Keybindings

Every rebindable stet shortcut, grouped by what it acts on. Press ? in the app for the same list.

The keyboard drives everything in stet. Press ? at any time to see this list inside the app. Overlays (pickers, menus, the quit confirm) carry their own keys in a hint row along their bottom edge, so those are not repeated here.

Key	Action	Rebind id
`j / k`	move in the tree, viewer, or problems panel	`focus-down`, `focus-up`, `cursor-down`, `cursor-up`, `problem-down`, `problem-up`
`h / l`	collapse / expand folders (tree) or hop the caret by word (viewer)	`collapse`, `expand`, `caret-prev`, `caret-next`
`tab`	cycle focus through the open panes; the search pane's tab cycles its fields	`switch-pane`
`enter`	open the focused item / jump to a problem	`open`, `open-problem`
`ctrl-p`	go to file: fuzzy-search the whole repo	`go-to-file`
`.`	jump to the most recently changed file	`latest-file`
`n`	jump to the next file with findings	`next-finding`

Viewer

Key	Action	Rebind id
`/`	find in the viewer; n/N cycle matches, esc clears	`find`
`ctrl-f`	project search pane; regex/case/scope/glob toggles	`search`
`v`	toggle diff ↔ full file view for a changed file	`toggle-view`
`z`	fold / unfold the region at the caret	`fold`
`x`	toggle long-line wrap in the viewer	`toggle-wrap`
`a`	toggle the line provenance rail	`provenance`
`f`	load full content when truncated	`load-full`
`ctrl-d / u`	half-page cursor movement in the viewer	`half-page-down`, `half-page-up`
`g / G`	jump to first / last line	`first-line`, `last-line`
`F12`	go to definition of the symbol under the caret	`go-to-definition`
`Shift+F12`	find references to the symbol under the caret	`find-references`
`Shift+I`	find implementations of the symbol under the caret	`implementations`
`Shift+H`	call hierarchy of the symbol (Tab flips direction)	`call-hierarchy`
`K`	hover: type and docs for the symbol under the caret	`hover`
`S`	find symbols: outline of the open file	`symbols`
`< / >`	back / forward through viewer history	`back`, `forward`
`y`	copy path (tree), path:line:col (viewer), or the selected result / problem	`copy-reference`
`Y`	copy the file (viewer) or every entry (problems)	`copy-file`
`Shift+↑ / ↓`	extend a line selection (drag also selects)	`select-up`, `select-down`
`C`	copy the selected lines (or the caret line)	`copy-selection`

Tabs

Key	Action	Rebind id
`ctrl-t`	pin / unpin the current file as a tab	`pin-tab`
`ctrl-w`	close the active tab	`close-tab`
`{ / }`	previous / next tab	`prev-tab`, `next-tab`

Workspace

Key	Action	Rebind id
`s`	scope picker: kinds, or drill into recent commits	`scope`
`t`	theme switcher: filter, live-preview, apply	`theme`
`w`	switch to another git worktree	`worktrees`
`c`	toggle changes-only filter for the tree	`changes-only`
`ctrl-s`	save current settings to config	`save-settings`
`r`	re-run diagnostics	`run-checks`
`R`	restart language servers	`restart-servers`

Layout

Key	Action	Rebind id
`p`	toggle the problems panel	`problems`
`ctrl-b`	toggle the file tree sidebar	`toggle-sidebar`
`[ / ] / \`	shrink (closes past min) / grow / reset the focused problems panel, else the tree	`shrink-pane`, `grow-pane`, `reset-pane`
`d`	dock the focused pane to the next edge, clockwise	`move-pane`
`m`	toggle zooming the focused pane to fill the window	`zoom-pane`

App

Key	Action	Rebind id
`e`	open in terminal editor (suspends TUI, --editor template)	`open-editor`
`o`	open in GUI / IDE (renderer stays live, --ide template)	`open-ide`
`O`	open externally in the OS default app (images, PDFs, binaries)	`open-external`
`Shift+F10`	context menu for the focused row or symbol (or right-click)	`context-menu`
`?`	show all keybindings and the marks legend	`help`
`q`	quit (confirm with y)	`quit`

Custom keybindings

Every key above is rebindable through the keybindings section of your configuration: map a rebind id from the tables to a combo, a list of combos, or false to unbind it.

~/.config/stet/config.jsonc

{
  "keybindings": {
    "toggle-sidebar": "ctrl+e", // one combo
    "cursor-down": ["j", "↓"], // several
    "provenance": false, // unbind
  },
}

A combo is optional ctrl/shift modifiers joined by + or -, then a key: a letter, a symbol (?, [), an arrow (↑ or up), an F-key, or one of tab, enter, return, esc, space, backspace, delete, insert, home, end, pageup, pagedown. A single uppercase letter means shift ("G" is "shift+g"). Modifiers match exactly, so binding "s" never fires on ctrl+s; the one exception is shift on a symbol key, which is ignored.

The tables list each action's primary combo. Several movement actions keep an arrow as a second default: ↑ / ↓ beside j / k, and ← / → beside h / l.

An unknown id, or a combo that does not parse, keeps the default. Binding one combo to two actions leaves both registered, and which of them fires follows stet's internal dispatch order rather than the order of these tables, so unbind the one you do not want with false rather than relying on the winner. Startup surfaces only the first configuration problem it finds, so a keybinding issue can sit behind an unrelated one; ? and --help always show the bindings actually in effect.

Keys inside overlays (pickers, menus, the quit confirm, the search pane) and ctrl+c are fixed. A committed find also holds n and N to cycle its matches until esc clears it, ahead of the global n.

Mouse

The keyboard drives everything, but the mouse works too. Click a file to open it, a folder to expand or collapse it, a diff line to move the cursor there, or a problem to select it. Double-click a file in the tree, or a tab in the strip, to pin it as a tab; double-click a problem to jump to it. Clicks also work in the overlays and the search pane, and hovering a theme in the switcher previews it live. Clicking a pane focuses it, so clicking the problems panel's chrome focuses it without changing the selection, and the wheel scrolls whichever pane the pointer is over. Right-click a tree row or a viewer symbol for a context menu of the actions that apply there, the same menu Shift+F10 opens on the focused pane.

The menu carries whatever applies where you opened it, so it is shorter elsewhere: the code intelligence rows above need a symbol under the caret, and a directory in the tree offers only Copy path. Nothing in it is shown greyed out.

Drag across diff lines to select a range. Holding the pointer at the top or bottom edge scrolls the viewer and continues the selection. Shift-click extends the range when the terminal forwards Shift+mouse; some terminals reserve that gesture for native text selection, so drag or Shift+↑ / Shift+↓ is portable.