Horse keyboard shortcuts

April 27th, 2026

Every default keyboard shortcut in Horse, grouped by what it does. Trail shortcuts are rebindable in Settings.

228 words by Eleanor McKeown

Every default keyboard shortcut in Horse, grouped by what it does. The Trail shortcuts are rebindable in +, Settings (Ctrl+, on Windows/Linux).

Mac uses . Windows and Linux use Ctrl where the shortcut says Cmd/Ctrl. Platform-only differences are listed in the Window section.

New Trails

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
++NCtrl+Alt+NNew Trailhead
+TCtrl+TNew Subtrail on Trailhead
+++TCtrl+Alt++TNew Sidetrail
++TCtrl+Alt+TNew Subtrail

Editing Trails

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
++DCtrl++DDuplicate Trail
++CCtrl++CCopy Trail Link
+LCtrl+LEdit Trail Link
++LCtrl++LEdit Trail Name
++KCtrl++KLock/Unlock Trail
+WCtrl+WDelete Trail
++WCtrl++WDelete Trail and Subtrails
++TCtrl++TUndo Delete Trail

Navigating Trails

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
+LAlt+LCollapse All Trails
++Ctrl++Collapse Trail / Select Suptrail
++Ctrl++Uncollapse Trail / Select Subtrail
++Ctrl++Select Trail Above
++Ctrl++Select Trail Below
+++Ctrl++Alt+Move Trail Left
+++Ctrl++Alt+Move Trail Right
+++Ctrl++Alt+Move Trail Up
+++Ctrl++Alt+Move Trail Down

Toggles

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
+YCtrl+YToggle Trail Behaviour
+SCtrl+SToggle Sidebar
++HCtrl++HToggle History
++JCtrl++JToggle Downloads
++BCtrl++BToggle Focus Mode
++FCtrl++FToggle Find in Page

Find

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
+FCtrl+FFind
+GCtrl+GFind Next
++GCtrl++GFind Previous

App

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
+,Ctrl+,Settings

Zoom

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
+0Ctrl+0Actual Size
+=Ctrl+=Zoom In
+-Ctrl+-Zoom Out

Page Navigation

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows/Linux)Action
+[Ctrl+[Back
+]Ctrl+]Forward
+RCtrl+RReload
++RCtrl++RForce Reload

Window

Shortcut (Mac)Shortcut (Windows)Shortcut (Linux)Action
+NCtrl+NCtrl+NNew Window
++FF11Ctrl++FToggle Full Screen
++IF12Ctrl++IToggle Developer Tools
+QAlt+F4Ctrl+QQuit Horse

Rebinding

Open Settings (+, on Mac, Ctrl+, on Windows/Linux) and find the Keyboard Shortcuts section. The Trail shortcuts can be remapped.

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