intro.md

Welcome to Zed

For the latest Zed news check out http://zedapp.org and check out the Manual project for documentation.

To start editing files in this project, press Command-E on Mac, or Ctrl-E on Windows/Linux/ChromeOS. If you prefer a tree view of your files, press Command-T/Ctrl-T. To find all available commands and keyboard shortcut press Command-./Ctrl-.

Useful keys

• Command-E/Ctrl-E: Open or create a new file. Inside the picker:
  • In an empty box, press space to complete the directory of the currently open document.
  • Press Up/Down or Tab/Shift-Tab to walk over results.
  • Pressing Return either opens the selected file, or creates a new file with the name you typed in if none currently exists.
• Command-./Ctrl-.: Run an editor command.
• Cmd-T/Ctrl-T: Show file tree. Keys used with tree active:
  • Up: Move up in the tree
  • Down: Move down in the tree
  • Left: Collapse node
  • Right: Expand node
  • Enter: Open file
• Command-F/Ctrl-F: Find within file, after pressing Enter to select thie first match, use Command-G/Ctrl-G to find next match, or Ctrl-Alt-F to put cursors on all.
• Command-1/Ctrl-1: 1 split
• Command-2/Ctrl-2: 2 vertical splits (press repeatedly to cycle between split sizes)
• Command-3/Ctrl-3: 3 vertical splits
• Command-P/Ctrl-P: Preview split (press repeatedly to cycle between split sizes)
• Command-0/Ctrl-0: switch focus from one split to the next.
• Tab (following an identifier): complete code. In completion mode:
  • Tab/Down: Select next completion
  • Shift-Tab/Up: Select previous completion
  • Enter: Pick selected completion
  • Esc: Close completion box
• Command-,: open the preferences UI.