Navigate with the keyboard and command palette
Find commands, customize safe shortcuts and move between charts, panels, tabs and windows.
Reviewed 2026-10-24 · Windows & macOS
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View full-size screenshot ↗Find a command#
Open the command palette with ⌘K on macOS or Ctrl+K on Windows. Search by the command's visible title or keywords, inspect its destination and select the result. Disabled commands retain a reason rather than becoming silently available. A command that needs a connected API or native window support remains subject to that requirement.
The palette and rail solve different tasks: the palette searches commands, while the rail groups canvas items and app screens. Right-click a rail entry when you need to choose explicitly between adding an item, replacing current content, opening a tab and opening a window.
Inspect your current bindings#
Open Settings → Keyboard shortcuts, the shortcut-manager item in the gear menu, or ⌘⌥K / Ctrl+Alt+K. Use the manager's actual current bindings as the authority, because users can change them and browser builds reserve different chords.
| Common task | Default or discovery path |
|---|---|
| Command palette | ⌘K / Ctrl+K |
| Settings | ⌘, / Ctrl+, |
| Shortcut manager | ⌘⌥K / Ctrl+Alt+K |
| Cycle major focus regions | F6; reverse with Shift+F6 |
| Go back after replacing tab content | ⌘[ / Ctrl+[ |
| Next/previous panel, workspace or workspace tab | Find the specific named command in Keyboard shortcuts |
| Choose chart symbol/timeframe, fit or follow | Find chart commands in the manager and use the focused chart |
Do not substitute a browser's Close Tab command for a Market Studio workspace command. The app exposes suggestions for some unassigned actions rather than automatically binding them. The browser uses alternate defaults where it owns native tab/window shortcuts.
Change a shortcut#
- Find the command in the shortcut manager.
- Activate its binding editor and enter the desired chord.
- Review conflicts, reserved chords and platform availability.
- Save the supported binding and test it with the intended chart or panel focused.
- Use the row reset to restore a default. Use Reset all only when you intend to reset the complete binding set; the app backs up the prior shortcut map.
Portable primary modifiers map Command on macOS to Control on Windows. Bare printable keys are rejected as global shortcuts so typing a symbol or order quantity does not unexpectedly invoke a global command. Undo/history chords are reserved. The chart's history includes drawing changes; inspect the chart-navigation guide rather than treating every undo as a global settings undo.
Keep focus visible#
Use Tab and Shift+Tab to move through controls. F6 moves among shell focus regions. In Settings, arrow keys move through section navigation; Tab moves into rows. Esc clears a Settings search first, then closes the screen on the next press.
A keyboard action operates on its resolved focused/active context. Before an order, close or reverse command, inspect the selected account and position. Keyboard access does not remove LIVE confirmations or manual-override requirements.
For chart context menus, use the supported keyboard menu action when the chart/toolbar has focus, including Shift+F10 where exposed. Read menu labels rather than relying on a remembered coordinate or index.
Native desktop and browser differences#
Windows and macOS support native multi-window workflows. A browser page has a single Market Studio window and different reserved chords. Native-only window commands are unavailable there. A responsive documentation page on your phone is the full guide library; it does not imply a separate mobile trading application.
If a chord does nothing, check focus, customized bindings, the platform's reserved shortcuts and whether the command is available in that build. Operating-system shortcuts can intercept input before Market Studio receives it. Rebind the command rather than repeatedly pressing a trading shortcut without knowing its target.
Export app settings to preserve portable shortcut overrides. Named workspace exports preserve workspace state, which is a different object from the global shortcut map.