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Keyboard shortcuts

Every Dockmaster shortcut on Windows, Linux and macOS, plus the keys that behave specially inside terminals.

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Dockmaster’s shortcuts use Ctrl+Shift on Windows and Linux and Cmd on macOS. Plain Ctrl keys are never taken, so shortcuts like Ctrl+R or Ctrl+B always reach the program running in your terminal.

App shortcuts

Action Windows and Linux macOS
New terminal Ctrl+Shift+T Cmd+T
Split terminal Ctrl+Shift+D Cmd+D
Close pane or tab Ctrl+Shift+W Cmd+W
Find in terminal Ctrl+Shift+F Cmd+F
Show or hide projects sidebar Ctrl+Shift+B Cmd+B
Show or hide right panel Ctrl+Shift+E Cmd+E
Next tab Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PageDown Ctrl+Tab or Cmd+Shift+]
Previous tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PageUp Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Cmd+Shift+[
Next pane (split tabs only) Alt+→ Cmd+Alt+→
Previous pane (split tabs only) Alt+← Cmd+Alt+←

The terminal shortcuts work while a project’s terminals are on screen. Closing a command’s tab only hides its output; the command keeps running.

Inside a terminal

Keys What happens
Shift+Enter Inserts a new line in Claude Code and similar tools (can be turned off in Settings → Terminal)
Ctrl+C Copies the selection if there is one, otherwise interrupts the program (Windows and Linux)
Ctrl+Shift+C Always copies (Windows and Linux)
Ctrl+V Pastes text, or passes the key to the program when the clipboard has no text, for pasting images (Windows and Linux)
Ctrl+Shift+V Pastes text only (Windows and Linux)
Cmd+C / Cmd+V Copy and paste (macOS)
Ctrl+click / Cmd+click Opens a link in your browser

Find bar

Keys What happens
Enter Next match
Shift+Enter Previous match
Escape Close the find bar

Elsewhere

  • Ctrl+Enter (Cmd+Enter on macOS) commits in the Source Control tab.
  • Enter saves a tab name while renaming it; Escape cancels.
  • Escape closes any open menu.

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