Keyboard Shortcuts
All keyboard shortcuts available in the Studio IDE. These are also accessible via the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and the Settings panel (gear icon).
Navigation
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+P | Quick Open — search and open files by name |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Command Palette — search and execute any IDE command |
Ctrl+B | Toggle File Explorer sidebar |
Ctrl+` | Toggle Terminal panel |
F11 | Toggle Full Screen mode |
Ctrl+W | Close the active editor tab |
Editing
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+F | Find in file — opens the search panel in the current editor |
Ctrl+Shift+H | Find and Replace (project-wide) — search and replace across all files |
Ctrl+D | Select next occurrence — adds a cursor at the next match of the current selection |
Ctrl+Z | Undo |
Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
Tab | Accept Ghost Text suggestion (when visible) |
Escape | Dismiss Ghost Text suggestion / close dialogs |
AI features
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+K | Inline AI Edit — describe a change in natural language, Cendra applies it directly |
Ctrl+Shift+R | AI Refactor via Cendra — select code first, then describe the change |
Ctrl+Shift+T | AI Test Generator — generate unit tests for the current file |
Ctrl+Shift+F | AI Search — open the unified search panel (text, symbol, or AI-powered) |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Agent Mode — toggle Cendra’s autonomous coding panel |
Ctrl+Shift+M | Bookmarks — toggle the bookmarks panel for quick file+line navigation |
Global (app-wide)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
G X | Navigate to The Studio from anywhere in the app |
Ctrl+K | Open the global search bar (when not in the editor) |
Command palette commands
The command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) provides access to all IDE actions. Type > to search commands, or just type to search files.
| Command | Category |
|---|---|
| Toggle Full Screen | View |
| Toggle File Explorer | View |
| Toggle Terminal | View |
| Hide Right Panel | View |
| Source Control: Show Git Panel | Git |
| Git: Create Branch | Git |
| Git: Switch Branch | Git |
| Git: Status | Git |
| Git: Pull | Git |
| Git: Push | Git |
| Git: Stash All | Git |
| Git: File History | Git |
| Git: Branch Compare | Git |
| Git: Cherry-pick Commit | Git |
| Git: Revert Commit | Git |
| Show Cendra AI Panel | AI |
| Show AI Code Lens Panel | AI |
| Start Agent Mode | AI |
| AI Refactor via Cendra | AI |
| Inline AI Edit | AI |
| Generate Tests for Current File | AI |
| Generate Documentation | AI |
| Search in Project | Search |
| Search: Text Search | Search |
| Search: AI-Powered Search | Search |
| Find & Replace (Project) | Search |
| Find in File | Editor |
| Close Active Tab | Editor |
| Close All Tabs | Editor |
| Show File History (Time Travel) | Editor |
| Open Settings | Editor |
| Open Recent Files | Editor |
| Toggle Bookmarks | Editor |
| Save All Drafts | Editor |
| Discard All Changes | Editor |
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