Ropeman is designed to be driven from the keyboard. Every shortcut below works anywhere on the canvas unless noted. On macOS, substitute Cmd for Ctrl.

Navigation

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Search	Ctrl + K	Cmd + K
Toggle sidebar	Ctrl + B	Cmd + B
Toggle Sidebar (Files / Semantic)	Ctrl + Shift + V	Cmd + Shift + V
Next / Previous tab	Ctrl + Tab	Cmd + Tab
Close tab	Ctrl + W	Cmd + W
Toggle split view	Ctrl + \	Cmd + \
Focus primary pane	Ctrl + 1	Cmd + 1
Focus secondary pane	Ctrl + 2	Cmd + 2

Analysis

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Export diagram	Ctrl + Shift + E	Cmd + Shift + E
Drill down (on focused node)	Double-click	Double-click
Open file in code viewer	Double-click (explorer)	Double-click (explorer)

UI & Theme

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Toggle theme (dark / light)	Ctrl + Shift + D	Cmd + Shift + D

Help

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Open Help modal	?	?
Close modal	Esc	Esc

Tips

• Double-click is the universal “go deeper” gesture: on a semantic node it triggers drill-down, on a file in the explorer it opens the code viewer.
• Drag a tab onto the opposite half of the workspace to create a split view automatically.
• The onboarding tour walks through these interactions on your first visit. Restart it anytime from Settings or from the Help modal footer.