commands

global

Ctrl+P

open the command bar (command mode)

Ctrl+O

open the file picker — recent files first, then workspace files

Ctrl+F

find in the active buffer

Ctrl+B

toggle the file tree — hidden: reveal and focus; visible elsewhere: focus; focused: hide and return to the editor

Ctrl+E

focus the editor

Ctrl+S

save the active buffer

Ctrl+R

reload the workspace tree

Ctrl+Q

quit (prompts once if buffers are dirty; press again to discard)

Ctrl+Z

undo

Ctrl+Y

redo

Ctrl+PageDown · Ctrl+PageUp

cycle to the next / previous open buffer

Ctrl+1…Ctrl+9

jump to the open buffer at sorted index 1..9 (silent no-op if out of range)

editor

← → ↑ ↓

move the cursor

Home · End

jump to line start / end

PageUp · PageDown

scroll a screen at a time

Alt+← · Alt+→ (or Ctrl+← · Ctrl+→)

move by word

⌘+← · ⌘+→

jump to line start / end (terminals that report the Command key)

⌘+Shift+← · ⌘+Shift+→

extend the selection to line start / end

Ctrl+Backspace · Ctrl+Delete

delete the previous / next word

Shift+←/→/↑/↓ · Shift+Home · Shift+End

extend the selection

Ctrl+A

select the whole buffer

Ctrl+C · Ctrl+X

copy / cut to system clipboard

Ctrl+V

paste from system clipboard

Tab · Shift+Tab

indent / unindent the current line

Enter · Backspace · Delete

edit text; with a selection, replace it

macros

Ctrl+Shift+M

start / stop recording keystrokes into register a; the status bar shows REC @a while recording

Ctrl+Shift+R

replay the recorded macro

Ctrl+Shift+.

repeat the last macro

find (after Ctrl+F)

type

extend the query; matches highlight live and the cursor jumps to the first hit

Enter · ↓

advance to next match

↑

previous match

Backspace

shorten the query (no-op once empty)

Escape

close the prompt and clear the highlights

file tree

↑ · ↓

move selection

PageUp · PageDown

jump ten entries at a time

Home · End

first / last visible entry

←

collapse the selected directory or move to its parent

→

expand the selected directory

Enter

open a file or toggle a directory

Escape

return focus to the editor

command bar

One prompt, four modes — the first character picks the mode: : runs a named command (or a :LINE[:COL] jump), / finds in the buffer, @ switches buffers, and an empty prompt is the file picker. Ctrl+P opens in command mode, Ctrl+O in the file picker, Ctrl+F in find.

type

filter; the dock panel shows matching commands or workspace paths

Tab

apply the highlighted completion's text — :o + Tab becomes :open, ready for arguments

↑ · ↓ · Shift+Tab

move the completion highlight (in find mode, ↑/↓ cycle matches)

Alt+↑ · Alt+↓

walk through recent command history (last 20)

Enter

run the parsed command or apply the highlighted completion

Escape

close the command bar without running anything

command bar commands

open <path>

open a file from the current workspace; activates the existing buffer if already open

write

save the active buffer

writeas <path>

save the active buffer to another path

quit

exit the editor

config

open ~/.config/fedit/config.json in a buffer; creates it from the running config on first call

reload

reload the workspace tree

next · prev

activate the next / previous open buffer

buffers <id-or-name>

switch to an open buffer by numeric id or name

theme <name>

switch the theme — green, blue, orange, cyan, teal, yellow, red, graphite, evergreen, mono-amber, github-light, github-dark, ayu; live-previews each as you cycle

recent <path>

pick a recently opened file; completion cycles through the last 20

syntax <on|off|toggle>

toggle syntax highlighting; persists to config

plugin <verb> [arg]

manage installed plugins — list, enable, disable, install, remove, reload, validate

plugins

open the plugin manager

macros

open the macro manager

keybind [reload | <stroke>]

list the effective keybindings, reload the keybinds file, or show what a stroke resolves to in each context

Three keyboard-first verbs — sidebar, tree, editor — still parse if typed but stay hidden from completion; Ctrl+B and Ctrl+E cover the same ground.