Keyboard Shortcuts

Operator uses vim-style keybindings for navigation and actions. This reference documents all available keyboard shortcuts.

Quick Reference

Key	Action	Context
`q`	Quit Operator	Dashboard
`?`	Toggle help	Dashboard
`Tab`	Switch between panels	Dashboard
`j/↓`	Move down	Dashboard
`k/↑`	Move up	Dashboard
`Q`	Focus Queue panel	Dashboard
`A/a`	Focus Agents panel	Dashboard
`Enter`	Select / Confirm	Dashboard
`Esc`	Cancel / Close	Dashboard
`L/l`	Launch selected ticket	Dashboard
`P/p`	Pause queue processing	Dashboard
`R/r`	Resume queue processing	Dashboard
`S`	Sync kanban collections	Dashboard
`Y/y`	Approve review (agents panel)	Dashboard
`X/x`	Reject review (agents panel)	Dashboard
`W/w`	Toggle Backstage server	Dashboard
`V/v`	Show session preview	Dashboard
`C`	Create new ticket	Dashboard
`J`	Open Projects menu	Dashboard
`T/t`	Switch issue type collection	Dashboard
`K`	Open Kanban providers view	Dashboard
`g`	Scroll to top	Session Preview
`G`	Scroll to bottom	Session Preview
`PgUp`	Page up	Session Preview
`PgDn`	Page down	Session Preview
`Esc/q`	Close preview	Session Preview
`L/l`	Launch agent	Launch Dialog
`V/v`	View ticket ($VISUAL or open)	Launch Dialog
`E/e`	Edit ticket ($EDITOR)	Launch Dialog
`N/n`	Cancel	Launch Dialog
`M/m`	Cycle provider/model	Launch Dialog
`D/d`	Toggle Docker mode	Launch Dialog
`Y/y`	Toggle Auto-accept (YOLO)	Launch Dialog

These shortcuts are available in the main dashboard view.

Key	Action
`q`	Quit Operator
`?`	Toggle help

Key	Action
`C`	Create new ticket
`J`	Open Projects menu
`T/t`	Switch issue type collection
`K`	Open Kanban providers view

These shortcuts are available when viewing a session preview.

Key	Action
`Esc/q`	Close preview

These shortcuts are available in the ticket launch confirmation dialog.