Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

Choose apps

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Aider
Platform
Groups

1 apps, 39 shortcuts

Aider keyboard shortcuts

Aider · Windows, macOS, Linux

ActionWindowsmacOSLinux
Prompt control and multiline input
Interrupt Aider while preserving the partial responseCtrl CCtrl CCtrl C
Insert a new line without sending the messageMeta Enter or Esc EnterMeta Enter or Esc EnterMeta Enter or Esc Enter
Open the current input in an external editorCtrl X Ctrl ECtrl X Ctrl ECtrl X Ctrl E
Default Emacs input mode
Move up one line in the current messageUpUpUp
Move down one line in the current messageDownDownDown
Scroll back through previously sent messagesCtrl UpCtrl UpCtrl Up
Scroll forward through previously sent messagesCtrl DownCtrl DownCtrl Down
Move the cursor to the start of the lineCtrl ACtrl ACtrl A
Move the cursor back one characterCtrl BCtrl BCtrl B
Delete the character under the cursorCtrl DCtrl DCtrl D
Move the cursor to the end of the lineCtrl ECtrl ECtrl E
Move the cursor forward one characterCtrl FCtrl FCtrl F
Delete from the cursor to the end of the lineCtrl KCtrl KCtrl K
Clear the screenCtrl LCtrl LCtrl L
Move down to the next history entryCtrl NCtrl NCtrl N
Move up to the previous history entryCtrl PCtrl PCtrl P
Reverse-search command historyCtrl RCtrl RCtrl R
Paste text that was previously cutCtrl YCtrl YCtrl Y
Optional vi input mode
Move up one line in the current messageUpUpUp
Move down one line in the current messageDownDownDown
Scroll back through previously sent messagesCtrl UpCtrl UpCtrl Up
Scroll forward through previously sent messagesCtrl DownCtrl DownCtrl Down
Switch to command modeEscEscEsc
Switch to insert modeiii
Move right one character and switch to insert modeaaa
Move to the line end and switch to insert modeAAA
Move to the line beginning and switch to insert modeIII
Move one character lefthhh
Move down one linejjj
Move up one linekkk
Move one character rightlll
Move forward one wordwww
Move backward one wordbbb
Move to the beginning of the line000
Move to the end of the line$$$
Delete the character under the cursorxxx
Delete the current lined dd dd d
Undo the last changeuuu
Redo the last undone changeCtrl RCtrl RCtrl R

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.