Burrow is keyboard-first. Every toolbar button’s tooltip shows its key, and
blygger +list-keybinds prints this list from the app itself.
On Windows , read every ⌘ as Ctrl (⌘⏎ is Ctrl+Enter, ⇧⌘, is
Ctrl+Shift+,), with two exceptions: Versions is Ctrl+Shift+Y, because Ctrl+Y
is Redo there, and Discard changes has no key (Ctrl+Alt+Z is AltGr+Z, which types
a letter on some layouts): use Menu › Post › Discard Changes… or the toolbar.
The app’s tooltips, menu and +list-keybinds show the Windows
keys.
⌥⌘R, ⌥⌘Q and ⌥⌘L (Reply · new stub, Quote into a thread, Link post) act on
the post in front of you: in Reading the open post, else the selected one; in
Posts your own published post.
This part is generated from the app’s key table
(crates/blyg-app/src/keymap.rs), the one that binds the keys and builds the
menus and toolbar buttons.
Key What it does Menu
⌘, Settings Burrow › Settings… ⇧⌘, Reload the config file Burrow › Reload Config ⌘< Reload the config file ⌘Q Quit Burrow › Quit Burrow ⌘D Make draft (a scratch note → a draft on the blyg) Post › Make Draft ⌘S Quick capture: keep it (scratch, or a draft per capture-default)
Key What it does Menu
⌘L Search / the omnibar Post › Find… ⌘N New post Post › New Post ⌘⏎ Publish… (focus outside a text field) ⌘T Fragment ⇄ thread Post › Fragment ⇄ Thread ⌘E Preview on/off, in place View › Preview ⌘O Open the post on the web Post › Open on the Web ⌘= Bigger text View › Bigger ⌘+ Bigger text ⌘- Smaller text View › Smaller ⌘0 Actual size View › Actual Size ⌘1 Write: list + editor View › Write ⌘2 List + editor + preview View › List + Editor + Preview ⌘3 Full editor: editor + preview View › Full Editor ⌘G Generate: fill the [TK] under the caret, or open the AI helpers Post › Generate (TK) ⇧⌘G Shorten to fit 1000 (AI; you accept or reject) Post › Shorten to Fit 1000 ⌘R Reading list (again: back to posts) Blyg › Reading ⇧⌘M Mentions & responses Blyg › Mentions ⇧⌘S Subscriptions Blyg › Subscriptions ⌘Y Versions of this post Post › Versions… ⌘J Lineage: what this post draws on and what draws on it Post › Lineage… ⌘K Quote a post in this thread Post › Quote… ⌥⌘R Reply · new stub: a thread of yours that’s a stub of this post (yours too) Post › Reply · New Stub ⌥⌘Q Quote this post into a thread (![[…]]; the draft open, or a new one) Post › Quote into a Thread ⌥⌘L Link post · new fragment: [[…]] to this post, no stub_of Post › Link Post · New Fragment ⌥⌘1 Reading as a stream (the default) Blyg › Stream ⌥⌘2 Reading as a list with the post beside it Blyg › Reader ⌥⌘S Show or hide the Reader’s sources pane (smart feeds, folders) Blyg › Sources Pane ⇧⌘R Check all feeds now (your blyg polls every subscription) Blyg › Check All Feeds Now ⇧⌘⌫ Delete this draft or scratch note (asks first) Post › Delete Draft… ⌥⌘Z Discard unpublished changes: back to the published version (asks first) (no key on Windows, where it would be AltGr+Z) Post › Discard Changes… ⌘I Profile of this post’s author (yours on your own post); again closes it Blyg › Profile ⇧⌘O Open a profile: paste a blyg, a post or a feed Blyg › Open Profile… ⌥⌘→ Tutorial: next step ⌥⌘← Tutorial: previous step ⇧⌘B Browser pane: close it, or bring back the last page (none yet: open it to type an address) View › Show/Hide Browser Pane ⇧⌘N Notes drawer: open or close it (quotes a selected passage) View › Notes ⇧⌘D Quote the highlighted passage (a page, a post or your notes) in the draft Post › Quote Selection in Draft ⇧⌘P Extensions: run an extension’s command, browse its notes, manage them Post › Extensions…
Key What it does Menu
⌘⏎ Publish… Post › Publish…
Key What it does Menu
⌘[ Browser pane: back ⌘] Browser pane: forward ⌘R Browser pane: reload (or stop) ⌘L Browser pane: edit the address ⇧⌘C Browser pane: clip the page (or the passage selected on it) into the draft Post › Clip Page to Draft
Key What it does Menu
⌘⏎ Macro Preview sheet: continue ⏎ Macro Post sheet: post esc Macro Preview or Post sheet: cancel
What it does Menu
Check spelling while typing (on/off; the spellcheck config key) Edit › Spelling › Check Spelling While Typing Disconnect from this blyg Burrow › Disconnect… Open the config file Burrow › Open Config File Check for a new release now (whatever auto-update says) Burrow › Check for Updates… Quick capture (the global hotkey, capture-hotkey) Burrow › Quick Capture Subscribe to a blyg or feed Blyg › Subscribe… Import subscriptions from another reader’s OPML file Blyg › Import Subscriptions from OPML… Save every subscription as an OPML file Blyg › Export Subscriptions as OPML… The blyg’s site settings (title, bio, links) Blyg › Site Settings… A new folder for your subscriptions (on this Mac only) Blyg › New Folder… Withdraw this published post (asks first; permanent and visible) Post › Withdraw… Your own profile, as visitors see it Blyg › My Profile The interactive tutorial (on sample data) Help › Burrow Tutorial Version, build, updates and connection info Burrow › About Burrow Version, build, updates and connection info Help › About Burrow Browser pane: open it with the address field ready (macOS) View › Open Browser…
These belong to one screen or sheet, so they aren’t in the table above.
The omnibar and the editor
Key What it does
↑ / ↓ Move through the posts, previewing each one ⏎ Open the selected post, or start a draft when nothing matches esc Clear the search; from the editor, back to the omnibar ⌃⌥B Quick capture, from any app (capture-hotkey) ⌘K, or ![[ at the start of a line Quote a post (threads only); ⏎ inserts ![[… | note]] on its own line [[Link a post; ⏎ inserts [[… | label]] @ Mention a blyg
Quick capture and the notes drawer
Key What it does
esc, ⌘S Keep it (a scratch note, or a draft with capture-default = draft) ⌘D Make it a draft on your blyg ⌘⏎ Publish it (from the notes drawer: open it in the editor to publish)
Reading
Key What it does
j / k, ↑ / ↓ Next / previous post ⏎, Space Open the post (stream); Space pages through it, then the next unread one (Reader) ⌘-click, ⇧-click, ⌘A Pick posts in the Reader’s list (esc lets go) r / u Mark the picked posts, or the open one, read / unread ← / → Move between the Reader’s panes [ / ] Step through a post’s versions (current and pinned) ⌘F, / Search what you’re reading esc Close the post or the search
Sheets
Key What it does
⏎ Confirm (publish, delete, discard changes, accept) esc Cancel or close 1 / 2 / 3 In a conflict: keep mine, take the server’s, keep both ⇥, F, ← In a profile: switch tabs, follow the selected entry, go back