Zed keyboard shortcuts
Zed's default keymap leans on two-step chords that begin with Cmd+K on a Mac and Ctrl+K on Windows, alongside the usual single chords. Every row here is taken from the default keymap files Zed ships, for the Zed base keymap. The keymap editor (Cmd+K then Cmd+S, or Ctrl+K then Ctrl+S on Windows) changes any of them, and the base_keymap setting swaps the whole set for another editor's layout.
Checked against Zed documentation — Key bindings, Zed repository — default macOS keymap, v1.21.0, Zed repository — default Windows keymap, v1.21.0, Zed documentation — Finding and navigating, Zed documentation — Multibuffers, Zed documentation — Agent Panel, Zed documentation — Inline Assistant, Zed documentation — Edit Prediction, Zed documentation — Debugger and Zed documentation — Tasks. Version: Zed 1.21.0 (stable, 23 September 2026), default Zed base keymap.
Showing the Windows keyboard. Showing the Mac keyboard.
113 shortcuts
The top 20 are the Zed shortcuts this page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear here. The drill asks the marked ones first too, shuffled. Or tick your own and print those.
The 20 to learn first: the shortcuts the Zed page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.
Your own sheet: the Zed shortcuts you ticked.
Start here
Practise theseOpen the command palette # The main way to reach Zed's actions. Type a few letters to filter them, then Enter to run one.WinControl plusShift plusPorF1MacShift plusCommand plusP
Open a file by name #WinControl plusPorControl plusEMacCommand plusP
Go to a symbol in this file # Opens an outline of the symbols in the active file.WinControl plusShift plusOMacShift plusCommand plusO
Go to a symbol anywhere in the project # Searches the symbols in every file.WinControl plusTMacCommand plusT
Go to a line number # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusGMacControl plusG
Switch to a recently used tab # Tabs are listed by recent use. Keep Ctrl held and press Tab again to go further back.WinControl plusTabMacControl plusTab
Open the keymap editor # Lists every action with its default key. A change made there is written to your keymap.json.WinControl plusKthenControl plusSMacCommand plusKthenCommand plusS
Open the settings window #WinControl plusCommaMacCommand plusComma
Open the settings file # Your settings.json, for editing by hand.WinControl plusAlt plusCommaMacOption plusCommand plusComma
Open a recent project #WinControl plusRMacOption plusCommand plusOorControl plusR
Choose a theme #WinControl plusKthenControl plusTMacCommand plusKthenCommand plusT
Files and tabs
Practise theseMake a new file #WinControl plusNMacCommand plusN
Save the file #WinControl plusSMacCommand plusS
Save every file #WinControl plusKthenSMacOption plusCommand plusS
Close the tab # With a dock focused rather than a tab, the same keys close the dock.WinControl plusWorControl plusF4MacCommand plusW
Reopen the tab you closed #WinControl plusShift plusTMacShift plusCommand plusT
Close the other tabs #WinControl plusAlt plusShift plusTMacOption plusCommand plusT
Go to the next tab #WinControl plusPage DownMacOption plusCommand plusRight arroworCommand plus}
Go to the previous tab #WinControl plusPage UpMacOption plusCommand plusLeft arroworCommand plus{
Go to the first tab # The numbers up to 9 go to that tab, and 0 goes to the last one.WinAlt plus1MacControl plus1
Editing
Practise theseMove the line up #WinAlt plusUp arrowMacOption plusUp arrow
Move the line down #WinAlt plusDown arrowMacOption plusDown arrow
Copy the line up #WinAlt plusShift plusUp arrowMacOption plusShift plusUp arrow
Copy the line down #WinAlt plusShift plusDown arrowMacOption plusShift plusDown arrow
Delete the line #WinControl plusShift plusKMacShift plusCommand plusK
Insert a line below #WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn
Insert a line above #WinControl plusShift plusEnterMacShift plusCommand plusReturn
Comment out the line #WinControl plusSlashorControl plusKthenControl plusCMacCommand plusSlash
Comment out the selection as a block #WinControl plusKthenControl plusSlashorAlt plusShift plusAMacCommand plusKthenCommand plusSlashorOption plusShift plusA
Indent #WinControl plusRight bracketMacCommand plusRight bracket
Outdent #WinControl plusLeft bracketMacCommand plusLeft bracket
Join the lines #WinControl plusShift plusJMacControl plusJ
Format the document #WinAlt plusShift plusFMacShift plusCommand plusI
Show the completions #WinControl plusSpace barMacControl plusSpace bar
Show the code actions #WinControl plusFull stopMacCommand plusFull stop
Rename the symbol #WinF2MacF2
Delete the word to the left #WinControl plusBackspaceMacOption plusDeleteorControl plusW
Turn soft wrap on or off #WinControl plusKthenControl plusZorControl plusKthenZMacCommand plusKthenZ
Selections and multiple cursors
Practise theseAdd the next match of the word to the selection # In a multibuffer, which is where project search results open, this edits matches across several files at once.WinControl plusDorControl plusF3MacCommand plusD
Select every match at once #WinControl plusShift plusLorControl plusF2MacShift plusCommand plusLorCommand plusF2
Skip this match and take the next #WinControl plusKthenControl plusDMacCommand plusKthenCommand plusD
Add a cursor on the line above #WinControl plusAlt plusUp arrowMacOption plusCommand plusUp arrow
Add a cursor on the line below #WinControl plusAlt plusDown arrowMacOption plusCommand plusDown arrow
Expand the selection to the enclosing syntax #WinAlt plusShift plusRight arrowMacControl plusCommand plusRight arroworControl plusShift plusRight arrow
Shrink the selection again #WinAlt plusShift plusLeft arrowMacControl plusCommand plusLeft arroworControl plusShift plusLeft arrow
Select the line #WinControl plusLMacCommand plusL
Undo the last change to the selection #WinControl plusUMacCommand plusU
Finding and replacing
Practise theseFind in this file #WinControl plusFMacCommand plusF
Go to the next match #WinF3MacCommand plusG
Go to the previous match #WinShift plusF3MacShift plusCommand plusG
Select every match of the search #WinAlt plusEnterMacOption plusReturn
Match case #WinAlt plusCMacOption plusCommand plusC
Match whole words only #WinAlt plusWMacOption plusCommand plusW
Use a regular expression #WinAlt plusRMacOption plusCommand plusX
Search the whole project # Results open in a multibuffer, where you can edit the matches in place.WinControl plusShift plusFMacShift plusCommand plusF
Search and replace across the project # On a Mac, with a search already open in the pane, the same keys show or hide its replace field.WinControl plusShift plusHMacShift plusCommand plusH
Find text in the project and open the file # A quicker picker than project search. Its menu moves the query to a full project search.WinControl plusAlt plusFMacOption plusCommand plusF
Panels, panes and the terminal
Practise theseShow or hide the left dock #WinControl plusBMacCommand plusB
Show or hide the bottom dock #WinControl plusJMacCommand plusJ
Open the project panel # The file tree, which also shows git status and diagnostics.WinControl plusShift plusEMacShift plusCommand plusE
Open the git panel # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusGMacControl plusShift plusG
Show every problem in the project # Needs a language server. The errors open together in a multibuffer.WinControl plusShift plusMMacShift plusCommand plusM
Show or hide the terminal #WinControl plusBacktickMacControl plusBacktick
Open a new terminal #WinControl plusShift plusBacktickMacControl plus~
Clear the terminal # With the terminal focused.WinControl plusShift plusLMacCommand plusK
Split the editor to the right #WinControl plusBackslashMacCommand plusBackslash
Split the pane downwards #WinControl plusKthenDown arrowMacCommand plusKthenDown arrow
Move to the pane on the left # The same with Right, Up or Down moves to the pane on that side.WinControl plusKthenControl plusLeft arrowMacCommand plusKthenCommand plusLeft arrow
Zoom the pane, or restore it #WinShift plusEscapeMacShift plusEscape
Go full screen # On Windows, while the debugger is stopped, F11 steps into instead.WinF11MacFunction key plusForControl plusCommand plusF
Make the editor text bigger # The keymap binds these with persist set to false, so the new size is not saved to your settings.WinControl plusEqualsorControl plusShift plusEqualsMacCommand plusEqualsorCommand plusPlus
Make the editor text smaller #WinControl plusMinusMacCommand plusMinus
The agent and edit predictions
Zed's AI features, from the agent panel to the suggestions that appear as you type.
Practise theseOpen the agent panel #WinControl plusShift plusSlashMacCommand plus?
Start a new thread # In the agent panel.WinControl plusNMacCommand plusN
Send the message # With the use_modifier_to_send setting on, Ctrl+Enter or Cmd+Enter sends and Enter starts a new line.WinEnterMacReturn
Add the selection to the thread #WinControl plusShift plusFull stopMacCommand plus>
Switch the agent's mode # In the agent panel.WinShift plusTabMacShift plusTab
Open the model selector #WinAlt plusShift plusSlashMacOption plusCommand plusSlash
Cycle through your favourite models # Without opening the model selector.WinAlt plusTaborAlt plusLMacOption plusTab
Show or hide the threads sidebar # Every thread, grouped by project.WinControl plusAlt plusJMacOption plusCommand plusJ
Review the agent's changes # Opens every edited file in one multibuffer tab.WinControl plusShift plusRMacControl plusShift plusR
Keep the agent's change # In the agent's diff.WinAlt plusYorControl plusAlt plusYMacCommand plusYorOption plusCommand plusY
Reject the agent's change #WinControl plusAlt plusZMacOption plusCommand plusZ
Keep every change #WinAlt plusShift plusYMacOption plusShift plusY
Reject every change #WinAlt plusShift plusZMacOption plusShift plusZ
Rewrite the selection with an instruction # The Inline Assistant: it sends the selection, or the line, to a language model and replaces it with the answer. With several cursors, the same prompt goes to each one.WinControl plusEnterMacControl plusReturn
Accept the edit prediction # In the default eager mode Tab accepts too, unless the completion menu is open. Alt+L is there because Windows often takes Alt+Tab for itself.WinAlt plusTaborAlt plusLMacOption plusTab
Accept the prediction up to the next word #WinAlt plusKMacControl plusCommand plusRight arrow
Debugging and tasks
Practise theseStart debugging # Opens a list of the debug tasks Zed has found for the project, from tests and entry points.WinF4MacF4
Continue running # While the debugger is stopped.WinF5MacF5
Step over #WinF10MacF7orF10
Step into #WinF11orControl plusF11MacF11orControl plusF11
Step out #WinShift plusF11MacShift plusF11
Set or remove a breakpoint # Clicking beside the line number does the same.WinF9MacF9
Pick a task to run # Lists the tasks for the current file.WinAlt plusShift plusTMacShift plusCommand plusR
Run the last task again # It reuses the same terminal by default.WinControl plusShift plusRMacOption plusCommand plusR
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VS Code
VS Code has more shortcuts than anyone can hold in their head, so this page is ordered by how often you would actually reach for one.
Cursor
Cursor is built on VS Code, so the whole VS Code keymap comes with it and everything on that page still applies.
Vim
Vim is not a list of shortcuts so much as a small language: an operator, then a motion or a text object.
Terminal
Almost everything here comes from readline, the line editor that bash and zsh both use.
Zed keyboard shortcuts — comboshelf.com. Checked 27 September 2026 against Zed documentation — Key bindings.