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Yazelix Nova Keybindings

Nova extends the Helix and Vim h/j/k/l model across the workspace.

Layer h j k l
Alt Focus left or previous tab Focus down Focus up Focus right or next tab
Ctrl Alt Move tab left Move pane down Move pane up Move tab right
Alt Shift Yazi sidebar Git popup Config popup Agent popup
Key Action
Alt Shift M Toggle the command menu
Alt Shift S Show a random full-screen visual
Alt Shift Y Toggle the full managed Yazi popup
Ctrl y Toggle focus between the editor and Yazi sidebar
Alt Shift F Toggle the focused pane fullscreen
Alt 1-9 Go to tab 1-9
Alt m Open a new pane
Ctrl q Quit the Nova session
Ctrl Alt o Open Zellij session mode
Alt r Reveal from the editor or return from Yazi
Alt z Retarget the tab workspace from Yazi with zoxide

Press a popup key again to hide or close that surface and return to the tiled workspace.

Open yzx config to edit the managed config, agent, Git, menu, screen, sidebar, and sidebar-focus chords. The corresponding keybindings.* fields live in ~/.config/yazelix/config.toml and accept a key chord or false. Changes apply to new sessions.

The fixed Alt Shift Y, application-local Alt r, and Yazi Alt z bindings remain in their native packaged owners. Nova rejects collisions among managed semantic keys.

Ratconfig’s Keys tab is the complete packaged reference. The runtime sources are defaults/zellij/config.kdl, the managed Helix config, and the managed Yazi keymap.