overlay

Panels reopen at their last selected category. With focus in a cabinet control, Esc closes that cabinet. Canvas shortcuts pause while you type, except for save, and while a dialog is open.

Scroll to zoom. Drag the background to pan. Hover a node for its edge handles; drag between handles to connect. Double-click an edge to label it.

Session Canvas

Shortcuts active while editing a session plan on the Session Canvas.

Shortcut	Action
`⌘S` / `Ctrl+S`	Save the plan, including while typing
`[`	Toggle the left panel
`]`	Toggle the right panel
`B`	Hide open panels; press again to restore them
`F`	Fit the whole canvas into view
`⇧F`	Fit selected nodes into view
`+` or `=` / `-`	Zoom in / out
`Delete` / `Backspace`	Remove selected nodes and connections from the focused canvas
`Esc`	Cancel the current canvas action; otherwise clear selection
Right-click edge	Cycle edge direction
`?`	Open this shortcut overlay

Panels reopen at their last selected category. With focus in a cabinet control, Esc closes that cabinet. Canvas shortcuts pause while you type, except for save, and while a dialog is open.

Scroll to zoom. Drag the background to pan.

Navigation

These shortcuts apply when navigating lists — the entity browser, search results, and the command palette.

Shortcut	Action
`↑` / `↓`	Move through list items
`Enter`	Open the selected item
`Esc`	Close search or the palette without selecting

Knowledge graph

These shortcuts work while the knowledge graph is open and focused.

Shortcut	Action
`⌘F`	Open graph entity search
`F`	Toggle filters panel
`Esc`	Close the selected entity panel

Tips

Global shortcuts like ⌘/ and ? are disabled while you are typing in a text field. Editor-specific shortcuts (save, bold, italic, wikilink) remain active while the editor has focus.
Hover over any toolbar button or icon to see its shortcut in the tooltip.
The command palette (⌘K) accepts partial names, commands, and page names. It is the fastest way to navigate to anything — an entity, a settings page, or a quick action like creating a new entity.
On Windows and Linux, Ctrl replaces ⌘ in all shortcuts. ⇧ is always Shift.