Keyboard Shortcuts

MiniMost provides Vim-inspired keyboard navigation so you can control the interface without reaching for the mouse. Shortcuts are active whenever the message input box is not focused, unless noted otherwise.

Messaging

Key	Action
Enter	Send the composed message.
Shift + Enter	Insert a newline (multi-line message).
Esc	Unfocus the message input box; close any open modal or cancel an in-progress reply or edit. Also closes the @-mention dropdown.
@	Open the mention autocomplete dropdown for the channel’s members. While it is open, ↑/↓ navigate, Enter or Tab accept the highlighted name, and Esc closes it. Type @everyone to mention the whole channel.
i	Focus the message input box (works from anywhere).

Navigation

Key	Action
j	Scroll the chat area down 200 px.
k	Scroll the chat area up 200 px.
d	Scroll the chat area down 400 px (double-speed).
u	Scroll the chat area up 400 px (double-speed).
G	Jump to the bottom of the chat (most recent messages).
gg	Jump to the top of the chat (oldest messages). Press g twice within 500 ms.
Ctrl + J	Switch to the next channel in the sidebar (wraps around).
Ctrl + K	Switch to the previous channel in the sidebar (wraps around).

Search and DMs

Key	Action
/ or f	Open the search modal and focus the search input.
o	Open the “New DM” modal.

Text Formatting

These shortcuts work inside the message input box. They wrap the currently selected text in the appropriate markers, or toggle the marker at the cursor position if no text is selected.

Key	Action
Ctrl + B	Bold — wraps selection in **...**
Ctrl + I	Italic — wraps selection in *...*
Ctrl + U	Underline — wraps selection in __...__
Ctrl + S	~~Strikethrough~~ — wraps selection in ~~...~~

All formatting uses the same Markdown-style syntax rendered by formatText() in the client.

Help

Key	Action
?	Open the help overlay (shows a quick-reference shortcut list).

Visual Mode

Press v in normal mode (message input not focused) to enter visual mode. The topbar displays -- visual -- while active. In visual mode, one message is highlighted and the following keys act on it directly.

Key	Action
v	Enter visual mode; the most recent message is selected.
j / ↓	Move the selection to the next (newer) message.
k / ↑	Move the selection to the previous (older) message.
d	Delete the highlighted message.
c	Edit the highlighted message inline.
o	Reply to the highlighted message.
y	Copy the highlighted message text to the clipboard.
e	Open the emoji reaction picker for the highlighted message.
Esc	Exit visual mode without taking any action.

Tips

• Keyboard shortcuts are disabled when a modal is open or when the message input has focus (except Esc, Enter, and Shift+Enter).

• Ctrl+J and Ctrl+K cycle through both public channels and DM conversations in sidebar order.

• The gg chord has a 500 ms window — type both g presses quickly.

• Font size can be adjusted with Ctrl + mouse scroll (desktop) or pinch gesture (mobile). The preference is saved in browser localStorage.