Trace.Space works mostly with the mouse, but a small set of keys and typed characters speeds up the things you do most: opening search, accepting AI text, moving through a table, selecting cells in the matrix, and adding images, tables, diagrams, mentions and parameters while you type.
On a Mac, use Cmd where the tables say Cmd/Ctrl. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl.
Keyboard shortcuts
Keys | Where | What it does |
Cmd/Ctrl+K | Anywhere, when no text field is focused | Opens item search with the cursor in the search box. See Searching. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Enter | Editor, while AI-generated text is waiting for approval | Accepts the generated text. The bin button next to it discards it. |
Cmd/Ctrl+Z, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z | Any text field | Undo and redo your own edits, also while colleagues edit the same item. |
Cmd/Ctrl+B, Cmd/Ctrl+I, Cmd/Ctrl+U | Editor | Bold, italic, underline. |
Tab, Shift+Tab | Inside a table in the editor | Moves to the next or previous cell. |
Enter | A number attribute | Saves the value. |
Enter, Shift+Enter | AI chat box | Enter sends the message, Shift+Enter adds a line break. |
Escape | Traceability matrix | Clears the selected cells. Clicking outside the grid does the same. |
Cmd/Ctrl+click | Traceability matrix | Adds a cell to the selection or removes it, so you can act on several cells at once. |
Shift+click | Traceability matrix | Selects the rectangle between the last clicked cell and this one. |
Cmd/Ctrl+click, or right-click and choose Open in new tab | A traced item in the Traced to tab, or a search result | Opens the item in a new browser tab. These are ordinary links, so the browser's own shortcuts apply. |
Up, Down, Enter | Any suggestion popover in the editor | Moves through the list and picks the highlighted entry. |
Trigger characters in the editor
Typing one of these characters in an item's text opens a menu at the cursor. Keep typing to filter the list, then press Enter or click an entry. Press Escape or click elsewhere to close the menu and keep the character as plain text.
Type | What opens |
/ | The command menu: Upload image, Upload video, Add table (3×3), Add Mermaid diagram, Link a parameter, Generate with AI. |
@ | An item search. Pick an item to insert a mention that links to it and shows its current title. In a comment, @ searches people instead and notifies the person you pick. See Commenting. |
$ | A parameter search. Pick a parameter to insert its live value. See Parameters. |
A pasted item link | Pasting the address of a Trace.Space item turns it into an item mention. Pasting while text is selected turns the selection into a link instead. |
In the AI chat, typing / at the start of the box opens a list of suggested prompts to start from, and @ adds an item to the chat's context. See Working with AI.
Workspace layout
Resizing the sidebars. Drag the inner edge of the left sidebar or of the right sidebar (item details or AI chat) to change its width. Trace.Space remembers both widths in your browser, so they are the same the next time you open the app on that computer.
Full-width AI chat. The maximize icon in the Space Agent header stretches the chat across the whole window, which helps when reading long answers or tables. Click the minimize icon to return to the sidebar.