lazysecrets/docs/keys.md

# Keys

`?` lists every key with what it does, the focused pane's first; type to
filter, `enter` runs one. The help bar at the bottom shows the most useful
keys for where you are. Every key can be [rebound](#rebinding-keys).

The rule: a letter in the lists, ctrl+ that letter where you type a filter
(`f` stars, `ctrl+f` stars while filtering).

## Moving around

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `j`/`k`, `↑`/`↓` | move |
| `g`/`G` | top / bottom |
| `tab`, `shift+tab`/`h` | next / previous pane |
| `l` | the details of what's selected, on the right (`h` goes back) |
| `1`–`4` | jump to pane |
| `enter` / `esc`, `⌫` | drill in / back (also clears a filter or leaves the versions view) |
| `[` / `]` | previous / next tab of the focused pane: Sources and Favourites in Sources; Secrets, Keys, Certs in Secrets |
| `/` | filter the focused list by name or note ([how it matches](#searching)); `enter` keeps it, `esc` clears it. While typing: `ctrl+j`/`ctrl+k` move, `ctrl+y` copies, `ctrl+r` reveals, `ctrl+f` stars |
| `` ` `` | switch the Sources pane between grouped by provider and a flat list; `enter`/`space` on a provider folds it |
| `r` | refresh the focused pane |
| `q`, `ctrl+c` | quit |

## Searching

`/` in a pane, Go to, `?` and other popups with a text field all search
the same way, with [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)'s scoring (the
same as snacks.nvim's picker): letters at the start of a word or in one
run count far more than letters scattered through a name, matches in an
item's own name more than in its path or note, and equally good matches
put the shorter name first.

| Query | Finds |
|---|---|
| `dbpw` | fuzzy: `db-password` |
| `pass prod` | both terms, in any order |
| `smtp \| key` | either |
| `'prod` | exactly `prod`, not fuzzy |
| `^kv-` / `-dev$` | names starting / ending with it |
| `!test` | without `test` |

Lowercase ignores case; typing an uppercase letter makes that term
match case exactly.

## Secrets

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `space` | reveal / hide the selected value (public material for keys and certificates) |
| `y` | copy the value without revealing it; cleared from the clipboard after 30s. On an Azure account's row: its object ID; in its pane, the selected field |
| `Y` | copy the reference (`@Microsoft.KeyVault(...)`, key/certificate URL, `{{secrets/scope/key}}`) |
| `v` | versions of the selected item (Azure); `space`/`y`/`Y` then act on that version; `esc`, `⌫` or `v` to go back |
| `o` | open the selected item in the browser (over SSH: copy the link) |
| `e` | open the selected SOPS or `.env` file, or a secret's file at its line ([how](repos.md#opening-files)) |
| `s` / `S` | copy a [link](links.md) to the selected item / share menu |
| `ctrl+o` | open a link or reference (or just paste one) |
| `x` | [custom commands](custom-commands.md) |
| `L` | sign in again (shown when a login has expired) |
| `U` | a newer lazysecrets: its changelog, and update in place (restart to use it); or look for one |

A revealed value is shown as it reads best: JSON indented, and PEM
certificates as their subject, issuer, dates, names and thumbprint, with
any other PEM block (a private key) named but not shown. `y` still copies
it exactly as stored.

A revealed value hides again after `revealTimeout` (60s) and when the
terminal loses focus (`hideOnBlur`); see [config](config.md).

## Stars and notes

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `f` | star the selected source, vault or secret: it gets a ★ and sorts first in its list |
| `n` | write a short note on it, shown dimmed on its row and in the detail pane |

A star belongs to the account you starred the item under; a note shows
under every account. Both are kept in the [state file](config.md#state).

## Go to

`ctrl+s` opens Go to on its Search tab, `F` on Favourites (everything you
starred) and `R` on Recent (what you used last). `enter` goes to the
selected item.

Search has the scope on the left (All; all of Azure, Databricks or repos;
or one source; with `○ ◐ ●` for how much of it is loaded) and what's in
it on the right. All repos searches every repo without asking Azure or
Databricks for anything. It opens on the
source you're in. Typing a search loads what it covers: everything on
All, else the source picked; results appear as lists arrive. That's once
each time Go to opens, and only what isn't loaded yet; `ctrl+a` loads
again, lists that failed included.

Like a pane, Go to is either browsing or typing a filter:

| Browsing | Typing | Action |
|---|---|---|
| `j`/`k` | `ctrl+j`/`ctrl+k` | move |
| `h`/`l`, `tab` | `ctrl+h`/`ctrl+l`, `tab` | scope list / results |
| `[` / `]` | | previous / next tab |
| `f` | `ctrl+f` | star |
| `r` | `ctrl+r` | load the selected item, or the scope when nothing is selected |
| `a` | `ctrl+a` | load everything in the scope (again) |
| `/` | `esc` | start typing / clear it and go back to browsing |
| `esc`, `q` | | close |

Favourites and Recent come from the state file, so they work before
anything loads.

## Layout

The pane on the right describes what's selected in the pane you're in: the
account or subscription in Sources, the vault in Vaults, the secret in
Secrets. Going into it (`l`, or `4`) keeps it on that; there `j`/`k`,
`/` and `y` work on its rows, and `h` goes back. A value you reveal stays in view whichever pane you're in, until
it's hidden.

On top, the status pane (`0`) shows the version, a newer release and how
your accounts are doing. Focused, the right pane lists more under the
logo (when there's room): the version and updates (`U`), each account
(`L` on one that needs it signs in), what's expiring (`enter` goes to
it), this session's errors, newest first (what a pane showed, or the
footer flashed before you moved on; not kept after quitting), the config,
state and cache files (`e` opens one in your editor), and links to the
docs, source, issues, releases and changelog (`o` opens one; on the
version or update, its release), then the changelog of every release up
to yours, built in so it needs no network: `/` filters it (`/fixed`,
`/search`). `y` copies any row.

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `ctrl+←`/`ctrl+→` or `<`/`>` | move the divider between the left panes and the detail pane |
| `ctrl+↓`/`ctrl+↑` or `}`/`{` | make the focused left pane taller / shorter |
| `+` / `_` | zoom the focused pane: normal → half → full screen, and back |
| `=` | reset the layout (divider, heights, zoom) |

The divider and pane heights are remembered (zoom isn't). macOS uses
ctrl+arrows for Mission Control and switching desktops by default, hence
the `<` `>` `{` `}` alternatives.

## Rebinding keys

Every action can be rebound in the [config](config.md), per context:

```yaml
keybinding:
  lists:                 # the panes, when not typing
    star: [x]            # replaces f
    versions: []         # unbound
  filter:                # typing a filter in a pane
    star: [ctrl+x]
  popup:                 # popups with a text field: help, notes, open link, Go to while typing
    down: [ctrl+j, down]
  menu:                  # popups without a text field
  search:                # Go to's own actions while typing (on top of popup)
  goto:                  # Go to while browsing
```

An action you set gets exactly the keys you list, replacing its defaults;
`[]` unbinds it. Actions you don't set keep their defaults, also across
layered config files. `lazysecrets keybindings` prints every action with
its keys (your config applied), ready to copy and edit. A key bound to two
actions that apply together is an error at startup, naming both. The help
bar, `?` and every hint show the keys you bound. Fixed: the letters inside
menus (they're part of each entry), and `ctrl+c`, which always quits.

Without the kitty keyboard protocol (or tmux `extended-keys`), some
combinations never reach a terminal app, such as `ctrl+shift+x`, `ctrl+1`
or `ctrl+enter`.