Keyboard shortcuts

Aletheia is fast to drive from the keyboard. Two ideas cover most of it: a global command palette, and single-key surface navigation.

The essentials

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+K / Ctrl+K	Quick find / command palette — jump to any note, entity, tag, or command
Cmd+P / Ctrl+P	Quick switcher — jump between recent notes
Cmd+F / Ctrl+F	Find in note — search (and replace) within the open note

Surface navigation (single keys)

When no text field is focused, single letters jump between surfaces:

Key	Goes to
E	Editor
S	Search
C	Chat
,	Settings

Because these fire only when you're not typing, they never collide with writing a note.

The single-key jumps map to the top-nav surfaces. **①** Editor · **②** Search · **③** Chat · **④** Settings · **⑤** Quick find.

The command palette in depth

Cmd+K (or Ctrl+K) is the one to internalize. It opens a search-anything overlay:

• Type to search notes, entities, tags, and commands simultaneously.
• Up / Down to move, Enter to select, Esc to close.
• Results are grouped by type, so a note, a person, and a command are all reachable from the same keystroke.

++cmd+k++ opens the command palette — type in the highlighted input to search notes, entities, tags, and commands at once.

In the editor

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+F / Ctrl+F	Open find/replace in the note
Markdown syntax	# heading · - bullet · 1. numbered · > quote · ``` code block
Esc	Close an open overlay / find bar

The ++comma++ key jumps straight to Settings from anywhere you're not typing.

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Learn two keys, not twenty

If you internalize only Cmd+K (go anywhere) and the single-key surface jumps (E / S / C), you'll navigate Aletheia faster than most people navigate their file system. Everything else is discoverable from the command palette itself.

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