Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in the Strata web app, by surface.
Sidebar
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd/Ctrl + K | Open search across pages, chats, and agents. |
| Cmd/Ctrl + N | Start a new chat. |
| Shift + Cmd + O | Start a new chat — use this on Safari, which reserves Cmd+N for a new window. |
| Arrow Left / Arrow Right (focused on a tab) | Switch between the Inbox, Chats, and Agents tabs. |
| Home / End (focused on a tab) | Jump to the first or last tab. |
| Arrow Left / Arrow Right (focused on the resize grip) | Nudge the sidebar width by 8 pixels. |
| Enter / Space (on a row) | Open the focused chat, agent, or page. |
See The sidebar for the full navigation breakdown.
Chat composer
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Enter | Send the message in the composer. |
| Shift + Enter | Insert a newline without sending. |
| / (at the start of the composer, or right after a space) | Open the slash menu — attach a file or pick a pinned skill to prepend to your message. |
| Escape | Close the slash menu if it is open. |
| Arrow Up / Arrow Down (with the slash menu open) | Move the highlight up or down. |
| Enter (with the slash menu open and an item highlighted) | Select the highlighted item. |
| @ (at the start of the composer, or right after a space) | Open the agent-mention picker — keep typing to filter your mentionable agents by name. |
| Arrow Up / Arrow Down (with the mention picker open) | Move the highlight through the matching agents. |
| Enter or Tab (with the mention picker open) | Insert the highlighted agent as @AgentName, pinning it to this one message. Enter cannot send while the picker is open. |
| Escape (with the mention picker open) | Close the picker without inserting anything. |
The mention picker only opens when the @ starts the composer or follows a space and at least one of your agents matches what you have typed — so an @ inside an email address, or one that matches nothing, never hijacks Enter.
The send button changes function while a response is streaming:
- While streaming: the send button becomes a square stop icon. Click it (there is no dedicated key binding) to abort the current generation.
Composer menus and pickers
The composer's + menu (attach a file, switch mode, set the database permission) and the model picker dropdown are keyboard-navigable once open:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Arrow Down / Arrow Up | Move the highlight between menu items or dropdown options. |
| Enter or Space | Activate the highlighted item. |
| Arrow Right (on an item with a submenu) | Open the submenu — for example, the Mode or Permission sub-list. |
| Arrow Left | Close the open submenu and return to its parent item. |
| Escape | Close the submenu, the menu, or the dropdown — and return focus to the button that opened it. |
Email draft card (rich-text body)
When editing an email body inside an email block, Strata intercepts the browser's built-in rich-text shortcuts so they do not change the document:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd/Ctrl + B, Cmd/Ctrl + I, Cmd/Ctrl + U | Blocked — keeps the AI's body formatting consistent. Use the AI to rephrase if you want different emphasis. |
Plain-text paste is enforced: pasting into the email body strips formatting and inserts only the text.
Account menu (in the sidebar)
When the account menu is open:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Escape | Close the account menu. |
The Learn More submenu (Documentation, Usage policy, Privacy policy) opens on hover — it is not keyboard-navigable.
Modals and dialogs
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Escape | Close most modals and overlays — including confirmation dialogs, the slash menu, the search modal, the support panel, and many others. |
Onboarding wizard
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Enter | Advance to the next step (when the Continue button is enabled and your focus is not in a textarea). |
Custom dropdowns
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Type any characters | Filter the open dropdown to items that contain what you type. The filter shows as you type and clears after a short pause. |
| Backspace | Delete the last character from the type-to-filter buffer. |
| Escape | Close the dropdown. |
SPA link interception
Standard browser modifier-clicks on links work as expected:
- Plain left-click on a link with
data-spa-linknavigates within the app. - Cmd/Ctrl + click, Shift + click, Alt + click, or middle-click opens the link in a new tab or window, matching normal browser behavior.