Keyboard shortcuts
The complete keyboard map, grouped by context. Each table lists the default key, what it does, and whether you can rebind it.
A shortcut is rebindable when it appears as a recordable chip in the shortcut help modal. Fixed gestures cannot be rebound: they are either core gestures shared across the app (creating an Extract or a Cloze) or reserved keys such as Esc, Space, Enter, Tab, and the arrow keys. To change any rebindable shortcut, see Customize keyboard shortcuts.
Global
Section titled “Global”These work from any page. The page-navigation digits map to the seven top-level pages in the top bar’s order.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go to Dashboard | Yes |
| 2 | Go to Reader | Yes |
| 3 | Go to Browse | Yes |
| 4 | Go to Review | Yes |
| 5 | Go to Plan | Yes |
| 6 | Go to Stats | Yes |
| 7 | Go to Settings | Yes |
| ? (Shift+/) | Open the shortcut help modal | Yes |
| Cmd+K / Ctrl+K | Open the command palette | Yes |
Reader
Section titled “Reader”Active on the Reader page. X and Z require selected page text.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| U | Focus the URL bar | Yes |
| T | Open a new tab | Yes |
| W | Close the active tab | Yes |
| B | Go back | Yes |
| F | Go forward | Yes |
| R | Refresh the current page | Yes |
| I | Import the current page | Yes |
| M | Toggle bookmark | Yes |
| X | Create an Extract from the selection | Fixed |
| Z | Create a Cloze from the selection | Fixed |
Review
Section titled “Review”Active during a Review session. X and Z apply to selected text in a Topic; with text selected, the other reading keys act on it too.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| Space | Reveal answer / show next mask | Fixed |
| 1 / H | Rate Again | Fixed |
| 2 / J | Rate Hard | Fixed |
| 3 / K | Rate Good | Fixed |
| 4 / L | Rate Easy | Fixed |
| U | Undo the last Card review | Yes |
| A | Replay the Card’s audio | Yes |
| R | Mark Topic as read | Yes |
| E | Extract the Topic | Yes |
| S | Skip the Topic | Yes |
| D | Mark the Topic done | Yes |
| G | Jump to the saved read point | Yes |
| M | Set the current read point (with text selected: highlight it) | Yes |
| P | Reschedule / postpone to a chosen date | Yes |
| X | Create an Extract from the selection | Fixed |
| Z | Create a Cloze from the selection | Fixed |
| Enter | Start writing in the Topic (its text focused) | Fixed |
| Esc | End the session (writing in a Topic: back to reading; a menu open: close it) | Fixed |
The four Ratings each have two fixed keys (a digit and a Vim-style letter) and cannot be rebound.
Browse
Section titled “Browse”Action keys apply to the selected Element and work whenever the details panel offers that action for it.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| / | Focus search | Yes |
| Enter | Open the selected Element | Fixed |
| F2 | Rename the selected Element | Yes |
| E | Open the editor (static Topics, Extracts, Items) | Yes |
| L | Open the live page (live Topics only) | Yes |
| C | Create a Cloze Card | Yes |
| B | Create a basic Card | Yes |
| I | Create an image occlusion Card | Yes |
| O | Create audio cloze Cards | Yes |
| A | Add a child Topic | Yes |
| N | Insert a sibling Topic | Yes |
| M | Move to another parent | Yes |
| Q | Suspend or resume | Yes |
| P | Reschedule | Yes |
| Delete / Backspace | Move to the Trash (in the Trash: delete forever) | Fixed |
| Esc | Clear the selection | Fixed |
Browse focus controls
Section titled “Browse focus controls”These act on whatever is focused: the knowledge tree or a splitter. The tree is a single Tab stop; move inside it with the arrow keys. All of them are fixed.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| Up / Down | Move through the knowledge tree (tree focused) | Fixed |
| Left / Right | Collapse / expand tree nodes (tree view; search and filtered lists don’t fold) | Fixed |
| Home / End | Jump to the first / last visible tree node | Fixed |
| Space | Select the focused row | Fixed |
| Shift+Up / Down | Extend the selection | Fixed |
| Cmd/Ctrl-click, Shift-click | Add one row / select a range | Fixed |
| Left / Right | Resize the detail pane (splitter focused) | Fixed |
The Plan page has two groups of shortcuts: editing a schedule template, and running an execution. Most editing actions need a selected activity and are disabled while a Plan is executing. While you are typing in a field, only Esc is handled. It clears the current selection or edit.
Schedule template
Section titled “Schedule template”| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| N | New template | Fixed |
| [ / ] | Previous / next template | Fixed |
| S | Open statistics | Fixed |
| I | Import / export Plan data | Fixed |
| J / K | Select the next / previous activity | Fixed |
| Shift+J / Shift+K | Move the selected activity down / up | Fixed |
| A | Add an activity | Yes |
| E | Edit the activity name | Yes |
| L | Edit the activity length | Yes |
| D | Delete the activity | Yes |
| F | Toggle the fixed start time | Yes |
| R | Toggle the rigid duration | Yes |
| Esc | Clear selection / editing | Fixed |
A is the only action available when the schedule has no activities. Enter is a fixed alternate for editing the name, and Delete / Backspace are fixed alternates for deleting.
Execution
Section titled “Execution”These apply while a Plan runs as a live day.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| G | Start the day | Yes |
| B | Begin the next activity | Yes |
| T | Terminate the execution | Yes |
| C | Clear completed activities | Yes |
Shift+B is a fixed gesture that begins the next activity and shifts the rest of the day.
Every place you write uses the same editor. Keys here are shown for macOS: on Windows and Linux, Cmd is Ctrl and Option is Alt. See Write and format text.
While reading
Section titled “While reading”A Topic in Review and the Reader’s notes open to read. These act on selected text.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| X | Create an Extract | Fixed |
| Z | Create a Cloze | Fixed |
| M | Highlight | Fixed |
| I | Ignore on re-reading | Fixed |
| Delete / Backspace | Cut the selection out of the Topic | Fixed |
| Enter | Start writing (no selection needed) | Fixed |
While writing
Section titled “While writing”In Browse, the Card editor, and a Topic you’ve started writing in, letters always type, so Kioku’s own actions take a modifier.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| Option+X | Create an Extract from the selection | Fixed |
| Option+Z | Create a Cloze from the selection | Fixed |
| Cmd+Shift+H | Highlight the selection (Topics and Extracts) | Fixed |
| Cmd+K | Add a link, or edit the one under the cursor | Fixed |
| / | Open the block menu (at a line’s start or after a space) | Fixed |
| Option+F10 | Move to the menu over the selection, or to the toolbar | Fixed |
| Cmd+B / I / U | Bold, italic, underline | Fixed |
| Cmd+Shift+S | Strikethrough | Fixed |
| Cmd+E | Code | Fixed |
| Option+Cmd+0 to 3 | Text, Heading 1, 2, or 3 | Fixed |
| Cmd+Shift+8 / 7 | Bullet list, numbered list | Fixed |
| Cmd+Shift+B | Quote | Fixed |
| Option+Cmd+C | Code block | Fixed |
| Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z | Undo, redo | Fixed |
| Option+\ / Option+. | Cut everything before / after the cursor (Topics and Extracts) | Fixed |
| Cmd-click | Open a link | Fixed |
| Esc | Close the nearest menu; in a Topic in Review or the Reader’s notes, go back to reading | Fixed |
Editors and modals
Section titled “Editors and modals”These apply inside the Card editor and other modals.
| Key | Action | Rebindable |
|---|---|---|
| Cmd+Enter / Ctrl+Enter | Create the Card, or save the one you’re editing | Fixed |
| F6 | Mark a Cloze in the Card editor | Yes |
| Delete / Backspace | Remove the selected image occlusion mask | Fixed |
| Space | Play or pause the recording (audio cloze waveform focused) | Fixed |
| M | Mark where a gap starts, then where it ends (audio cloze waveform focused) | Fixed |
| ← / → | Move the selected gap; with Shift, further (audio cloze waveform focused) | Fixed |
| Delete / Backspace | Remove the selected gap (audio cloze waveform focused) | Fixed |
| + / − / 0 | Zoom in, zoom out, fit the whole recording (audio cloze waveform focused) | Fixed |
| Enter | Submit the form / save the title | Fixed |
| Esc | Close the modal or reset the draft (an open menu closes first; a Card with something written asks before discarding) | Fixed |
| Tab / Shift+Tab | Cycle focus within the modal | Fixed |
Rebinding shortcuts
Section titled “Rebinding shortcuts”Open the shortcut help modal with ?, then click any rebindable chip and press the new combination. Fixed and reserved keys are shown read-only and cannot be recorded. For the full workflow, including conflict detection and resetting to defaults, see Customize keyboard shortcuts.