Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut Sigla binds, organized by area. The menu-bar location in parentheses is where to find the same action if you forget the chord.
[!NOTE] Some shortcuts only appear when their feature is enabled. Comments shortcuts (
⌘⇧M,⌘⇧E,⌥⌘C) require Settings → Comments → “Enable Comments” and an app restart. The frontmatter and folder-search shortcuts require an open folder.
Files and folders
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘O | Open file… | File → Open… |
⌘⇧O | Open folder… | File → Open Folder… |
⌘W | Close the active file | File → Close File |
⌘⇧W | Close all open folders | File → Close Folder |
⌘Q | Quit Sigla | Sigla → Quit Sigla |
The Open Recent Folder submenu (File → Open Recent Folder) lists folders you’ve recently opened; Clear Menu wipes the list.
Document navigation
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘[ | Back in document history | Go → Back |
⌘] | Forward in document history | Go → Forward |
⌘← | Back (hidden alternate) | — |
⌘→ | Forward (hidden alternate) | — |
Two-finger horizontal trackpad swipes drive the same history.
Zoom
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘+ | Zoom in (5% step) | View → Zoom In |
⌘- | Zoom out (5% step) | View → Zoom Out |
⌘0 | Actual size (100%) | View → Actual Size |
Zoom is global and shared across windows; the level persists across launches.
View
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌃⌘S | Toggle sidebar | View → Toggle Sidebar |
⌥⌘I | Show / hide Frontmatter panel | View → Show Frontmatter Panel |
⌥⌘C | Show / hide Comments panel | View → Show Comments |
⌘⇧D | Dark Document | View → Dark Document |
The View → Theme submenu lists every built-in and user-supplied document theme. View → Mermaid Theme picks the Mermaid color scheme (Auto, Default, Dark, Forest, Neutral, Base).
Find
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘F | Find in document | Edit → Find → Find… |
⌘G | Find Next | Edit → Find → Find Next |
⌘⇧G | Find Previous | Edit → Find → Find Previous |
⌘E | Use Selection for Find | Edit → Find → Use Selection for Find |
⌘⇧F | Search folder (cross-file) | Edit → Search Folder… |
Folder search opens a modal that searches frontmatter keys and body text across the open workspace. See Search and find.
Comments and highlights
Requires Settings → Comments → “Enable Comments” and an app restart.
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘⇧M | Add Comment… on the current selection | Edit → Add Comment… |
⌘⇧E | Export Comments in a Prompt (copies to clipboard) | Edit → Export Comments in a Prompt |
⌥⌘C | Toggle Comments panel | View → Show Comments |
Select prose first, then press ⌘⇧M to attach a comment to that span. See Comments and highlights.
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘P | Print… (opens the PDF preview, primed for print) | File → Print… |
⌘⇧P | Export as PDF… (opens the PDF preview, primed for export) | File → Export as PDF… |
The PDF preview window lets you switch theme, paper size, orientation, margins, and header/footer before exporting or printing. See PDF export.
Edit
The reader is read-only, so the Edit menu is intentionally sparse:
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘C | Copy selection | Edit → Copy |
⌘V | Paste (only active when an editable field has focus, e.g. the Settings comment-template editor) | Edit → Paste |
⌘A | Select All | Edit → Select All |
Undo, Redo, Cut, Paste and Match Style, Delete, Start Dictation, Emoji & Symbols, and AutoFill are omitted — the viewer has no text-input affordance.
Window and app
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘, | Settings… | Sigla → Settings… |
⌘M | Minimize | Window → Minimize |
⌘? | Sigla Documentation (opens this folder) | Help → Sigla Documentation |
Extensions
| Shortcut | Action | Menu |
|---|---|---|
⌘⇧R | Reload Extensions (rescan disk) | View → Reload Extensions |
Use after dropping a new extension into ~/.config/sigla/extensions/ or editing a sigla.json — ⌘⇧R rescans both the bundled directory and the user directory and re-registers everything that loads cleanly. See Extensions overview.