List of shortcuts

Press F2 or ? while using Polypane to quickly show a dropdown with all the shortcuts for easy reference.

Default browser functions

Layouts

Polypane has four different Layout modes, you can toggle between. The default is Horizontal. While focus is inside a pane, these shortcuts are not listened to to allow you to type these letters. If that's the case, press Esc to clear focus first.

Horizontal and Vertical layout navigation

Pane management

Development shortcuts

Zooming

Global Zooming for the entire workspace.

Page Zooming

Page zoom Page zoom is set per domain, so is applied to all panes. To zoom the text in the Polypane UI, use "Adjust Text Size…" in the View menu.

Mouse interactions

Some mouse interactions change if you press certain keys:

Customize the shortcuts

Polypane does not yet have support to change shortcuts. If shortcuts interfere with other apps, you can work around that with dedicated tools like Hammerspoon on macOS. You can also use Hammerspoon to create custom shortcuts for Polypane.

Here is an example Hammerspoon script that replaces ⌘ K to open the command bar with ⌥ K by using Applescript's access to the menu bar, but only when Polypane is focused.

local openPolypaneCommandBarAppleScript = [[
tell application "System Events"
  tell process "Polypane"
		activate
		click menu item "Open Command bar" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
	end tell
end tell
]]
local polypaneKeybinding = hs.hotkey.new({'option'}, 'k', function()
  hs.osascript.applescript(openPolypaneCommandBarAppleScript);
  hs.application.open('Polypane.app');
end)
local polypaneWindowFilter = hs.window.filter.new('Polypane')
polypaneWindowFilter:subscribe(hs.window.filter.windowFocused, function()
  polypaneKeybinding:enable()
end)
polypaneWindowFilter:subscribe(hs.window.filter.windowUnfocused, function()
  polypaneKeybinding:disable()
end)