keys and menus
the keys of bise desktop, from any app, in the window, the composer and the inbox. ⌘/ shows the same list in the app.
only in bise desktop in bise terminal: keys and commands ›
⌘/ shows this list over the window, and settings › keys has it too. every key of bise terminal that makes sense in a window works here; ⌘ adds a Mac app's gestures.
from any app
| key | what it does |
|---|---|
hold fn | talk to bise, with what is in front of you |
fn fn | hands-free voice; fn again stops |
fn space | the spotlight: find an agent, or ask bise |
see voice and fn.
the window
| key | what it does |
|---|---|
⌘0 | bise |
⌘1 … ⌘9 | a project, in the order of settings › projects |
⌥0 / ⌥1 … ⌥9 | the project's main / an agent |
⌥↑ / ⌥↓ | the previous / next agent (the composer empty) |
⌘K | find an agent, a page or an artifact |
⌘[ / ⌘] | back / forward |
⌘I | the inbox: what waits for you, most blocking first |
⌘F | find in the thread |
⌘D | the agent's changes |
⌘⇧A | the artifacts |
⌘E | unfold / fold everything (ctrl+o too) |
ctrl+y | copy a code block |
⌘N | add a project |
⌘\ | show or hide the sidebar |
⌥⌘0 | show or hide the right bar |
` ctrl+ `` | show or hide the terminal panel |
⌘, | settings |
⌘/ | this list |
the composer
| key | what it does |
|---|---|
⏎ | send; during a turn, steer it |
⇧⏎ | a new line |
tab | during a turn: queue it for the end of the turn |
↑ | in an empty composer: your queued or last message back |
ctrl+c | stop the turn |
⌘. | stop the agent's turn |
esc | put the draft away; close what is open |
⇧⇥ | switch the approvals mode: yolo / auto |
/ | commands |
@ | a file |
$ | a skill |
⌘V | paste text, an image, or a long text as a chip |
ctrl+r | dictation into the composer |
the inbox
| key | what it does |
|---|---|
↑ ↓ | the previous / next item |
ctrl+p / ctrl+n | the previous / next item, round from the last to the first |
ctrl+o | open the item's folded lines |
← → | walk the item's options |
1 … 9 | pick that option |
⏎ | pick the option on, or send your typed answer |
⌘⌫ | close it without answering |
esc | back |
the menus
| menu | what it has |
|---|---|
| bise | About, Settings… (⌘,), Hide, Quit (⌘Q) |
| File | Save a Copy… (⌘S, the open artifact), Close |
| Edit | undo, the clipboard, Find (⌘F) |
| Go | Inbox (⌘I) |
| View | Terminal (` ctrl+ ``) |
| Window | macOS's own |
the :* in the menu bar has its own menu: what is at work and waiting, the inbox, your projects, open bise, inbox, settings…, quit bise. a right click gives the short one: open bise (⌘0), settings (⌘,), quit (⌘Q).