Keyboard Shortcuts¶

Overview¶

Tapeboard ships with a keyboard layer for the heaviest-used surfaces. Sidebar menus take ⌘1–⌘7, the command palette is ⌘K, and Scanner + Charts each carry their own per-page bindings. Press ? on any page to summon the inline hotkey help modal — it always matches the page you're on. Everything below is verified against live handlers in the app.

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl wherever this page says ⌘.

HOW TO SEE THE SHORTCUTS FOR THE PAGE YOU ARE ON¶

Press Shift+/ (the ? key) on any page.

Read the Global list. Pages that have their own keys add a This Page list underneath.
Press Esc to close it.

On the Scanner, ? also opens the scanner's own key list.

GLOBAL SHORTCUTS¶

Binding	Action
`⌘K`	Open command palette
`⌘1`	Dashboard
`⌘2`	Scanner
`⌘3`	Charts
`⌘4`	AI research, on the last ticker you looked at
`⌘5`	Economic
`⌘6`	Simulator
`⌘7`	Journal
`⌘/`	Opens the feedback sheet
`?`	Shortcuts sheet
`Esc`	Closes the open window or menu

SCANNER SHORTCUTS¶

Binding	Action
`Tab`	Moves focus to the next panel (Workspace view)
`↑` / `↓`	Moves the highlighted row
`Enter`	Opens the highlighted ticker on Charts
`Space`	Pauses or resumes the live feed
`M`	Mutes or unmutes scanner sounds
`W`	Adds the highlighted ticker to your watchlist
`A`	Opens AI research for the ticker
`R`	Opens research for the ticker
`[` / `]`	Switches the focused panel to the previous or next preset
`Esc`	Clears the focus or closes the chart

In the default Workspace view, 1, 5 and D enlarge the 1-minute, 5-minute and daily chart. In Scanner Only view, 1–9 set the chart timeframe once a ticker is selected (1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h, daily, weekly, monthly), F toggles full screen and C opens Charts. Ctrl+1–Ctrl+9 focus a panel by number.

SIMULATOR SHORTCUTS¶

Binding	Action
`B`	Buy at market
`S`	Sell at market, or short if you hold no shares
`C`	Cover a short
`F`	Close the position in the selected ticker
`Shift+F`	Close every open position
`Esc` or `Shift+C`	Cancel all pending orders
`+` / `-`	Raise or lower the order size by 100
`[` / `]`	Sell half, or add half, of the position

COMMAND PALETTE¶

Open the command palette at any time with ⌘K. It accepts three input types:

Input Type	Example	Result
Ticker symbol	`NVDA`	Routes to `/research/NVDA`
Page name	`scanner`, `gex`, `alerts`, `forex`, etc.	Fuzzy-matches and opens the menu item
`>` command	`>watch nvda`, `>chart aapl 5m`, `>alert tsla > 300`	Executes a terminal command (Terminal tier)

Tip

Recent jumps stick to the top of the list. The palette is the fastest path to any ticker — faster than clicking the sidebar.

CUSTOMIZING¶

Open Settings and choose the Notifications tab. Scroll to the Hotkeys card. Click the shortcut you want to change — the row waits for a key. Press the new key or key combination, or press Esc to cancel. Click Reset Defaults to undo all your changes. Changes save on their own. You can rebind the scanner keys: audio mute, pause, previous and next preset, and the help key.

LIMITS¶

Note

Custom shortcuts are stored in this browser only. They do not follow you to another computer.
Tapeboard does not warn you if two shortcuts share a key. Pick keys nothing else uses.
On the Scanner, ⌘1–⌘5 are also the keys for loading saved layouts 1 to 5, and they share a key with the page jumps above. If the page jump gets in the way, rebind the layout keys in the Hotkeys card.
Shortcuts for chart drawing and indicators are on the Charts page.

IF SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK¶

A key does nothing: click the empty part of the page first. Shortcuts pause while your cursor is in a text box.

Shift+/ does not open the sheet: some keyboard layouts put ? elsewhere. Press whichever key types a question mark.

Pop Out Panel or Clear Drawings does nothing: the Hotkeys card lists them (P and Shift+X), but they are not active yet. Open a panel in its own window with the pop-out icon on the panel header instead. See Make Tapeboard yours.