Ocular uses Vim-style keybindings throughout the TUI.
Key
Action
j / k
Navigate events up/down
ggJump to first event
GJump to last event
NggJump to event N (e.g. 42gg)
Tab / Shift+Tab
Cycle focus: Components → Events → Detail
/Fuzzy filter (match component or command)
EnterConfirm filter / select component
EscClear filter or component selection
vToggle visual (multi-line) selection
yCopy selected command(s) to clipboard
eOpen selected command(s) in $EDITOR
SpaceOpen leader menu
?Help popup
qBack to dashboard
Detail Pane (when focused)
Key
Action
j / k
Scroll detail content up/down
gg / G
Jump to top/bottom of detail
Leader Menu (Space + key)
Key
Action
h / j / k / l
Switch panel focus
cClear all events
fToggle follow mode (tail -f)
pPause/resume event stream
gSwitch proxy group
,Open config in $EDITOR
Key
Action
j / k
Navigate components
EnterSelect component (filter events)
EscDeselect (show all events)
nCreate new proxy
eEdit selected proxy
dDelete selected proxy
iInspect proxy details
/Filter proxies (fuzzy search)
Key
Action
j / k
Navigate groups
EnterLoad group and connect
nCreate new group
rRename group
eEdit group file in $EDITOR
dDelete group
/Filter groups
qQuit
Key
Action
↑ / ↓ or j / k
Navigate options
EnterConfirm selection
EscGo back to previous step
?Show help popup (on mode selection)
Follow mode (Space + f): auto-scroll to latest events, like tail -f
Pause (Space + p): freeze the event stream to inspect without new events pushing things around
Visual select (v): select multiple events, then y to copy all selected commands to clipboard
Open in editor (e): opens selected SQL/commands in your $EDITOR (vim, nvim, etc.)
Fuzzy filter (/): type to search across component names and commands. Supports fuzzy matching when fuzzy_filter = true in config