Hot paths and palettes

Newt provides three searchable palettes: Hot Paths for locations, Command Palette for all actions, and User Commands for custom actions.

Hot Paths

Press Mod + P to open Hot Paths. Type part of a name or path, select a result, and press Enter to open it in the active pane.

Depending on Settings and the operating system, the list includes:

• standard folders such as Home, Documents, and Downloads;
• saved Newt bookmarks;
• GTK bookmarks on Linux;
• mounted volumes;
• mounted virtual filesystems;
• recently visited directories.

Add the active pane’s location as a bookmark with Mod + B. Bookmarks are stored in settings.toml and may have an optional display name:

[[bookmark]]
path = "/home/user/projects"
name = "Projects"

New bookmarks are placed at the top. Bookmarking an existing path moves its entry to the top instead of creating a duplicate. The acknowledgement bubble offers Undo, which restores the previous bookmark list; closing the bubble or choosing Done keeps the change.

Hot Path categories can be enabled or disabled under Hot Paths in Settings.

Command Palette

Press F1 or Mod + Shift + P to search all actions available in the current context. The palette includes actions without default keyboard bindings, so it is also the place to discover less frequently used features.

Use the arrow keys, Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End to move through results. Press Enter to run an action or Escape to close the palette.

User Commands

Press F9 for the same interface filtered to user-defined commands. Commands whose applies_to condition does not match the focused item or selection are omitted.