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Shortcuts

This page lists every key in the app and explains the command palette. Use it to look up a key, or to learn the keys for the panel you trade in. Back to the guide index. Trading words are explained in the glossary.

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In short

  • Press ? to see the list of keys in the app. Press Ctrl K or / to search and to run commands.
  • Navigation keys work in Safe and in Armed.
  • Trading keys act only in the panel that has focus. A key that places or cancels an order needs Armed. A key that only moves a cursor or a selection works in Safe too.
  • Ctrl Shift X (Cancel all) works everywhere: in Safe, in every panel and in a text field.
  • Keys do nothing while you type in a field. Only Ctrl K and Ctrl Shift X work there.
Keys are written for Windows and Linux. On a Mac, use ⌘ for Ctrl, ⌥ for Alt and ⇧ for Shift. Letter keys are written in capitals, as on the keyboard. Press them without Shift, unless the table shows Shift.

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The basics

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Use the trading keys

  1. Click Armed on the Safe/Armed switch.
  2. Click the panel that you want to trade in: the board, a ladder, Portfolio, Orders, the dock or the slip. You can also press F6 until that panel has focus.
  3. Press the key.
When more than one panel can take the keys, a thin line along the top of the focused panel shows which one has them. After F6, the line always shows. In Safe, a key that places or cancels an order sends nothing, and the Safe/Armed switch flashes once. If trading is off, a toast also gives the reason. While a button has keyboard focus, ↵ and Space act on that button, not on the panel.

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Search with the command palette

  1. Press Ctrl K or /. You can also click the search box in the top bar, or tap Search in the tab bar on a phone.
  2. Type a market, event, team or league.
  3. Press ↵ to open the result that is selected.
With nothing typed, the palette shows Recent, Pinned, Held and Live now, then the commands. Results are in the groups Markets, Events, Teams, Leagues and Held. Commands that match what you type show under Commands. The commands: The Positions commands show only after you type > or a search.

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More options

Each table below is for one panel. The column Works in tells you if a key works in Safe. A key marked Armed acts only while the switch reads Armed. These keys work in Safe and in Armed, from any page. Press the second key of a g pair less than one second after the g.

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Cancel all (everywhere)

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Any trading panel (Armed)

These keys work in every trading panel: the ladder, the board, Watchlist, the market view, Portfolio, Orders, the dock and the slip.

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The ladder

The first arrow key puts the cursor on the best ask (↑, →) or on the best bid (↓, ←). While the cursor is on the ladder, the ladder does not centre itself. The ladder that opens inside a Portfolio row has no keys of its own. Use the mouse there. The keys work on a docked ladder and in the market view.

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The board, Watchlist and market view

In combo mode, B and S do nothing here, because the prices are leg buttons.

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Portfolio and the dock’s Positions tab

On the Combos tab of Portfolio, these keys work in Safe and in Armed, because a quote trades nothing:

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Orders and the dock’s Orders tab

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The combo slip

These keys act while the slip has focus. Q moves the focus to the slip.

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The Alerts list (Safe or Armed)

These keys work in Safe and in Armed, because alerts never place or cancel orders.

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Good to know

  • A panel key that you hold down acts one time only. It does not repeat.
  • While a g pair waits for its second key, the trading keys do nothing. Thus g then s opens Settings and never sells.
  • Esc closes an open dialog or menu first. Only after that does it remove a ladder cursor or decline a quote.
  • Settings › Hotkeys shows the navigation keys. Show all hotkeys there opens the same list as ?.
  • On a phone, use the buttons and gestures. The panel keys need a keyboard.