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Open Quickly

The Xcode-style ⌘⇧O picker. One field — fuzzy across everything you might want to jump to: open tabs, recent sessions, frequent folders, SSH hosts, agent sessions, the focused pane's commands and links, and saved recipes.

Open Quickly

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ShortcutOpens
⌘⇧OThe full picker on the All filter — from any keyboard context (main window, settings, agent surface).
⌘JJump-to — opens straight to the Current filter, scoped to the focused pane (its commands, links, and outline).

Filters

The picker runs eight filters across the top. Each one is also a group within the All list — open it directly with its key, or cycle with Tab / ⇧Tab.

All

⌘0 — everything below, merged into a single ranked list. This is the default when you open with ⌘⇧O.

Opened

⌘W — every window, tab, and pane that's currently open. Switch to any of them without reaching for the mouse.

Recent

⌘R — recently-closed tabs and folders, from this session plus ones restored from your previous one.

Folders

⌘Z — frequently-used folders, ranked by Otty's built-in frecency database. See Frequent Folders.

SSH

⌘S — hosts parsed from your ~/.ssh/config. Press to connect in the focused pane, or ⌘K to connect in a new tab or window.

Agents

⌘G — Claude, Codex, and OpenCode sessions whose project contains the current directory. Resume one or open its transcript — see History.

Current

⌘J — the focused pane only; ⌘J opens the picker straight here. It surfaces:

  • Commands from the shell history — live ones, plus commands restored from earlier session logs.
  • URLs, files, and folders detected in the terminal output — see Files and Links.
  • The outline of a focused file pane — Markdown / HTML headings, JSON / YAML / TOML keys, and diff files — see Outline.
  • Agent prompts from the focused agent session.

Recipes

⌘E — workspace recipes you've saved. See Recipes.

Keyboard

KeyAction
/ Move the selection
PageUp / PageDown, Home / EndJump through the list
⌘1⌘9Open the 1st–9th result directly
Run the highlighted item's default action (open / switch to / resume / connect — depends on the item)
⌘KOpen the Actions popover for the highlighted item
Tab / ⇧TabCycle filters
EscClose

Actions (⌘K)

Pressing runs each result's default action, but most items can do more. Press ⌘K to open the Actions popover — the same kinds of actions you'd find in the right-click menu, fuzzy-searchable. What's offered depends on the item:

ItemExample actions
TabClose Tab · Move Tab to New Window · Reveal CWD in Finder · Copy CWD Path
FolderOpen in New Window · Split Right / Down · Change Directory Here · Reveal · Copy Path · Forget This Folder
SSH hostConnect · Connect in New Tab / New Window · Copy Command
Agent sessionView Session History · Resume · Copy Project Path · Copy Session ID
CommandRe-Run in Current Pane · Re-Run in New Tab · Copy Command
File / URLPreview · Open in Default App · Open in Otty (current pane, new tab, split) · Change Directory Here · Reveal · Copy

See also

  • Command Palette — a different surface, for running actions, not jumping.
  • Find — content-search inside a pane.
  • Files and Links — the detected paths and links that feed the Current filter.
  • Outline — the file-pane outline surfaced under Current.

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