Keyboard Shortcuts

Spaces is designed for keyboard-first context switching between running workspaces and captured windows.

Default Shortcuts

ShortcutActionScope
cmd+alt+=Show or hide SpacesGlobal
cmd+alt+-Open the command paletteGlobal
cmd+alt+]Next already-open window in the current workspaceGlobal + App
cmd+alt+[Previous already-open window in the current workspaceGlobal + App
cmd+alt+downSelect the next workspace in the sidebar (Alerts and workspaces)App
cmd+alt+upSelect the previous workspace in the sidebar (Alerts and workspaces)App
cmd+alt+aOpen AlertsApp
cmd+nNew workspace for the selected projectApp
cmd+alt+eOpen the selected workspace in your configured editorGlobal + App
cmd+alt+tOpen a terminal for the selected workspaceApp
cmd+alt+fReveal the selected workspace in FinderApp
cmd+1 … cmd+0Open or focus workspace target by numberApp
cmd+= / cmd+shift+=Zoom terminal text in one pointTerminal pane
cmd+- / cmd+shift+-Zoom terminal text out one pointTerminal pane

Focus vs Cycle

Numbered shortcuts open or focus the selected workspace's ordered targets, including configured browser sessions, stopped process rows, and live coding agents. Next/previous window shortcuts cycle only through targets that already have an open tracked Chrome tab or Spaces terminal pane.

The Leader

The leader is the shared modifier — cmd+alt by default — used for workspace and app shortcuts like next/previous window, next/previous workspace, Alerts, editor, new terminal, and Finder. Change the leader once and all of those move with it. Moving the sidebar selection is bound only to leader+up/leader+down, so plain arrow keys stay out of navigation.

Terminal Text Zoom

The zoom shortcuts work while a terminal pane has focus, and range from 9 to 18 points; Spaces starts at 12 points and there is no reset key, so you step back down to return to it. One size is shared across the app, so zooming resizes text in every open terminal pane at once, and it is remembered the next time you launch Spaces. cmd+0 is not a zoom key: it keeps focusing the tenth numbered target, in a terminal pane the same as everywhere else.

Customization

The workspace and app shortcuts are configurable from Settings (cmd+,) Menu. The terminal text zoom shortcuts are fixed.