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    Shortcuts

    Default keyboard shortcuts in the desktop app, and how to change them.

    The desktop app ships with a small set of keyboard shortcuts. All of them can be reassigned in the settings file, under [shortcuts].

    Defaults

    Action macOS Linux
    Quick search Cmd+Shift+Space Ctrl+Shift+Space
    New index Cmd+N Ctrl+N
    Focus search bar Cmd+L Ctrl+L
    Reindex current folder Cmd+R Ctrl+R
    Open settings Cmd+, Ctrl+,
    Close window Cmd+W Ctrl+W

    Quick search works globally, even when Quarry is not the focused app, and opens a small search window over whatever you are working in. The rest apply only while the main window is focused.

    Changing a shortcut

    Edit [shortcuts] directly:

    ~/.config/quarry/config.toml
    [shortcuts]
quick_search = "Cmd+K"
new_index = "Cmd+Shift+N"

    The app picks up the change on the next reload, the same as any other setting. There is no in-app shortcut editor yet; changes go through the file.

    Set it to an empty string to disable the global shortcut entirely, if it conflicts with something else on your system:

    ~/.config/quarry/config.toml
    [shortcuts]
quick_search = ""

    Search from the main window still works normally.

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    Last updated Jul 14, 2026