Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts are grouped by the surface they act on. Terminals claim shell keystrokes first, but Session and terminal-layout shortcuts still work there.

Global

Shortcut	Action
⌘K	Open the command palette
C	New ticket
⌘1 to ⌘9	Switch to the first through ninth project in the rail
⌘B	Toggle the sidebar
⌥⌘B	Toggle the visible ticket or Home rail
⌘T	Start a chat Session on the visible ticket or project
⌥⌘T	Start a terminal companion on the visible ticket or project
⌥⌘Enter	Enter or leave terminal focus mode for the visible terminal
⌘[	Back
⌘]	Forward
⌘+ / ⌘- / ⌘0	Zoom the app in, out, or back to actual size

The command palette searches tickets and sessions across every project. Selecting a session opens it; selecting a ticket opens its workspace, switching projects on the way if it belongs to another one.

C is a bare keypress with no modifier, so Volli suppresses it while you’re typing: in text fields, in the editor, in a terminal, or with a dialog already open. ⌘[ behaves the same way, since it means outdent inside an editor.

Note

⌘K does nothing while a terminal has focus. Terminals get first claim on keystrokes so that shell and agent bindings keep working.

Board

Shortcut	Action	When
Esc	Deselect the selected card	A card is selected
Enter	Open a focused card	A card has keyboard focus
Enter	Add the card and keep the composer open	The inline composer is open
Esc	Close the inline composer	The inline composer is open

New ticket dialog

Shortcut	Action
⌘Enter	Create the ticket
⇧⌘Enter	Create the ticket and start its agent

Ticket detail

Shortcut	Action	When
Esc	Close the ticket and return to the board	Nothing else has focus
⌘Enter	Post a comment	The comment box has focus
Esc	Cancel an in-progress comment edit	You’re editing a comment

Esc won’t close the ticket while a terminal has focus. It goes to the terminal instead, where it usually means “interrupt”.

Session composer

Shortcut	Action
Enter or ⌘Enter	Send the message
⇧Enter	Insert a new line
Enter	Choose the active @ or / picker item when a picker is open
Esc	Close the active picker

File editor

Shortcut	Action
⌘S	Save the open file

Terminal

Shortcut	Action
⌘D	Split the pane vertically
⇧⌘D	Split the pane horizontally
⌘⌥← ⌘⌥→ ⌘⌥↑ ⌘⌥↓	Move focus to the adjacent pane
⌥⌘Enter	Enter or leave terminal focus mode
⌘+ / ⌘-	Change the terminal font size
⌘0	Reset the terminal font size

Font-size shortcuts change the focused terminal only. To scale the whole app, move focus out of the terminal first.

Canvas editor

Shortcut	Action	When
← → ↑ ↓	Move the color 1% across the pad	A color on the pad has focus
⇧ + an arrow	Move the color 5% across the pad	A color on the pad has focus
← → ↑ ↓	Change grain by 1%, or 5% with ⇧	The grain dial has focus
Enter	Apply the typed hex	The primary color’s hex field has focus
Esc	Discard the typed hex	The primary color’s hex field has focus

Every other edit saves as you make it. See Theming.