Complete reference for all keyboard shortcuts in the Gaius TUI.
Key Action Description
hMove left Move cursor one position left jMove down Move cursor one position down kMove up Move cursor one position up lMove right Move cursor one position right tTenuki Jump to point of highest strategic interest
Key Action Description
vCycle view Cycle through view modes: Go, Theta, Swarm oCycle overlay Cycle through overlays: None, Topology, Geometry, Dynamics, Agents iCycle iso Cycle Iso view modes for MiniGrid projections cToggle candidates Show/hide candidate markers (a-i) at suggested positions
Key Action Description
[Toggle left Show/hide the FileTree panel ]Toggle right Show/hide the ContentPanel \Toggle both Show/hide both panels simultaneously
Key Action Description
/Command mode Focus the command bar to enter a slash command ?Help Display help and key reference in the ContentPanel
Key Action Description
gGraph Cycle center panel between grid and graph views eEvolution Show evolution panel directly
Key Action Description
Ctrl+nNew note Create a new Zettelkasten note and focus the editor Ctrl+zZoom editor Toggle editor zoom (tmux-style)
Key Action Description
qQuit hint Display quit instructions (use /q or /exit to actually quit)
When the command bar is focused (after pressing /):
Key Action
EnterExecute command EscapeCancel and return to normal mode UpPrevious command in history DownNext command in history TabAuto-complete command
Key bindings follow Vim conventions for navigation (hjkl) and use mnemonic single keys for mode cycling (v for view, o for overlay, c for candidates). Panel toggles use bracket keys ([, ], \) which are adjacent on a standard keyboard. The / key enters command mode, matching the slash-command convention used by Claude Code and similar tools.