November 6th, 2023

How to use keyboard shortcuts in Horse

Horse shows keyboard shortcuts in the menu, and Trail shortcuts can be remapped in Settings. This is how to find and customise them.

75 words by Eleanor McKeown

You can run Horse without touching the trackpad. The menu shows shortcuts for commands that have one, and Settings lets you remap the Trail shortcuts.

For the full default list, see Horse keyboard shortcuts.

Finding the existing shortcuts

Click any Menu item. Entries with shortcuts show them on the right.

Horse’s Menu showing keyboard shortcuts
Horse’s Menu showing keyboard shortcuts

Remapping a shortcut

Mouse users: Horse > Settings

Keyboard users: ⌘+,

The Shortcuts panel lets you change the Trail shortcuts to whatever your fingers want.

Horse’s keyboard shortcuts configuration feature
Horse’s keyboard shortcuts configuration feature

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