FRACTAL Cheat Sheet

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Terminal — Panes
Split (alternating)
CmdT
Close focused pane
CmdW
Quarter layout (2x2)
ShiftCmd4
Equalize all splits
ShiftCmdE
Terminal — Navigation
Focus left / right / up / down
OptArrow
Nudge split ratio
CmdOptArrow
Rename focused pane Double-click label
Click pane to focus Mouse click
Workspace Switching
Open IDE workspace
ShiftCmdO
Back to Terminal workspace
ShiftCmd1
Command palette
ShiftCmdP
Sync editor to terminal dir
ShiftCmdR
IDE — Editor
Save file
CmdS
Search files (fuzzy finder)
CmdP
Toggle sidebar
CmdB
Close tab Click X on tab
Close other tabs Right-click tab
Navigate to path Click path bar
IDE — File Management
New file + button in FILES header
New folder Folder+ button in FILES header
Rename file/folder Right-click → Rename
Delete file/folder Right-click → Delete
Copy file path Right-click → Copy Path
Reveal in Finder Right-click → Reveal
Go to parent directory UP button / arrow icon
Filter files in sidebar Type in filter field
Add project session + button in sessions
IDE — Panels
Toggle sidebar
CmdB
Toggle bottom panel PANEL button in top bar
Switch bottom tab: Net Stats Click NET STATS tab
Switch bottom tab: Terminal Click TERMINAL tab
Toggle shortcut hints ? button in top chrome
Auto-Completion

Completions come from three sources, merged and deduplicated:

  • LSP servers — Semantic completions from sourcekit-lsp (Swift), typescript-language-server (JS/TS), pyright (Python)
  • Language keywords — Built-in keyword lists for 15+ languages
  • File tokens — All identifiers extracted from the current file

Supported languages for LSP:

Swift JavaScript TypeScript Python

Keyword completions for:

Swift Python JS/TS Go Rust Java HTML CSS Markdown JSON/YAML
Quick Reference

Run the app: swift run FRACTAL

Build only: swift build

macOS requirement: macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later

Shell support: zsh (default), bash, fish, or any POSIX shell via $SHELL

Editor engine: Monaco Editor v0.50 (loaded from CDN)

Terminal engine: xterm.js (loaded from CDN)