Keyboard shortcuts

Only the moderation keys can be changed. You change them under Settings › Moderation › Moderation keys, once for everywhere; they cannot differ per tab or split. Every other shortcut on this page is fixed.

Shortcuts	Can you change them?	Where
The moderation keys: D, P, T, B, U, C, R, and a key for Warn if you add one	Yes	Settings › Moderation › Moderation keys
Everything else on this page	No	—

Anywhere in the window

Keys	What it does	Notes
Ctrl+T	Opens the box under the + in the tab row, for a chat in a new tab.	Enter opens the chat you typed; Esc closes the box.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Opens the same box for a chat beside the split you are working in, in its tab.	Enter adds it right after that split; Esc closes the box.
Ctrl+W	Closes the tab in front.	Not while you are typing in a text box.
Ctrl+F	Opens Search.	Not from inside the message box.
Ctrl+L	Puts the cursor in a message box.	The box of the split a key would act on (see Which chat a key goes to). Closes a panel that covers it.
Ctrl+Z	Undoes the moderation action on the action strip.	Only when you are not typing, or when that split’s message box is empty. Otherwise it undoes your typing.
Esc	Closes whatever opened last.	See Esc.

Esc

Esc closes the thing that opened last, wherever your cursor is: the emote picker, a split’s channel editor, the reason menu, a panel such as Settings or Search, a card shown inside the main window, the card’s timeout lengths, a tab’s menu, or the Open a chat box.

With nothing open, Esc leaves pick mode. Only after that does it close the platform’s own chat panel, and never while you are typing in a text box.

Where a text box uses Esc for itself, it takes the press first. In the message box, Esc closes the suggestions. While you edit a nickname or a note on a card, Esc cancels the edit.

A card in a window of its own does not close with Esc. Use its close button.

Tabs

Keys	What it does	Notes
Ctrl+T	Opens a chat in a new tab.	As above.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Adds a chat beside this split.	As above.
Ctrl+W	Closes the tab in front.
Delete	Closes the focused tab.	Reach a tab with the Tab key first.
F2	Renames the focused tab.	Enter keeps the name, Esc cancels. An empty name shows the tab’s channels again.
Shift+F10 or the Menu key	Opens the focused tab’s menu.	The same menu as a right-click.

The tab’s menu offers Rename tab (marked F2), Settings for this tab, Move left, Move right and Close tab (marked Ctrl+W). A middle-click on a tab also closes it.

Splits

Keys	What it does	Notes
← and → on a split’s grip	Moves the split along.	The grip is the handle at the left end of the split’s header.
Arrow keys on a divider	Shares the space between the two splits either side, a twentieth at a time.	Reach the divider with the Tab key. Double-click it for equal widths.
Enter in the channel editor	Saves the split’s channels.	Click the split’s name to open the editor.
Esc in the channel editor	Leaves without changing anything.

Chat and moderation keys

Point at a line in the chat, or pick one in pick mode, and press a key. These are the defaults. C and R work for everyone, in any chat; the rest only where your role gives you that tool.

Key	What it does	Who it works for
D	Deletes the message.	Where your role allows it.
P	Purges the person: a one-second timeout, which clears their recent messages.	Where your role allows it.
T	Times them out for 10 minutes.	Where your role allows it.
B	Bans them. There is no confirmation.	Where your role allows it.
U	Unbans them. If the strip holds your own timeout or ban of them, U undoes that.	Where your role allows it.
C	Opens their card.	Everyone.
R	Replies to the line.	Everyone.
Shift + T, P or B	Opens the reason menu first.	Needs at least one preset reason.

Warn has no key until you give it one. A warn key always opens the reason menu, because a warning needs a reason.

While the reason menu is open, it takes the keyboard: 1 to 9 pick a reason, Esc leaves, and nothing else gets through.

The keys never fire while you are typing in a text box, or while a panel covers the chat. Where a line shows no tool for an action, its key does nothing. See Moderating with Konflux.

Changing the moderation keys

Open Settings from the rail, choose Moderation, and find Moderation keys. Each row is a key (Key) and what it does (Does).

• To change a key, type a new character in its box.
• To change what it does, choose from the list: Delete the message, Time out, Purge — clear their recent lines, Ban, Unban them, Warn — asks why, Open their card or Reply.
• Add a key adds a row. The cross at the end of a row removes it.

Some rules:

• A key is one character. Capitals count as the same key, because Shift is kept for the reason menu.
• If you give one key two actions, the later row wins, and the editor says so under it.
• J and K move the pick, so a J or K binding never fires. The editor warns you.
• A key you remove does nothing. If you remove the key for delete, purge, timeout or ban, the button stays on the hover strip; its tooltip then names no key.

The preset reasons are next to the keys, under Preset reasons. In a reason’s box, Alt+↑ and Alt+↓ move it up or down the list. The first nine are the ones 1 to 9 pick.

Pick mode

Pick mode lets you choose a line with the keyboard. It works whenever you are not typing in a text box and no panel covers the chat. The chat is one stop for Tab: Tab to it, then pick. With the focus in the chat, the focus moves with the picked line, and Tab goes on to that line’s tools.

Keys	What it does
↓ or J	Picks the newest line, then moves down.
↑ or K	Picks the newest line, then moves up.
Any moderation key	Acts on the picked line.
Esc	Leaves pick mode, and gives the focus back to the chat.

These keys are fixed. While you pick, the chat holds still and a badge says picking · Esc to leave. Switching tabs leaves pick mode.

Which chat a key goes to

A moderation key or a pick key goes to exactly one split in the tab you are looking at:

1. the split with an open reason menu;
2. else the split your cursor is in;
3. else a split where a line is picked;
4. else the split under the pointer;
5. else the leftmost split.

Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+L follow the same order.

Message box

Keys	What it does	Notes
Enter	Sends the message, or runs the command.	While suggestions are open, Enter takes the highlighted one instead, unless it is the command you typed in full.
Shift+Enter	Starts a new line instead of sending.
Tab	Takes the highlighted suggestion.	With no suggestions open, Tab after a word of two or more letters looks for emotes that match it.
↑ and ↓	Move through the suggestions.	Only while suggestions are open.
Esc	Closes the suggestions.
Ctrl+Z	With the box empty, undoes the moderation action on the strip.	With text in the box, it undoes your typing.

Suggestions open on their own as you type:

• : and two letters suggest emotes.
• @ suggests names from this chat.
• / at the start suggests commands. See Commands.
• ! at the start suggests the channel’s own bot commands, most used first.

To send a message that starts with a slash, begin it with two: //. More about the message box is on Writing messages.

Emote picker

Keys	What it does
Typing	Searches the emotes.
Enter	Picks the first match.
Esc	Closes the picker.

Cards

Keys	Where	What it does
Enter	Nickname box	Saves the nickname.
Esc	Nickname box	Cancels the edit.
Ctrl+Enter	Note box	Saves the note.
Esc	Note box	Cancels the edit.
Esc	Anywhere	Closes a card shown inside the main window.

Search

Keys	Where	What it does
Enter	Either search box	Runs the search.