Keyboard Shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in Chronicle, grouped by where it applies.
Chronicle is keyboard-first: you can open a session, move through the timeline, and distill a transcript without touching the mouse. Shortcuts are registered per context, so the same key can mean different things in Playback versus Refine. Below, ⌘ is the macOS Command key — on Windows and Linux (source builds) it maps to Ctrl everywhere, since every handler listens for metaKey || ctrlKey.
Global
Available from anywhere in the app.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
⌘K | Open the command palette (global search across sessions) |
Session view
Active whenever a session is open. These switch modes and drive the search filter.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
⌘F | Focus the in-session search box |
⌘1 | Overview mode |
⌘2 | Playback mode |
⌘3 | Refine mode |
⌘4 | Replay mode |
⇧⌘U | Sync (re-import) this session |
Esc | Clear the search filter and unfocus the search box |
Playback
Available while the code panel is showing a snapshot in Playback mode.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
D | Toggle diff view for the selected file (ignored while typing in a field) |
The D toggle is suppressed when focus is in an input or textarea, so typing a filename filter never flips the view.
Timeline
Active when the timeline slider is focused (click it first). The timeline seeks the whole session to a point in time.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
← / → | Nudge the playhead by 1% |
Home | Jump to the start of the session |
End | Jump to the end of the session |
| Click / drag | Seek to the pointer position |
Refine
Active in Refine mode, where you distill a transcript down to a shareable core by keeping, deleting, editing, and inserting messages.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
K | Keep the selected message and advance to the next |
D | Delete (strike) the selected message and advance to the next |
E | Edit the selected message inline |
I | Insert a note after the selected message |
↓ / j | Move the selection down |
↑ | Move the selection up (⇧K also moves up) |
⌘Z | Undo |
⇧⌘Z | Redo |
⌘S | Export the refined transcript |
Esc | Cancel the current inline edit |
Note:
Kon its own keeps a message, so it is not the vim "up" key here — use↑(or⇧K) to move up andj/↓to move down.
Command palette
Active while the ⌘K palette is open.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
↑ / ↓ | Move through results |
Enter | Open the highlighted result |
Esc | Close the palette |
Related
- Time Travel — Playback mode, snapshots, diff, and the timeline these shortcuts drive.
- Refine Mode — the Keep / Delete / Edit / Insert workflow the Refine shortcuts belong to.