Keys
The default key map, as the app ships it. Every one of these can be changed, removed or limited to
some sites in Settings › Keyboard; a site
pack or your own website settings may add keys on top, or hand some of these back to the site.
Modes Scrolling Links
Tabs Navigation Bar Mode keys
View & media Visual mode In the bar
System keys
Modes
Like vim, Vimlike is modal. Which mode you are in decides what a key does.
| Mode | What it is |
|---|
| Normal | The keys below work. This is where a page starts (or Insert, per site or globally in Settings › General). |
| Insert | Every key goes to the page. You enter it by clicking into a field, with i or ⌃i; Esc brings Normal back. On a keyboard without a comfortable Esc, Settings › Keyboard can make ` or § act as Esc. |
| Link | After f or ⇧F: every link and button carries a label; typing it opens the link. n / ⇧N move the selection, ↩ opens it, ⌫ deletes a typed letter, Esc leaves. |
| Visual | Select text with vim's motions: v, ⇧V for lines, c for a caret without a selection. The keys. |
| Bar | The bar is open (o, / or :). It has keys of its own. |
Two-key sequences. Keys like gg are pressed one after the other, not held together. A key written ⌃f is held with Control; ⇧G is Shift and G.
The default key map
| Key | Does |
|---|
| j | Scroll downOne line at a time; hold it to keep going. |
| k | Scroll up |
| h | Scroll left |
| l | Scroll right |
| d · Space | Half page downSpace is released on YouTube and Netflix watch pages, where it plays and pauses. |
| u · ⇧Space | Half page up |
| ⌃f | Page down |
| ⌃b | Page up |
| gg | Top of the page |
| ⇧G | Bottom of the page |
Links
| Key | Does |
|---|
| f | Link hintsEvery link and button on screen gets a label; type it and the link opens. Esc leaves link mode. |
| ⇧F | Link hints → new tabSame labels; the link opens in a background tab. |
| / | Find a link by nameThe bar filters the page's links as you type; Enter opens the highlighted one. |
| g/ | Find text on the pageType, Enter; the match is selected and scrolled to. n / N for the next and previous match. |
| gk | Add a key to an elementClick a button or link on the page, press the key you want for it, name it. Saved into the website's settings. |
Link mode
| Key | Does |
|---|
| n · Tab | Next linkWhile hints are showing: move the selection to the next label. |
| ⇧N · ⇧Tab | Previous link |
Tabs
| Key | Does |
|---|
| t | New tabEmpty, or your home page (Settings › General). |
| x | Close tab |
| ⇧Z | Reopen the closed tab |
| w · ⌃k · gt | Next tab |
| q · ⌃j · g⇧T | Previous tab |
| g1 | Tab 1g 2 … g 9 for the others. |
| g$ | Last tab |
| yt | Duplicate the tab |
| y⇧T | Duplicate into a private tab |
Navigation
| Key | Does |
|---|
| ⇧H | Back |
| ⇧L | Forward |
| r | Reload |
| gu | Up one level in the URL/blog/2026/post → /blog/2026/ |
| g⇧U | To the site's root |
| yy | Copy the URL |
Bar
| Key | Does |
|---|
| o | Open the barSearch the web, your tabs and your history; or ask the AI with ⌘↩. |
| : | Command paletteThe bar with ":" — your saved AI commands, :keys, :clean and :repair. |
Modes
| Key | Does |
|---|
| i | Focus the first text fieldPuts the cursor in the page's first input and enters Insert mode. |
| ⌃i | Insert modeEvery key goes to the page until Esc. |
| v | Visual modeSelect text with vim motions (below). |
| ⇧V | Visual line mode |
| c | Caret modeMove a cursor through the text without selecting; v starts a selection from it. |
| Key | Does |
|---|
| m | ZoomToggles the page zoom. |
| ⌃u | Video full screenThe first video on the page. |
| ⌃p | Picture in picture |
| ? | Shortcut helpThe cheat sheet along the bottom of the window, with this site's pack keys. |
Visual mode
Press v on a page and a selection starts at the top of what is on screen; ⇧V selects whole lines; c places a caret you can move first. Inside, the keys are vim's, and every other key is swallowed so a stray letter cannot scroll you away.
| Key | Does |
|---|
| h j k l | Move the cursor, extending the selection |
| w b e | By word: forward, back, to the end of the word |
| 0 $ | To the start or end of the line |
| gg · ⇧G | To the start or end of the page |
| f t · ⇧F ⇧T | Jump to the next (or previous) typed character on the line; ; and , repeat the search either way |
| aw · as | Select the word or the sentence under the cursor |
| o | Swap which end of the selection moves |
| v ⇧V c | Switch between character, line and caret selection |
| y | Copy the selection and leave visual mode |
| / | Find text from the cursor; n / ⇧N for the next and previous match. The prompt is a real field, so Korean, Japanese and Chinese input methods work in it |
| : | Ask the AI about the selection |
| Esc | Back to Normal mode, selection kept |
In the bar
The bar opens with o. Typing searches at once; / or : as the first key switches it to link search or the command palette, and ⌫ on an empty bar switches back.
| Key | Does |
|---|
| ↩ | Open the highlighted row — a tab, a history entry, a web search, a saved command |
| ⌘↩ | Send what you typed to the AI as a question, from any mode of the bar |
| ↓ ↑ · Tab ⇧Tab | Move the highlight |
| ↑ on an empty bar | Walk back through what you ran before, like a shell; what you ran on this site comes first. ↩ brings its suggestions up instead of running it. ⇧↑ / ⇧↓ walk history even with text in the bar |
| ⌃j ⌃k ⌃f ⌃b | Scroll the page behind the bar (a line, a page) without closing it |
| ⌃[ · Esc | Close the bar. ⌃[ is for iPadOS, which keeps Esc for itself while a field has focus |
The history and scroll keys can be turned off in Settings › Search Bar.
System keys
Three keys are bound before any key map loads and cannot be remapped or given back to a site: Esc returns to Normal mode, ↩ opens the selected link in link mode, ⌫ deletes a typed label letter. Tab is never released to a site either.
Next: Keyboard settings →