Keyboard Shortcuts

The Braide desktop app exposes a small set of application-wide keyboard shortcuts via the system menu bar. These shortcuts are only available in the desktop (Electron) build — they are not wired up in the standalone braide:dev web app, since web pages cannot install OS-level menu accelerators.

Shortcuts

ShortcutAction
⌘N / Ctrl+NNew Session
⌘T / Ctrl+TToggle Terminal Pane
⌘, / Ctrl+,Open Settings

Behaviour

New Session (⌘N) — Equivalent to clicking the New Session button in the session sidebar. A project must be selected; otherwise the shortcut has no effect. See Running a Session.

Toggle Terminal Pane (⌘T) — Shows or hides the embedded terminal panel for the currently selected session. The shortcut is a no-op when no session is selected (the terminal is per-session). See Terminal Usage.

Open Settings (⌘,) — Opens the Settings modal. Follows the standard macOS convention for opening preferences. See Settings & Preferences.

Menu Bar

All three shortcuts also appear as menu items in the system menu bar:

  • New Session — under File
  • Toggle Terminal — under View
  • Settings — under the application menu (macOS) or File (Windows/Linux)

The menu bar is the canonical reference for the current shortcut bindings.