Keyboard shortcuts
Keyed's primary interface is the abbreviations you type — there are no global hotkeys to memorise. The shortcuts below apply inside the Keyed window and menu bar popover.
Main window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
⌘N | New snippet |
⌘F | Focus search |
⌘⌫ | Delete selected snippet |
⌘, | Open settings |
⌘W | Close window |
In a snippet abbreviation
There are no reserved characters — any sequence of printable characters can be an abbreviation. Short prefixes like ; or / are a common convention to keep abbreviations from firing on ordinary words.
Word-boundary enforcement means abbreviations only fire when preceded by whitespace, punctuation, or the start of a line. addr will not expand in the middle of address.
Disabling temporarily
Open the menu bar popover and toggle Enabled off to pause all expansion. Toggle back on to resume. Expansion pauses automatically while Keyed itself is injecting text, so expansions cannot loop on themselves.
Placeholders
Placeholder tokens are typed literally inside the expansion field — {date}, {time}, {datetime}, {clipboard}, {cursor}. They are resolved at expansion time, not at save time.