Keyboard and accessibility

All of CapyCode can be used with the keyboard, and the interface is designed for screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver): every button has a name, every area a title, and messages are announced. It aims at level AA of the accessibility rules (WCAG 2.2, and its French counterpart RGAA 4.1.2).

On macOS, replace Ctrl with Cmd (⌘).

Shortcuts

Files and views

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+S	Save the file
Ctrl+P	Go to a file by its name
Ctrl+Shift+P or F1	Command palette
Ctrl+\	Split the editor into two panes
Ctrl+Shift+X	Show Extensions panel
Ctrl+J	Collapse or expand the bottom panel
F11	Full screen

Writing

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y (or Ctrl+Shift+Z)	Undo, redo
Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V	Cut, copy, paste
Ctrl+/	Comment or uncomment
Tab, Shift+Tab	Indent, unindent
Ctrl+F, Ctrl+H	Find, replace in the file
Ctrl+Shift+F, Ctrl+Shift+H	Find, replace in the project
Shift+Alt+F (or Ctrl+Shift+I)	Format the code

Running

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Enter	Run the file on screen
Ctrl+C in a console	Interrupt the program
Ctrl+D in an input	End of input (EOFError)
↑, ↓, Tab in a console or the terminal	History, completion
Ctrl+Enter in the commit message	Commit

All the other actions are in the command palette, which also shows their shortcuts.

Moving around the interface

• Skip links: at the very beginning of the page, Tab shows links to go straight to the editor, the side panel or the console.
• Tab goes from one area to the next; inside an area, the arrow keys move between items:
  • activity bar: ↑ ↓, Enter to show the view;
  • file tree and outline: ↑ ↓, → opens a folder, ← closes it, Enter opens the file, F2 renames, Delete deletes;
  • tabs: ← →, Home End, Enter shows, Delete closes; Ctrl+Shift+← / → move the tab, Ctrl+Alt+← / → send it to the other pane;
  • menus: ↓ opens, the arrows go through the items (→ enters a submenu, ← exits it), Esc closes.
• The borders between areas (side panel, editors, bottom panel) take focus: the arrow keys move them, Enter restores the default size.
• Esc closes the open window or menu; focus goes back where it was.

Leaving the editor

In the editor, Tab indents the code instead of moving on. To leave it with the keyboard:

• press Esc, then Tab;
• or Ctrl+M switches the Tab key between "indent" and "move to the next item".

The input fields of the consoles and the terminal work the same way: Esc, then Tab.

Resolving conflicts with the keyboard

During a Git merge, the buttons above the conflict blocks are for the mouse. With the keyboard, use the palette commands: "Conflict: keep the current version", "… the incoming version", "… both versions", "Conflict: go to the next one", "… the previous one". See Git.

Reading comfort

• Light or dark theme, contrasts checked in both (Customizing the display).
• The browser zoom (Ctrl + / Ctrl -) enlarges the whole interface.
• Drag and drop always has another way: a palette command, a shortcut or a terminal command.

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