Help — RetroHexChat

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation

Ctrl+Shift+/ — Shortcut Cheatsheet Ctrl+Shift+F — Find / Search (Edit > Find) Ctrl+Shift+] — Next Window Ctrl+Shift+[ — Previous Window Ctrl+Shift+1..9 — Switch to Window 1-9 Escape — Close search bar / dialog

Windows & Dialogs

Ctrl+Shift+A — Address Book Ctrl+Shift+H — Highlight Words Ctrl+Shift+G — Ignore List Ctrl+Shift+L — Log Viewer Ctrl+Shift+O — Options Ctrl+Shift+E — Perform Dialog Ctrl+Shift+S — URL Catcher Ctrl+Shift+W — Help

Channel Conference

Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Toggle microphone Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Toggle camera Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Next layout Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Focus next participant Ctrl+Shift+Q — Leave confirmation Hold Ctrl+Shift+Z — Push to talk while muted

P2P Session Console

When the P2P Session Console is focused: Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Toggle microphone Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Toggle camera Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Next layout Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Cycle self-view Ctrl+Shift+. — Toggle screen share Ctrl+Shift+Q — End call media

Clipboard

Ctrl+C — Copy selected text

Text Formatting

Ctrl+Shift+B — Bold Ctrl+Shift+Y — Italic Ctrl+Shift+U — Underline Ctrl+Shift+D — Color Ctrl+Shift+V — Reverse (also in formatting toolbar) Ctrl+Shift+X — Reset formatting (also in formatting toolbar)

Input & Autocomplete

Enter — Send message / select autocomplete item Shift+Enter — Insert newline in input Up — Edit last message (when input is empty) / command history Up / Down — Command history / navigate autocomplete dropdown Ctrl+Up — Browse history (saves draft) Ctrl+Down — Browse history forward (restores draft) Ctrl+R — Reverse search history Tab — Select autocomplete item / cycle nick completion Escape — Cancel edit mode / dismiss autocomplete / tooltip / — Open command autocomplete (at start of input) @ — Open nick autocomplete (at word boundary) # — Open channel autocomplete (at word boundary)

There is no dedicated keyboard shortcut for /me actions. Type /me directly in a channel input.

There is no dedicated keyboard shortcut for User Lookup. Open it from Tools > User Lookup, a nickname context menu, /whois, or /whowas.

Context Menus

Arrow Down — Next menu item Arrow Up — Previous menu item Enter — Select focused menu item Escape — Close context menu

Search Navigation

Arrow Down — Next search result (in search bar) Arrow Up — Previous search result (in search bar)

Emoji

Emoji Picker — Click smiley button in formatting toolbar

Long Lists

Long lists load the next page as you scroll toward the edge. There is no shortcut for that gesture, so every paginated list also carries a Load More button beneath it — that button is the keyboard path through a long list.

Listings & Tables

Arrow Up / Arrow Down — Move the selection one row Home / End — First / last row PageUp / PageDown — Move a screen of rows Shift+Arrow — Extend the selection Ctrl+Click — Add or remove one row Ctrl+A — Select every row on screen Ctrl+C — Copy the selection as tab-separated text Shift+F10 or Menu — Choose which columns show

Column widths are set with the pointer: drag the right edge of a heading to resize it, double-click that edge to fit the column to its contents.

See Also

Listings & Tables · Shortcut Cheatsheet · Autocomplete · Command Syntax Tooltip · Enhanced History · Search · User Lookup · Edit Menu

See Also

  • Restore
  • Minimize
  • Maximize
  • Close
  • Cascade Windows
  • Tile Windows Horizontally
  • Tile Windows Vertically
  • Minimize All Windows