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LM Studio Keyboard Shortcuts & Commands (5)
5 LM Studio shortcuts and commands.
All Shortcuts
UI Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|
| Ctrl + N | New chat | Start a new conversation. |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | New window | Open a new LM Studio window. |
| Ctrl + , | Settings | Open application settings. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Send message | Send the current message. |
| Shift + Enter | New line | Insert a line break without sending. |
| Ctrl + K | Clear chat | Clear the current chat history. |
| Ctrl + F | Find models | Search available models in the browser. |
| Ctrl + D | Model details | View details of the selected model. |
Server & API
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|
| lms server start | Start server | Start the local LM Studio API server (CLI). |
| lms server stop | Stop server | Stop the running API server. |
| lms server status | Server status | Check whether the server is running. |
| lms ls | List models | List all downloaded models via CLI. |
| lms load <model> | Load model | Load a specific model into memory. |
| lms unload | Unload model | Unload the currently active model. |
| GET / v1 / models | List models (API) | OpenAI-compatible endpoint to list loaded models. |
| POST / v1 / chat / completions | Chat API | OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint. |
| POST / v1 / completions | Completion API | OpenAI-compatible text completion endpoint. |
Model Parameters
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
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| Temperature | Creativity (0–1) | Higher = more creative, lower = more deterministic. |
| Context Length | Token window | Max tokens for input + output combined. |
| Top P | Nucleus sampling | Probability mass threshold for token selection. |
| Repeat Penalty | Avoid repetition | Penalise recently used tokens to reduce repetition. |
| GPU Layers | GPU offload | Number of model layers to offload to GPU. |