Keyboard shortcuts

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Cmd/ctrl below indicates command on Mac and control on Windows and Linux. These instructions are for English/QWERTY keyboards.

Hex supports a number of keyboard shortcuts, most modeled after the standard Jupyter set, which make a distinction whether you are selected into a cell or not.

For a full list of supported keyboard shortcuts see the table here.

Edit mode

While in edit mode, you can type in a cell as with a normal text or code editor.

Press cmd + enter/return to run an individual cell

Press option + enter/return to run a cell and add a new cell after

Press shift + enter/return to run a cell and scroll to the next, or add a new cell if there isn't one immediately following

Press escape to enter Command mode. Users with Vim key bindings enabled will need to use shift + esc.

Press ctrl + space after a . to list the attributes for Python classes and objects

Press shift + tab to trigger in-line documentation for Python functions

Command mode

You are in command mode if you are selected out of a cell.

Press j or k to navigate down or up

Press a to add a cell above

Press b to add a cell below

Press dd (d twice) to delete a cell

Press enter/return to select into a cell (enter Edit mode)

Select multiple cells

To select multiple cells, first hit esc to enter Command mode, and then shift + up/down arrow or shift + j/k to select additional cells. After selecting a block of cells, you can move them up/down (with the usual j/k or cmd/ctrl up/down arrow) as well as copy/cut/paste (cmd/ctrl + c/x/v).

Command palette

You can access the command palette by hitting cmd+p. From there, you can filter the available actions by typing in the search bar and press enter, or use the corresponding keyboard shortcut, to execute.