Keyboard shortcuts
On a computer with a keyboard, these keys move you around Mirepoix.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
/ |
Open search |
? |
Open Mirabel |
1 |
Recipes |
2 |
Menu |
3 |
Pantry |
4 |
Groceries |
h |
Previous destination (Recipes → Menu → Pantry → Groceries) |
l |
Next destination |
j |
Scroll down |
k |
Scroll up |
` |
Open or close the Mirepoix menu |
h and l step through the destinations in order and stop at the ends — h on Recipes and l on Groceries do nothing.
` (backtick) opens the Mirepoix menu, the popover under the mirepoix brand pill. While it’s open, j and k (or the arrow keys) move between its items.
? opens Mirabel, paired with / for search. You can also ask her “what are the keyboard shortcuts” — she’s grounded on this page. Close her with Esc or the × button — once she’s open, her message box has focus, so ? just becomes a character you can type (handy, since plenty of questions end in one).
Shortcuts don’t fire while you’re typing in a text field, or while a dialog, menu, or other overlay is open. The one exception: ` still closes the Mirepoix menu it opened, even with a menu item focused. ?, 1–4, h, l, j, k, and ` also skip firing with Cmd, Ctrl, or Alt held; / doesn’t check for those.
Rearranging a recipe
In the recipe editor’s Rearrange outline, these keys move lines and steps.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Tab | Reach a grip |
| Enter or Space | On a grip, pick up its line or step; on a lit place, put it there |
| ↓ / ↑ | Next or previous grip, or, while a line is picked up, next or previous place |
| Home / End | First or last grip, or place |
| Esc | Put a picked-up line back where it was |
The arrows, Home and End work once a grip or a place has the focus, and stop at the first and last rather than wrapping around. Esc doesn’t end Rearrange; Done rearranging does.
See also
- Cooking mode — cross off steps as you cook, and reach pinned recipes from the
`menu - Adding & editing recipes — the full-page editor, where typing takes over from shortcuts
- Glossary — maps what you might call something to where it lives in Mirepoix
Last updated October 4, 2026