Keyboard shortcuts
OpenArch has Arc’s keyboard shortcuts. Every command with a shortcut is also in the menu bar, so the menus are a quick way to look one up. You can give any menu command a shortcut of your own in Settings › Tastatur (keyboard).
They win over the page
Section titled “They win over the page”OpenArch’s own shortcuts take precedence over the page, as in Arc: a website cannot take ⌘T, ⌘L or ⌃Tab for itself, and Chrome’s own meaning of a key never applies (⌥⌘→ changes spaces, as in Arc, not tabs, as in Chrome). This holds for every OpenArch command with ⌘ or ⌃.
The editing shortcuts (⌘C, ⌘V, ⌘Z …) and the system’s window and app shortcuts (⌘M, ⌘H …) are not OpenArch’s own and work as in any Mac app.
| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘T | Neuer Tab | Opens the command bar for a new tab. |
| ⌘L | Adresse öffnen … | Opens the command bar on the current address. |
| ⌘W | Tab schließen | Closes the tab. A today tab goes to the archive; a pinned tab or favorite only closes its page and stays in the sidebar. In DevTools, closes the DevTools. |
| ⇧⌘T | Geschlossenen Tab wieder öffnen | Brings back the last closed tab, or the last closed window if that closed later. |
| ⌘D | Anheften / Lösen | Pins a today tab, or unpins a pinned one. |
| ⇧⌘K | Heute aufräumen | Sends all of the space’s today tabs to the archive. |
| ⌥⌘↓ or ⇧⌘] | Nächster Tab | The next tab down the sidebar. |
| ⌥⌘↑ or ⇧⌘[ | Vorheriger Tab | The tab above. |
| ⌃Tab | Zuletzt benutzter Tab | The tab switcher; see below. |
| ⌃⇧Tab | Zuletzt benutzter Tab rückwärts | The tab switcher, going back. |
| ⌘1 … ⌘8 | Tab 1 … Tab 8 | The first to eighth tab in the sidebar: favorites first, then the pinned tabs in open folders, then today’s tabs. |
| ⌘9 | Letzter Tab | The last tab in the sidebar. |
| – | Zu Favoriten hinzufügen | Makes the tab a favorite. |
| – | Tab duplizieren | Opens the same page in a new tab. |
More on tabs in Tabs: previews, sleep and the archive.
Spaces
Section titled “Spaces”| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌥⌘→ | Nächster Space | The next space. |
| ⌥⌘← | Vorheriger Space | The space before. |
| ⌃1 … ⌃9 | Space 1 … Space 9 | The first to ninth space, in the order of the icons at the bottom of the sidebar. |
| ⌃0 | Agents | Shows or hides Agents, the list of agent chats and Claude Code sessions. |
| – | Neuer Space | Adds a space. |
| – | Space bearbeiten … | Name, icon, color and profile of the space. |
More in Spaces and profiles.
Sidebar and library
Section titled “Sidebar and library”| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘S | Sidebar ein-/ausblenden | Hides or shows the sidebar. |
| ⇧⌘L or ⌥⌘B | Bibliothek | Opens or closes the library. |
| ⇧⌘J | Downloads | The library, on its downloads. |
| ⌥⌘L | Alle Downloads | Chrome’s downloads page. |
| ⌘Y | Verlauf anzeigen | Chrome’s history page. |
| – | Neuer Ordner | A new pinned folder. |
| – | Neuer Agent-Chat | A new agent chat. |
| – | Passwörter | Chrome’s password manager. |
Split view
Section titled “Split view”| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌃⇧= | Split View | Opens the command bar to choose what goes beside the current tab. Up to four tabs. |
| ⌃⇧- | Split View aufheben | Takes the split apart into single tabs. |
| ⌃⇧S | Seiten tauschen | Swaps the sides. |
| – | Übereinander anzeigen / Nebeneinander anzeigen | Puts the sides one above the other, or back side by side. |
| ⌃⇧] | Nächste Seite der Split View | Moves to the next side. |
| ⌃⇧[ | Vorherige Seite der Split View | Moves to the side before. |
| ⌃⇧1 … ⌃⇧4 | Seite 1 … Seite 4 | Moves to that side. |
More in Split view.
The page
Section titled “The page”| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘R | Neu laden | Reloads the page. |
| ⇧⌘R | Neu laden ohne Cache | Reloads it without the cache. |
| ⌘. | Laden stoppen | Stops loading. |
| ⌘[ | Zurück | Back. |
| ⌘] | Vorwärts | Forward. |
| ⌘F | Suchen … | Find on the page. |
| ⌘G | Weitersuchen | The next match. |
| ⇧⌘G | Rückwärts suchen | The match before. |
| ⌘+ or ⌘= | Vergrößern | Zooms in. |
| ⌘- | Verkleinern | Zooms out. |
| ⌘0 | Originalgröße | Back to 100 %. |
| ⇧⌘C | URL kopieren | Copies the page’s address. |
| ⌥⇧⌘C | URL als Markdown kopieren | Copies [title](address). |
| ⇧⌘S | Seite sichern unter … | Saves the page to a file. |
| ⌘P | Drucken … | Prints the page. |
| ⇧⌘D | Chrome-Toolbar ein-/ausblenden | The address bar, extension icons and downloads above the page. |
| ⌃⌘B | Boost bearbeiten … | Restyles the site with a Boost. |
| ⌃⌘I | Website-Einstellungen … | The site’s permissions, zoom and data. |
| ⌃⌘F | Vollbild | Full screen. |
| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘E | Mit der Seite chatten | Opens the chat beside the page, with the text selected on the page as its focus. Pressed again with other text selected, it takes that text; otherwise it closes the chat. |
| ⌃0 | Agents | Shows or hides Agents. |
In the page chat:
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↩ | Sends the message. |
| ⌥↩ | A new line. |
| @ | Lists your tabs to add to the question; ↑ and ↓ choose, Tab or ↩ takes one. |
| ⎋ | Closes the list of tabs, or else the chat. |
Right after “Tabs mit KI aufräumen”, while its message shows, ⌘Z puts the tabs back as they were, even with the cursor in a page (see Tidy tabs with AI).
Developer tools
Section titled “Developer tools”| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌥⌘I | Entwicklertools | Opens Chrome’s DevTools. |
| ⌥⌘C | Element untersuchen | DevTools, picking an element. |
| ⌥⌘J | JavaScript-Konsole | DevTools, on the console. |
| ⌥⌘U | Quelltext anzeigen | The page’s source. |
| – | DevTools anordnen | Right, left, below, or in a window of their own. |
Windows and the app
Section titled “Windows and the app”| Keys | Command | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘N | Neues Fenster | Another window on the same spaces and tabs. |
| ⇧⌘N | Neues privates Fenster | A private window, with no history. |
| ⌥⌘N | Neues Little-OpenArch-Fenster | A small window for a quick link. In it, ⌘L edits its address and ⌘W closes it. |
| ⇧⌘W | Fenster schließen | Closes the window. |
| – | Geschlossenes Fenster wieder öffnen | Brings back the last closed window, tabs and all. |
| ⌘M | Minimieren | Minimizes the window. |
| ⌘, | Einstellungen … | Opens Settings. |
| ⌘H | OpenArch ausblenden | Hides OpenArch. |
| ⌥⌘H | Andere ausblenden | Hides the other apps. |
| ⌘Q | OpenArch beenden | Quits OpenArch. |
More in Windows.
Editing
Section titled “Editing”| Keys | Command |
|---|---|
| ⌘Z | Widerrufen (undo) |
| ⇧⌘Z | Wiederholen (redo) |
| ⌘X | Ausschneiden |
| ⌘C | Kopieren |
| ⌘V | Einsetzen |
| ⌥⇧⌘V | Einsetzen und Stil anpassen (paste as plain text) |
| ⌘A | Alles auswählen |
The tab switcher
Section titled “The tab switcher”Hold ⌃ and press Tab: the tabs you used most recently (up to eight) appear in a row over the page, each with a picture of its page, and the tab you used before this one is marked.
- Press Tab again to move along, ⇧Tab to go back, or use the arrow keys.
- Let go of ⌃, or press ↩, to go to the marked tab.
- ⎋ closes the switcher and stays where you are.
In the command bar
Section titled “In the command bar”| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move through the results. |
| ↩ | Opens the marked result. |
| → | Keeps the address the bar completed as you typed. |
| ⌫ | Drops the completion. In a site search with nothing typed, leaves the site. |
| Tab | After a site’s keyword or name (yt, gh, w …), searches that site. Otherwise moves to the next result. |
| ⎋ | Back to what you typed, or closes the bar. |
More in The command bar.
Elsewhere
Section titled “Elsewhere”| Keys | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⎋ | Peek | Closes the card over the page. |
| ⎋ | The downloads over the library button | Closes them. |
| ↩ / ⎋ | Renaming in the sidebar | Keeps the new name / leaves it as it was. |
Mouse and trackpad
Section titled “Mouse and trackpad”| Gesture | What it does |
|---|---|
| Swipe sideways over the sidebar (two fingers on a trackpad, one on a Magic Mouse) | Changes spaces. Past the first space, opens the library; swiping back closes it. |
| ⌘-click a link on a page | Opens it as a new tab in the background. |
| ⌘-click a tab or folder in the sidebar | Loads its pages in the background, so they are ready when you get to them. |
| Double-click the space’s name in the sidebar | Edits the space. |
| Move the pointer to the window’s left edge | Brings back a hidden sidebar over the page. |
| Drag the sidebar’s edge far to the left | Hides the sidebar. |
Change a shortcut
Section titled “Change a shortcut”Settings › Tastatur lists every command in the menu bar, grouped by menu, with its shortcut, or – for none. Befehl suchen (search command) filters the list.
- Click the shortcut beside a command. It reads Tasten drücken ….
- Press the new keys. A shortcut needs ⌘ or ⌃, with ⌥ and ⇧ as you like.
While it records:
- ⌫ removes the command’s shortcut.
- ⎋ stops without a change.
- A shortcut another command has moves to this one; the other command is left without one, and OpenArch tells you which it was.
A shortcut you changed shows in the accent color, with a button beside it to go back to the original. Alle zurücksetzen puts back every shortcut. A new shortcut for an OpenArch command wins over the page just as the original one did.