Keyboard shortcuts

Use these shortcuts when reviewing and triaging generated work.

Global shortcuts

These shortcuts are available when focus is not inside an input or textarea.

• R: Open Project tab.
• I: Open Issues tab.
• S: Open AI sessions tab.
• W: Open Workflow tab.
• T: Open Settings tab.
• 1, 2, 3, 4: Jump to Workflow steps 1-4.
• F: Focus the current tab filter box (where available) and select its text.

Responsive note:

• Under narrow layouts (around sub-760px widths), main tab captions can be hidden while shortcuts remain active.

Filter navigation shortcuts

In list filter textboxes (Issues, AI sessions, Workflow stories):

• Enter: Open/select the first visible filtered item.
• Ctrl+Enter: Run Full text search from the active filter when the query includes at least one 4+ character word.
• Ctrl+Shift+Enter: Run Full text search using the free-form mode (same as sending the query with ~ prefix).
• Down Arrow: Move highlight to next visible item.
• Up Arrow: Move highlight to previous visible item.
• Esc (first): Clear highlight if one is active.
• Esc (next): Clear filter text.
• Esc (again on empty filter): Blur the filter box.

Full text search tips:

• Prefix the query with ~ to use broader free-form matching.
• Without ~, search uses exact-phrase behavior.

Workflow Step 1 shortcuts

When an issue is focused in Select issues:

• Enter: If needed, scroll issue into view; otherwise toggle expand/collapse.
• Ctrl+Enter: Toggle the focused issue checkbox without changing expansion.
• C: Set Cancelled (with confirmation).
• N: Set Not implemented.
• P: Set Partial.
• O: Set Errors.
• D: Set Done (with confirmation).
• E: Start editing the latest editable user note when available.
• Shift+E: Start inline edit of the issue description.
• L: Select the last processed session and refresh Step 1 issues for that session when needed.

Issues list navigation shortcuts

When you are in Issues list view and not in filter/full-text search mode:

• Alt+Enter: If needed, scroll selected item fully into view; otherwise move the pre-selection cursor forward.
• Alt+Shift+Enter: Move the pre-selection cursor backward.
• Ctrl+Enter: Select and open the next item.
• Ctrl+Shift+Enter: Select and open the previous item.
• Enter: Open the currently pre-selected item when it differs from the active selection.

Pre-selection uses a lighter cursor style than the active selection so you can preview where Enter will navigate.

Status-key behavior details:

• If the focused issue is collapsed, status shortcuts are blocked and Aisman shows an informational message.
• For button clicks, Done and Cancelled are applied without confirmation; keyboard shortcuts still keep confirmation.

While a confirmation dialog is open for status shortcuts:

• Enter confirms.
• Pressing the same shortcut key confirms (for example C, D, X, and other dialog-based status actions).

Cross-list navigation shortcuts

When focus is in a main list context and not inside a textarea/input that already owns arrow keys:

• Up Arrow / Down Arrow: Move lightweight pre-selection without opening details.
• Ctrl+Up Arrow / Ctrl+Down Arrow: Move and select/open immediately.
• Left Arrow / Right Arrow: Navigate selection history in the current list context.
• Ctrl+Left Arrow / Ctrl+Right Arrow: Jump between list groups and select that group’s last selected row (or first row if none was selected yet).

Editor-mode shortcuts

For inline markdown editing in issue/note editors:

• Alt+Enter: Save and exit edit mode.
• Ctrl+Enter: Insert 4 spaces.
• Ctrl+Shift+Enter: Insert a tab character.
• Alt+Ctrl+V: Toggle Edit/View mode for the active markdown editor.

For instruction/config textareas:

• Alt+Enter: Save changes in these fields directly: #wfInstructions, #settingsInstructionsText, #aismanInstrText, #templateText.

For note editor textareas in Workflow Step 1:

• Esc: Cancel note editing.
• Alt+Enter: Save note editing.

Text-editing behavior in textboxes and textareas:

• Arrow keys keep native caret movement.
• Modified arrow combinations (Ctrl+Arrow, Shift+Arrow, Ctrl+Shift+Arrow) keep native selection/navigation behavior.
• Esc triggers local Cancel when the editor provides visible Cancel and Save buttons; otherwise it blurs the input.

Dialog keyboard behavior

For confirm2 and alert2 dialogs:

• Enter: Confirm the primary action when available.
• Esc: Close or cancel the dialog.

Step-tab views

Apply one tab across visible step cards

• Action: Ctrl+click a step tab.
• Result: The same tab opens across all visible step cards.
• Use when: You want to compare the same section quickly across many cards.

Filter list by one step card

• Action: Alt+click the step issues tab in a step card.
• Result: The main list is filtered to items from that step card.
• Use when: You want to focus on one generated batch.

The same Alt+click filter behavior is available in session issue tab contexts where filter-to-issues actions are shown.

Notes

Shortcuts can be context-sensitive. If a shortcut behaves differently in another part of the app, this page will be updated with the location-specific behavior.