Updated September 27, 2026
Keys and shortcuts
Default keys for panes, layouts, windows, the command bar, and charts, plus the interface language.
Cmd/Ctrl is Cmd on a Mac outside the terminal, Ctrl everywhere else. Rebind the global, pane and window keys in Help (?) or with gloomberb config set keybindings.actions.<action> <keys>.
Global
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+P or Cmd/Ctrl+K | Open the command bar. |
| Backtick | Open ticker search. |
? | Open help. |
Tab / Shift+Tab | Focus the next or previous pane. |
Cmd/Ctrl+1-9 | Switch saved layouts by number. |
r | Refresh the focused ticker. |
Shift+R | Refresh everything. |
u | Retry a failed app update. |
Alt+Enter or Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Run the newest notification's action. |
Alt+Backspace or Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Backspace | Dismiss the newest notification. |
q | Quit (terminal). |
Panes and windows
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
. or Shift+F10 | Focused pane's menu. |
Cmd/Ctrl+, | Focused pane settings. |
Cmd/Ctrl+W | Close the focused pane. Locked panes stay. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+W | Close all floating panes. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F | Fullscreen the focused pane, or restore it. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+D | Dock or float. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+O | Pop out to its own window (desktop). |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy a pane screenshot (desktop). |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+E | Export the pane's table as CSV. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+S | Share the pane. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+L | Open Layouts (same as LAY). |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G | Tidy windows. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+M | Move the focused window. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+R | Resize the focused window. |
In move or resize mode: arrows adjust, Tab cycles targets or handles, Enter commits, Esc cancels.
Command bar
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Up / Down, Ctrl+P / Ctrl+N | Move through results. |
Enter | Run the selected result. |
Shift+Enter | Run its secondary action, when there is one. |
Tab | Accept an inferred argument from the focused ticker or shortcut. |
Esc or backtick | Close. |
Ctrl+U | Clear the query. |
Ctrl+W | Delete the previous word. |
Backspace on an empty query | Go back one screen. |
Cmd/Ctrl+S | Submit a form from any field. |
Charts
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
Drag or scroll, a / d | Pan through time. |
Ctrl+Scroll | Zoom around the pointer. |
+ / -, 0 | Zoom in or out, reset the viewport. |
Shift+Drag, or Shift+Z then drag | Zoom into a time range. |
Alt+Drag, or Shift+M then drag | Measure price change, percent, bars, elapsed time. |
Shift+D, then drag | Draw a trend line. Drag an endpoint to reshape it or the middle to move it. |
Shift+P, then drag | Draw a freehand shape. |
c / Backspace | Cycle the selected drawing's color, or delete it. |
Click a legend item, or [ / ] then Space | Hide or show that series. |
Left / Right, Esc | Step the cursor through dates; Esc clears the cursor or tool. |
The Shift+ letter tools work in terminals that keep modified drags for text selection.
Language
LANG cycles languages. LANG ja (or auto, en, es, zh-CN, zh-TW, ko) sets one and saves it. GLOOMBERB_LANG=ja gloomberb sets it for one TUI launch.