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Keyboard shortcuts

On a Mac, use ⌘ wherever this page says Ctrl. ratchet shows the right key for your system.

KeysWhereDoes
NAnywhere outside a text fieldNew task
Ctrl + 1…9AnywhereSwitch to repo tab 1 to 9
← → Home EndRepo tabsMove between tabs
DeleteA focused repo tabClose it
Ctrl + EnterNew taskStart the agent
EscDialogs, Big terminalClose, or go back to the list
↑ ↓ SpaceChanges listMove, tick a file
Ctrl + CTerminalCopy the selection. With nothing selected, it goes to Claude.
Ctrl + VTerminalPaste text or an image

Screenshots use example data. Written for ratchet 0.2.1.

ratchet is an independent project by Shervin Davarifard. Questions or problems: hello@ratchet.build.© 2026 Shervin Davarifard · FSL-1.1-MIT licence