Keyboard shortcuts

⌘ below means Command on macOS and Ctrl on Windows and Linux. OpenRay prints the macOS glyphs everywhere, but every binding it owns accepts either key.

The exception is a shortcut an extension declares for itself. If it asks for Command and Control together, both really are required, on every platform.

Root search

Key	Action
↑ ↓	Move the selection, wrapping at the ends
↵	Run the selected row
⌘↵	Run its second action. On an inline row, copy the raw value
⌘⇧↵	On an inline row, copy the whole question = answer line
⌘K	Open or close the Actions panel
⌘,	Open Settings and hide the palette
Tab	Jump into the selected command’s first argument field, or send the query to Quick AI if it has none. Does nothing until you have typed something
Esc	Close an open panel, go back a view, or hide the palette

After you reopen the palette, the previous query is selected. The first character you type replaces it, and Backspace clears it.

Actions panel

Key	Action
⌘K	Open or close
type	Filter the actions
↑ ↓	Move the highlight
↵	Run the highlighted action
Esc	Clear the filter, then close

Argument fields

Key	Action
↵	Run the command with what you have typed
Tab / ⇧Tab	Next / previous field
← at the start	Previous field, or back to the query
→ at the end	Next field
↑ ↓	Still move the selection in the list below

Pressing ↵ with a required field empty runs nothing and puts the caret in that field.

Lists

Key	Action
↑ ↓	Move the selection
↵ / ⌘↵	First / second action
⌘K	Actions panel
⌘P	Open the filter dropdown, when the list has one
Esc	Back

Inside an open dropdown: ↑ ↓ move, Home and End jump to the ends, ↵ or Tab picks, Esc closes without changing anything.

Grids

Key	Action
← →	One cell
↑ ↓	One row
↵ / ⌘↵	First / second action
⌘K	Actions panel

Grid movement clamps rather than wraps, so a short last row stays reachable.

Forms

Key	Action
⌘↵	Submit
Tab	Next field
⌘K	Actions panel
Esc	Back

Plain ↵ does not submit a form — it stays free for typing.

Vim-style navigation

Turn on Vim Style Navigation in Settings → General and:

Key	Action
Alt+J / Alt+K	Down / up in any list
Alt+H / Alt+L	Left / right in a grid

These match the physical key, so they keep working on a macOS layout where Option composes a different character.

Global

Key	Action
⌘ Space (macOS) or Alt Space	Show or hide the palette

Rebind it, or give any single command its own global hotkey, in Settings.