AlgaPSA includes a keyboard shortcut system active across all MSP pages. You can navigate to any section, search records, open create dialogs, and save your work entirely from the keyboard.

Command Palette (Mod+K)

Press Mod+K (⌘K on Mac, Ctrl+K on Windows/Linux) to open the command palette. It replaces the previous sidebar-search-focus behavior and combines navigation, actions, and record search in one place.

From the palette you can:

Navigate to any page by typing its name (e.g. clients, tickets, schedule).
Search records across tickets, clients, contacts, projects, assets, and more.
Run an action — type > followed by the action name (e.g. >create ticket).
Open a record by ID with # (e.g. #1042).
Narrow by type using field prefixes:
- ticket: or t: — tickets
- client: or c: — clients
- project: or p: — projects
- asset: or a: — assets
- contact: — contacts
- @username or user: — people
- /path or nav: — navigation destinations
Magic shortcuts: $mine (assigned to me), $recent (recently viewed), $open (open items). Abbreviate to first syllable: $m, $rec, $op.

Search operators

Syntax	Meaning
`"exact phrase"`	Match the quoted phrase exactly
`-word` or `NOT word`	Exclude results containing that term
`word*`	Prefix / wildcard match
`word~`	Fuzzy (typo-tolerant) match
`#1042`	Open record by numeric ID

Shortcut Help Dialog (?)

Press ? on any MSP page (while not focused in a text field) to open the shortcut reference dialog. It lists every shortcut active in the current context, resolved for your operating system. Custom bindings are flagged so you can see at a glance what you have changed from the defaults.

Frequently Used Shortcuts

Global

Action	Mac	Windows / Linux
Open command palette	⌘K	Ctrl+K
Open shortcut help	?	?
Quick-create dialog (pick type)	N	N

Page shortcuts

Action	Key
Open the current page's create dialog	C
Save the current page	⌘S / Ctrl+S
Go to previous record	`[`
Go to next record	`]`

C and N are suppressed while you are typing in any field or while a dialog is open.

Navigation sequences

Press G first, then the second key within about one second. Sequences are ignored while you are typing.

Keys	Destination
G → T	Tickets
G → C	Clients
G → P	Projects
G → A	Assets
G → S	Schedule
G → H	Dashboard

Customizing Your Shortcuts

Click your name or avatar in the header and select Profile.
Open the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
To rebind an action, click its current binding chip, then press the new key combination.
To disable a shortcut without losing the binding, toggle the Enabled switch off.
To reset a single action, click the reset icon on that row.
To reset everything, use the Reset all button at the bottom of the panel (requires confirmation).

If the key combination you choose is already used by another action, you will be prompted to confirm; the previous owner is unbound automatically.

Custom bindings are saved per user account and sync across devices. A shortcut set on a Mac resolves correctly when you sign in from Windows, and vice versa.

Shortcut Profiles

Three built-in profiles are available at the top of the Keyboard Shortcuts panel:

Profile	Best for
Default	Standard AlgaPSA workflows
Vim	Users comfortable with Vim-style `j`/`k` navigation
Emacs	Users who prefer Emacs modifier-key conventions

Selecting a profile sets a new binding baseline. You can still override individual actions on top of any profile. Resetting a single action returns it to the active profile's baseline, not the factory default.

Vim profile: link hints

When the Vim profile is active, press f (while not focused in any text field) to activate link-hint mode. A short label appears next to every navigable element on the screen. Type the label characters to follow that link. Press f again at any time to dismiss the overlay without navigating.

All hints carry labels of the same length, so every keystroke either narrows your match or completes it — there is no ambiguity or delay between a single-character label and a longer one.

Accessibility

Keyboard shortcut hints are visible next to instrumented controls (search field, primary action buttons, menu items) and are also exposed via aria-keyshortcuts attributes for screen readers. The help dialog (?) is the authoritative reference for what is active on the current page.