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Keyboard Shortcuts

StormTunnel uses standard macOS shortcuts. Menu items show their shortcuts, so the menu bar is always the current reference.

Application

Action Shortcut
Settings ⌘,
Show Main Window ⇧⌘T
SSH Key Management ⇧⌘K
StormTunnel Help ⌘?
Hide StormTunnel ⌘H
Quit StormTunnel ⌘Q

File Menu

Action Shortcut
New Tunnel… ⌘N
Export Tunnels… ⇧⌘E
Import Tunnels… ⇧⌘I

Tunnel Menu

Action Shortcut
Toggle Selected Tunnel ⌘↩
Edit Selected Tunnel… ⌥⌘E
Start All Tunnels ⇧⌘R
Stop All Tunnels ⇧⌘.

Main Window

Action Shortcut
Connect or disconnect ⌘↩
Edit selected tunnel ⌥⌘E
Duplicate selected tunnel ⇧⌘D
Delete selected tunnel ⌘⌫
Clear selection (dashboard) Escape
Copy generated command (Command section expanded) ⇧⌘C
Move between tunnels ↑ / ↓

The sidebar context menu offers the same actions.

Tunnel Editor

Action Shortcut
Save Return
Cancel Escape
Next / previous field Tab / ⇧Tab

While SSH config suggestions are open under the Tunnel Name field, ↑ / ↓ choose a host and Return fills in the connection details instead of saving.

SSH Key Management

Action Shortcut
Import Keys ⌘I
Delete Selected Key ⌘⌫
Show or Hide Inspector ⌥⌘I
Search Keys ⌘F
Action Shortcut
Close popup Escape
Quit ⌘Q
Toggle the focused tunnel switch Space

Dialogs and Sheets

Return activates the default (highlighted) button and Escape cancels.

Accessibility

All shortcuts work with VoiceOver and Full Keyboard Access. StormTunnel does not support custom key bindings; use System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts to change a menu item's shortcut.