Keyboard shortcuts
Move through a guided review without leaving the keyboard. Focus must not be in an editable field for most of these — when the comment composer is open, typing goes to the text field and only Esc / ⌘/Ctrl+Enter are intercepted.
The overlay sidebar always lists the same shortcuts as the product. Hands-on walkthrough: Your first review.
Overlay navigation
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
→ | Next unit |
← | Previous unit |
↑ / ↓ | Scroll the code pane |
Esc | Close the overlay (when not in comment mode or a modal) |
c | Enter comment mode (if the unit has selectable lines) |
⌘/Ctrl + Enter | Open Submit review (or Connect GitHub if needed) |
While the overlay is open, keys are not passed through to GitHub’s page shortcuts. What a “unit” is: How a review plan works.
Diff view
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
v then u | Unified view |
v then s | Split view |
Type v, then u or s within about a second. You can also toggle unified / split from the overlay toolbar while walking the plan.
Comment mode
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
↑ / ↓ | Move the line cursor |
⇧ + ↑ / ↓ | Extend multi-line selection |
Enter | Open the comment composer on the selection |
⌘/Ctrl + Enter | Save draft (composer open) |
Esc | Close composer, or exit comment mode |
← / → | Previous / next unit (still works in comment mode) |
Details and draft editing: Leave line comments. Drafts stay local until submit: Privacy & data.
Submit and modals
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Esc | Close the topmost modal (submit, connect GitHub, confirmation) without exiting the whole review when a modal owns focus |
↑ / ↓ / Enter | Choose review type on the submit dialog |
⌘/Ctrl + Enter | Submit from the compose step |
Enter / Esc | Dismiss the post-submit success dialog and exit |
Full submit flow: Submit a review. Auth gate: Connect GitHub. If submit fails: Troubleshooting.
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On guidedreview.dev:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
⌘/Ctrl + I | Open install (Chrome Web Store) — also Install the extension |
⌘/Ctrl + G | Open the GitHub repository |
Tip. Prefer keyboard navigation on large plans — it keeps attention on the unit narrative instead of hunting scroll position on the PR page.