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Philo provides keyboard shortcuts to help you work efficiently with your journal and widgets.

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Core Shortcuts

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Build Widget

⌘↵ (Cmd+Enter) Generate an AI widget from selected text. Select any text in your journal that describes what you want to build, then press ⌘↵ to create an interactive widget. 
Calorie tracker for today
Select the text above and press ⌘↵ to generate a calorie tracking widget inline. Location: src/components/editor/extensions/widget/WidgetExtension.ts:118

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Widget Library

⌘J (Cmd+J) Open the widget library drawer to browse, search, and reuse saved widgets. The library contains all widgets you’ve explicitly saved for reuse. Location: src-tauri/src/lib.rs:795

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Settings

⌘, (Cmd+Comma) Open the settings modal to configure:
  • Anthropic API key
  • Vault location
  • Daily logs folder
  • Filename pattern
  • Assets and Excalidraw folders
Location: src-tauri/src/lib.rs:791 ⌘F (Cmd+F) Search across all your journal notes. Returns matching files with highlighted snippets. Navigation:
  • ↓ (Arrow Down) - Move to next result
  • ↑ (Arrow Up) - Move to previous result
  • ↵ (Enter) - Open selected result
  • Esc - Close search
Location: src-tauri/src/lib.rs:799

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Editor Shortcuts

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Text Formatting

When text is selected, the bubble menu appears with formatting options:
  • Bold - Make text bold
  • Italic - Make text italic
  • Strikethrough - Strike through text
  • Code - Format as inline code

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Settings Modal

⌘↵ (Cmd+Enter) - Save settings and close Esc - Close without saving

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Platform Notes

All shortcuts use:
  • ⌘ (Cmd) on macOS
  • Ctrl on Windows and Linux
The codebase uses Mod key in TipTap and CmdOrCtrl in Tauri menus, which automatically maps to the correct modifier key for your platform.

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