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Move through tables, records and the query bar without the mouse; press ? anywhere for the keys of the room you are in.

/ invoice total > 500 Enter Tab ↓ ↓ Enter j j Backspace

That is: focus the bar, ask, step into the grid, open the third row, step to the next two records in that list, and walk back.

Single keys work when the caret is not in a text field, and never through a dialog.

Key Does
/ Focus the query bar
⌘/ The query bar as a panel, with room to write in
⌘K The command palette: tables, pages, actions, recent queries
h Home: the schema, your work, the diagram
t The table filter in the sidebar
⌘B Show or hide the table list
Backspace, ⌘[ Back one step along the trail
? The keys for this room, and the query language
Esc Leave the field, or close what is open

Tab into the table; the arrow keys then move a cell cursor.

Key Does
↑ ↓ ← → Move one cell (hold ⌘ to jump to the end of a row or column)
Home, End First and last column
Enter Open the record for that row, or the document in a JSON cell
Space Glance at that row’s record without leaving the list
⌘C Copy the cell under the cursor
Esc Back to the query bar

A record opened from a list (its page, a glance or a dialog) steps through that list, in its order and filter, and past its page.

Key Does
j The next record in the list
k The previous record
←, → The same, with the arrows beside the record’s name

An App’s reader gets the grid and record keys too; ? there lists only those.