Keybindings

Keybindings

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Complete keyboard shortcut reference for ECLI. All bindings can be customized in config.toml under the [keybindings] section.

File operations

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+N	New file
Ctrl+O	Open file (file picker opens)
Ctrl+S	Save current file
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save as…
Ctrl+W	Close current buffer
Ctrl+Q	Quit ECLI (prompts if unsaved changes)

Cursor movement

Shortcut	Action
Arrow keys	Move cursor one char/line
Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right	Move by word
Home / End	Start / end of line
Ctrl+Home / Ctrl+End	Start / end of file
Page Up / Page Down	Scroll one page
Ctrl+G	Go to line number (when no panel open)

Selection

Shortcut	Action
Shift+Arrow	Extend selection
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow	Extend selection by word
Ctrl+A (no panel)	Select all
Esc	Clear selection

⚠️ Note: Ctrl+A toggles the AI panel by default. Select-all uses Ctrl+Shift+A to avoid conflict. Configurable.

Editing

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+X	Cut selection
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo
Ctrl+D	Duplicate current line
Ctrl+K	Cut current line to clipboard
Ctrl+/	Toggle comment (uses CodeCommenter)
Tab / Shift+Tab	Indent / dedent line or selection

Search and replace

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+F	Find in file
Ctrl+H	Find and replace
F3 / Shift+F3	Next / previous match
Esc	Close search

Panels

ECLI has several side panels. They're opened by their shortcut and closed with Esc.

Shortcut	Panel
Ctrl+A	AI Assistant — ask for code, explain, refactor
Ctrl+G	Git — status, stage, commit, push, pull, diff
Ctrl+B	File Manager — multi-pane file browser
Ctrl+P	Command Palette — fuzzy command finder
Ctrl+L	LSP Diagnostics — errors and warnings from language server
F1	Help — keybinding reference and quick guide

Only one panel is visible at a time. Opening a new one closes the current.

LSP (Language Server) actions

When a language server is active for the current file:

Shortcut	Action
F12	Go to definition
Shift+F12	Find references
Ctrl+Space	Trigger autocomplete
Ctrl+.	Show code actions / quick fixes
F2	Rename symbol
Ctrl+Shift+F	Format document

Git panel actions

When the Git panel is open (Ctrl+G):

Shortcut	Action
Enter	View diff for current file
s	Stage selected file
u	Unstage selected file
c	Commit (opens message prompt)
p	Push
f	Fetch
Tab	Switch between status / log / branches view

AI panel actions

When the AI panel is open (Ctrl+A):

Shortcut	Action
Enter (in input)	Submit prompt
Shift+Enter	New line in prompt
Ctrl+Enter	Insert AI response at cursor in editor
Tab	Cycle providers (if multiple configured)

Customization

Override any shortcut in config.toml:

[keybindings]
# Disable AI panel default, swap to Ctrl+I
"ctrl+a" = "select_all"
"ctrl+i" = "panel:ai"

# Add a custom binding for Git status
"alt+g" = "panel:git"

# Disable a binding
"ctrl+w" = ""

Available action names:

• File: file:new, file:open, file:save, file:save_as, file:close, file:quit
• Edit: edit:copy, edit:cut, edit:paste, edit:undo, edit:redo, edit:duplicate_line, edit:cut_line, edit:toggle_comment
• Search: search:find, search:replace, search:next, search:prev
• Panels: panel:ai, panel:git, panel:files, panel:palette, panel:lsp, panel:help
• LSP: lsp:goto_definition, lsp:find_references, lsp:autocomplete, lsp:code_actions, lsp:rename, lsp:format
• Selection: selection:all, selection:clear
• Cursor: cursor:line_start, cursor:line_end, cursor:file_start, cursor:file_end, cursor:goto_line

Restart ECLI after editing [keybindings].

Default config snippet

If you want to see all default bindings explicitly:

ecli --print-default-keybindings

This prints the [keybindings] section that ECLI uses internally.