Appendix A — Keyboard Shortcuts

Quick reference for frequently used keyboard shortcuts.

A.1 Positron / VS Code

A.1.1 General

Action macOS Windows
Command Palette Cmd+Shift+P Ctrl+Shift+P
Quick Open (files) Cmd+P Ctrl+P
Settings Cmd+, Ctrl+,
Toggle Sidebar Cmd+B Ctrl+B
Toggle Terminal Cmd+` Ctrl+`
New Window Cmd+Shift+N Ctrl+Shift+N
Close Window Cmd+W Ctrl+W

A.1.2 Editing

Action macOS Windows
Save Cmd+S Ctrl+S
Save All Cmd+Option+S Ctrl+K S
Undo Cmd+Z Ctrl+Z
Redo Cmd+Shift+Z Ctrl+Y
Cut Line Cmd+X Ctrl+X
Copy Line Cmd+C Ctrl+C
Move Line Up/Down Option+↑/↓ Alt+↑/↓
Duplicate Line Shift+Option+↓ Shift+Alt+↓
Delete Line Cmd+Shift+K Ctrl+Shift+K
Toggle Comment Cmd+/ Ctrl+/

A.1.4 Multi-Cursor

Action macOS Windows
Add Cursor Option+Click Alt+Click
Add Cursor Above Cmd+Option+↑ Ctrl+Alt+↑
Add Cursor Below Cmd+Option+↓ Ctrl+Alt+↓
Select All Occurrences Cmd+Shift+L Ctrl+Shift+L

A.1.5 Code Execution (R/Python)

Action macOS Windows
Run Selection/Line Cmd+Enter Ctrl+Enter
Run Cell Shift+Enter Shift+Enter
Run All Above Cmd+Shift+Enter Ctrl+Shift+Enter

A.2 Terminal / Bash

Action Shortcut
Clear screen Ctrl+L
Cancel command Ctrl+C
End of input Ctrl+D
Move to line start Ctrl+A
Move to line end Ctrl+E
Delete to line start Ctrl+U
Delete to line end Ctrl+K
Previous command ↑
Search history Ctrl+R

A.3 Git

Common Git commands (not shortcuts, but frequently used):

Action Command
Status git status
Stage all git add .
Commit git commit -m "message"
Push git push
Pull git pull
Log (compact) git log --oneline
Diff git diff
Branch list git branch
Switch branch git checkout branch-name

A.4 Claude Code

Action Command
Exit session /exit or Ctrl+C
Clear screen /clear
Help /help
End session with summary /done