Keyboard shortcuts

Every Conn menu shortcut uses ⌘, so none takes a Control chord away from the terminal. The iPad has the same menus as the Mac, except where a row says Mac only. On iPhone there are no menus, but a hardware keyboard still types into terminals and screens.

File

Item	Keys	Notes
Add Host...	⌘N
New Window	⌥⌘N	Another main window. On iPad, where windows are supported.
New Session...	⌘T
Discover on This Network	⇧⌘D
New Folder...	⇧⌘N	In Files.
Save	⌘S	In the editor.
Run a Command...	⇧⌘P	The command palette, in a terminal.
Manage Groups..., Upload a File..., Import Hosts..., Export Hosts...	None	In the File menu.

Edit

Item	Keys	Notes
Clear Scrollback	⌘K	Mac only. Clears the terminal's history and screen, except the line you're typing.

View

Item	Keys	Notes
Hosts, Sessions, Keys	⌘1, ⌘2, ⌘3
Smart View	⇧⌘M	In a terminal.
Bigger, Smaller, Default Size	⌘+, ⌘-, ⌘0	Terminal text, in every terminal. On a Mac, ⌘= works for Bigger too.
Show Hidden Files	⇧⌘.	In Files.
Enclosing Folder	⌘↑	In Files.
Enter Full Screen	⌃⌘F	Mac.

Connect

These act on the host in front.

Item	Keys	Notes
Screen	⌥⌘1
Terminal	⌥⌘2
Files	⌥⌘3
Reconnect	⌘R	A terminal or screen that has ended.
Wake, Hosts	None	Hosts lists every host by group, with its panels.

Screen

Item	Keys	Notes
Hand the keyboard back to Conn	⌃⌥⎋	While a screen in Control has the keyboard. On a Mac, click the screen to give it back; on iPad, use the keyboard button.
All Displays	⌃⌘0	While watching, or after ⌃⌥⎋.
Display 1 to 9	⌃⌘1 to 9	The same.
Control, Scale, Quality, Paste as Typing, Send Clipboard, Get Clipboard, Hot Corner, Disconnect	None	In the Screen menu.
Send Keys	None	Mac only. Sends App Switcher, Spotlight and macros to the screen.

While a screen in Control has the keyboard, keys go to the screen, not to Conn: all ⌘ shortcuts except ⌘Q (and ⌘V while Share Clipboard is on) on a Mac, and Tab, the arrows and Escape. Conn's own menu shortcuts are turned off until you press ⌃⌥⎋.

Window and Settings

Item	Keys	Notes
Settings	⌘,	On iPad, opens the Settings tab.
Transfers	⌥⌘L	Mac only.
Next Session, Previous Session	None	In the Window menu.
Conn Help	None	Help menu: help for whatever is in front.

In a terminal

Keys	Does
⌘.	Escape, on iPhone and iPad.
⌃J, ⌥Return	A new line without sending, in Claude Code and similar tools.
⇧Return	The same, in a Claude Code, Codex or Gemini session started from New Session.
⇧Tab	Changes Claude Code's mode.
⌘-click	Opens a link, on a Mac.

Everything else goes to the host, as it would in any terminal. With Use Option as Meta on, Option and a key send Meta. See Typing.