Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

All keyboard shortcuts in Mise Browser are fully customisable via ~/.config/mise-browser/keybinds.json.

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Default Shortcut Bindings

Navigation & Workspaces

Shortcut	Action	Description
F1	toggle-menu-bar	Toggles the Mise Settings and Menu Bar
Ctrl + T	spawn-tab	Opens a new blank tab (defaults to configured search engine)
Ctrl + L	toggle-address	Opens the floating address bar overlay
Ctrl + X	remove-tab	Closes the currently active tab or selected dashboard node
Ctrl + Shift + W	toggle-dashboard	Opens the Workspace Dashboard tree overlay
Ctrl + Shift + F / F3	toggle-find	In-page text search overlay across active webview content
Ctrl + R / F5	reload-active-tab	Reloads the active tab
Ctrl + S	focus-sidebar	Moves focus to the vertical tab sidebar (cycles between tabs and navigation buttons)
Ctrl + Shift + N	focus-nav-buttons	Moves focus directly to navigation action buttons
Ctrl + Tab	focus-nav-buttons	Secondary shortcut to focus navigation action buttons
Ctrl + W	focus-webview	Moves focus directly into the active web page
Ctrl + Shift + Z	toggle-zen-mode	Toggles sidebar expansion or pin mode
Ctrl + P	toggle-palette	Opens the Command Palette
Ctrl + Shift + P	toggle-private-mode	Toggles volatile in-memory private browsing mode
Ctrl + H	toggle-help	Opens the Preferences and settings overlay
Ctrl + N	toggle-notes	Opens the Markdown quick-notes overlay
Ctrl + Shift + B	toggle-bookmarks	Opens the Bookmarks and Quickmarks overlay
Ctrl + Shift + H	toggle-history	Opens the Actionable History overlay
Ctrl + Shift + D	toggle-downloads	Toggles the native download shelf
Ctrl + /	toggle-status-bar	Toggles the bottom status and mode footer bar
Ctrl + Shift + S	toggle-split	Toggles dual split view (1x2 side by side comparison)
Ctrl + O	switch-split-focus	Cycles keyboard focus between split pane 1 and pane 2
Ctrl + \	swap-split-panes	Swaps the positions of pane 1 and pane 2

Web Interaction & Power Tools

Shortcut	Action	Description
Ctrl + F	trigger-hints	Toggles Link Hints overlay for mouse-free clicking
Ctrl + D	toggle-dark-reader	Toggles Dark Reader high-contrast dark theme on active tab
F9	toggle-reader-view	Toggles Native Reader View (distilled readable article format)
Ctrl + Shift + Q [key]	set-quickmark	Binds current page URL to any single key
Ctrl + J [key]	jump-quickmark	Jumps instantly to the URL bound to that key
Ctrl + Shift + A	add-bookmark	Saves the current tab into bookmarks.json
Ctrl + Shift + 0	toggle-global-media	Plays or pauses media playback globally
F10	toggle-global-media	Secondary global media play/pause binding
Ctrl + Shift + I	toggle-devtools	Opens Chromium DevTools in a dedicated window
F12	toggle-devtools	Secondary shortcut for DevTools

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Modal Navigation (NORMAL Mode)

When viewing web content without an active text field or prompt, Mise operates in NORMAL Mode, allowing Vim-style single-key navigation without modifier chords:

Key	Description
j / k	Smooth scroll down / up (80px)
d / u	Half-page smooth scroll down / up
h / l	Smooth scroll left / right (80px)
gg	Jump to top of page
G	Jump to bottom of page
t	Open new tab
x	Close current tab
o	Open floating address bar
r / R	Reload / Force reload current tab
H / L	History back / History forward
/	In-page text search
f	Trigger Link Hints overlay
e	Toggle Native Reader View
w	Open Workspace Dashboard
s	Focus sidebar tab list
y	Copy current page URL to clipboard
i	Enter INSERT mode
Escape	Blur active input field and return to NORMAL mode
Shift + Escape	Toggle PASSTHROUGH mode (sends raw keys to web applications)

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Customising Shortcuts (keybinds.json)

Keybindings are decoupled from source code and managed by keybinds.js. You can customise any shortcut by editing:

~/.config/mise-browser/keybinds.json

Example Custom Configuration

{
  "spawn-tab": "Ctrl+T",
  "toggle-address": "Ctrl+O",
  "remove-tab": ["Ctrl+W", "Ctrl+D", "Ctrl+Q"],
  "focus-sidebar": "Alt+M",
  "focus-webview": "Alt+B",
  "trigger-hints": "Ctrl+F",
  "toggle-zen-mode": "F11"
}

• Modifiers: Use Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Meta combined with +.
• Multiple Bindings: Assign an array of strings to bind multiple shortcuts to the same action (e.g. ["Ctrl+W", "Ctrl+D"]).
• Reloading: Customisations apply immediately upon restarting Mise, or automatically when modifying bindings via the internal configuration bridge.