Keyboard Shortcuts

Summary

All keyboard shortcuts in the 2Wee client. The client is keyboard-only — there is no mouse support.

Choosing your keys

Every action has a primary key and zero or more alternates. They do exactly the same thing. Pick whichever feels natural — some users prefer function keys, others prefer Ctrl combinations.

For example, to open a lookup on a field, any of these work:

Key	Style
Ctrl+Enter	Primary
Shift+Enter	Alternate
F6	Alternate (function key)
Ctrl+O	Alternate

The documentation uses primary keys when referring to shortcuts. The full list of alternates is in the tables below.

Ctrl vs Cmd

The client treats Ctrl and Cmd (Super) as identical modifiers. Cmd+S and Ctrl+S both save. However, the terminal emulator may intercept certain Cmd combinations before they reach 2Wee. If a Cmd shortcut does not work, use the Ctrl variant.

Command shortcuts

Action	Primary Key	Alternate(s)	Context
Quit	Q		List, Card, Menu
Save	Ctrl+S		Card, Grid
Refresh	Ctrl+R		All screens
Close / Back	Esc		All screens
New record	Ctrl+N	F3, Ctrl+I	List, Card
Delete record	Ctrl+D	F4	Card
Open record	Enter		List
Enter / cycle edit mode	F2		Card, Grid
Copy field value	Ctrl+C		Card
Open lines grid	Ctrl+L	Alt+L, Ctrl+Shift+L	Card (HeaderLines)
Action picker	Ctrl+A	F8	All screens
Key debug overlay	F9		All screens
Theme picker	F12		All screens
Copy screen JSON	Ctrl+Shift+J		All screens
Copy screen URL	Ctrl+Shift+U		All screens

Context-dependent shortcuts

These actions share key bindings. The client resolves the action based on the focused field type.

Action	Primary Key	Alternate(s)	When
Lookup	Ctrl+Enter	Shift+Enter, Alt+Enter, F6, Ctrl+O	Editable field with lookup
Drill-down	Ctrl+Enter	Shift+Enter, Alt+Enter, F6, Ctrl+O	Non-editable field with lookup
Open	Ctrl+Enter	Shift+Enter, Alt+Enter, F6, Ctrl+O	Email, Phone, URL field
Option cycle	Space	Alt+↓	Option field
Option select	Ctrl+Enter	Shift+Enter, Alt+Enter, F6, Ctrl+O, F2	Option field
Insert row	Ctrl+N	F3, Ctrl+I	Grid overlay, Grid
Delete row	Ctrl+D	F4	Grid overlay, Grid

How context resolution works

The same key can trigger different actions depending on what is focused:

• On an editable field with a lookup: Ctrl+Enter opens the lookup list
• On a non-editable field with lookup: Ctrl+Enter drills down to the related data
• On an Email, Phone, or URL field: Ctrl+Enter opens the value in the system app (browser, dialer, email client)
• On an Option field: Ctrl+Enter opens the option selection modal
• In the grid overlay: Ctrl+N inserts a row (on a card, it creates a new record)

Select mode (field navigation)

Key	Action
Up / Shift+Tab	Previous field
Down / Tab	Next field
Left / Right	Move to adjacent column
Home	First field
End	Last field
Enter	Next quick_entry field; falls back to next editable field if none ahead
F2	Cycle: Select All → Cursor End → Cursor Start
Printable char	Clear field, enter edit mode, insert char

Edit mode (text editing)

Navigation

Key	Action
Left	Cursor left 1 char
Right	Cursor right 1 char
Home	Cursor to start
End	Cursor to end
Ctrl+Left / Alt+Left	Word left
Ctrl+Right / Alt+Right	Word right
Alt+B	Word left (Emacs)
Alt+F	Word right (Emacs)

Selection

Key	Action
Shift+Left	Extend selection 1 char left
Shift+Right	Extend selection 1 char right
Shift+Home	Select to start
Shift+End	Select to end
Shift+Ctrl+Left	Extend selection word left
Shift+Ctrl+Right	Extend selection word right
Ctrl+A	Select all (in edit mode only — opens Action Picker in navigation mode; use F8 to avoid ambiguity)

Deletion

Key	Action
Backspace	Delete selection, or char before cursor
Delete	Delete selection, or char at cursor
Alt+Backspace / Ctrl+Backspace	Delete selection, or word backward

Mode transitions

Key	Action
Esc	Revert changes, back to select mode
Enter	Confirm edit, advance to next quick_entry field
F2	Cycle: Select All → Cursor End → Cursor Start (continues editing)
Tab	Confirm edit, move to next field (visits all fields)
Shift+Tab	Confirm edit, move to previous field

TextArea fields

TextArea is edited in the same mode but Enter and Ctrl+Enter behave differently:

Key	Action
Enter	Confirm edit, advance to next quick_entry field
Ctrl+Enter / Shift+Enter / F6	Insert a newline at the cursor
F2	Cycle: Cursor End → Cursor Start (no Select All)

Enter and Tab both confirm the edit, but differ in navigation: Enter follows the fast data entry path (skips fields with quick_entry: false). Tab visits every field. In select mode, Enter also navigates without entering edit mode. The server controls which fields Enter skips via the quick_entry property. This applies to both card fields and grid columns.

List screen

Key	Action
Up / Down	Move between rows
Enter	Open selected record
Home / End	First / last row
PageUp / PageDown	Scroll page
Printable char	Type-to-search (filters as you type)
Backspace	Remove last search character

Lines overlay (HeaderLines)

Key	Select mode	Edit mode
Arrow keys	Move between cells	Move cursor in cell
Enter	Confirm + advance to next quick_entry column	Confirm + advance to next quick_entry column
F2	Enter edit mode	Cycle: Select All → Cursor End → Cursor Start
Tab	Next cell (wraps)	Confirm + next cell
Esc	Close overlay	Revert edit
Any char	Start typing (replaces)	Insert at cursor
Home / End	First / last column	—
PageUp / PageDown	Scroll page	—

Open the grid with Ctrl+L. Close with Esc.

Menu

Key	Action
Left / Right	Switch tabs
Up / Down	Move between items
Enter	Open selected item
Esc	Back / quit

Boolean field

Key	Action
Space	Toggle between true and false
Enter	Advance to next quick_entry field

Option field

Key	Action
Space / Alt+↓	Cycle to next option
Backspace / Delete	Reset to first option
Ctrl+Enter	Open option list modal

Option modal

Key	Action
Up / Down	Previous / next option
Enter	Confirm selection
Esc	Cancel

Hint bar

Each screen shows relevant shortcuts in the bottom bar:

Screen	Actions shown
Menu	Escape
List	New, View, Escape
List (searching)	Same, but Escape label shows "Clear"
Card	New, Delete, Save, Escape
Grid	Save, Insert, Delete, Escape

When the screen has server-defined actions, Ctrl+A Actions is added to the hint bar.

Context-sensitive hints appear on the left side based on the focused field type (Lookup, Drill-down, Option).

Developer tools

These shortcuts are intended for developers and integrators — not end users. They are useful when diagnosing what the server is sending.

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+J	Copy the current screen's JSON to clipboard
Ctrl+Shift+U	Copy the current screen's URL to clipboard

Both shortcuts work on all screens. A confirmation appears briefly in the status bar after copying. Paste the result into a text editor or JSON formatter to inspect it.

Ctrl+Shift+J copies the full ScreenContract as pretty-printed JSON — exactly what the server sent. This is the fastest way to answer "what is the server actually sending?" when something looks wrong.