spekterm’s shortcuts work wherever the focus is — in a terminal, in the editor, or in the side panel —
unless a dialog or a menu is open. The terminal almost always has the focus, so spekterm catches its keys
before the terminal does, and a key it uses never reaches the program running in the terminal.
| Shortcut |
Action |
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Next / previous session in the current rail item, in tab order (wraps around). With focus in the side panel’s change view: next / previous artifact |
Ctrl+↓ / Ctrl+↑ |
Next / previous rail item, including the global item (wraps around) |
Ctrl+T |
Open the new-session menu (fully usable from the keyboard) |
Ctrl+Shift+W |
Close the focused session |
Ctrl+Shift+H |
Hibernate the focused session — its process ends, it stays in the workspace to wake later |
Shift+↓ / Shift+↑ |
Move the selected repository one place down / up the rail (crossing into or out of the pinned group pins or unpins it) |
Shift+→ / Shift+← |
Move the focused session one place along the tab bar |
| Shortcut |
Action |
Ctrl+Shift+M |
Maximize / restore the side panel |
Ctrl+P |
Quick open a file — only when the side panel has the focus |
Ctrl+S |
Save the open file |
Esc |
Close an overlay, a dialog, or a menu |
| Shortcut |
Action |
Ctrl+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+V |
Copy / paste |
Ctrl+C |
Always an interrupt, even with a selection on screen |
Ctrl+P with the terminal focused goes to the terminal: Claude Code uses it for its previous
history. Click into the side panel first to quick-open a file.Ctrl+C is never taken. Stopping an agent that has gone off course must always work, whatever is
selected on screen.Ctrl+W is not taken — shells use it to delete a word. Closing a session is Ctrl+Shift+W.Shift+arrow in a text field selects text as usual; the reorder shortcuts only apply outside text
fields.
One known cost: Claude Code’s own agents view also uses Shift+arrow, which spekterm takes for
reordering.
