> ## Documentation Index
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# Hotkeys

> Default keyboard and controller bindings for Akron actions, with overlay bind configuration, input formats, and recovery steps.

Akron uses Everest's keyboard and controller configuration for binds. Use these configuration screens to ensure bindings remain consistent with your modded Celeste setup.

## Default Keybindings

| Action                  | Keyboard   | Controller |
| ----------------------- | ---------- | ---------- |
| Toggle Overlay          | `Tab`      | -          |
| Fast Lookout Hold       | -          | -          |
| Retry                   | -          | -          |
| Reload Room             | -          | -          |
| Open Debug Map          | -          | -          |
| Reload Chapter          | -          | -          |
| Save State              | -          | -          |
| Load State              | -          | -          |
| Previous Slot           | -          | -          |
| Next Slot               | -          | -          |
| Cycle Grab Mode         | -          | -          |
| Freeze Gameplay         | -          | -          |
| Step Frame              | -          | -          |
| Decrease Timescale      | -          | -          |
| Increase Timescale      | -          | -          |
| Set StartPos            | -          | -          |
| Load StartPos           | -          | -          |
| Clear StartPos          | -          | -          |
| Previous StartPos       | -          | -          |
| Next StartPos           | -          | -          |
| Toggle Hitboxes         | -          | -          |
| Toggle Entity Inspector | -          | -          |
| Click Teleport          | `Left Alt` | -          |
| Cursor Zoom             | `Left Alt` | -          |
| Cursor Tools            | `Left Alt` | -          |

Actions marked `-` have no default binding on that input type. Open Menu starts on `Tab`; Click Teleport, Cursor Zoom, Cursor Tools, and Entity Inspector cursor hold default to `Left Alt` where their popup exposes a cursor bind. Other shortcut actions start unbound so you can assign them intentionally.

## Configure a Bind

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Everest controls">
    From Celeste's mod options, open the Everest keyboard or controller configuration screen.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the Akron action">
    Search or scroll to the Akron action you want to change, such as the overlay toggle, retry, StartPos set/load, freeze, hitboxes, or inspector actions.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Assign the new input">
    Bind the key or controller input. Avoid using inputs already mapped to Celeste movement, pause, confirm, or other critical mod actions.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Test in a non-submission context">
    Test the bind in casual or room-lab play before using it in a clean or proof-oriented attempt.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Keyboard and Controller Inputs

Akron uses Celeste/Everest binding primitives where possible:

* Built-in Akron hotkeys use Everest `ButtonBinding` settings.
* Overlay row custom bindings accept keyboard chords such as `LeftControl+LeftShift+D`.
* Binding capture preserves side-specific modifiers such as `RightAlt`, `RightShift`, and `RightShift+F1`.
* Overlay row custom bindings can also use controller buttons, stored with an explicit value such as `Button:LeftShoulder`.

The binding capture popup accepts a keyboard key or a controller button. It waits for the input that opened capture to be released so a held button does not bind itself accidentally.

Controller bindings display with controller-facing names such as `LB`, `RB`, and `DPad Left`. Multi-button controller combinations are not part of the current binding model.

## Bind Recovery

If the overlay bind is unknown:

* Open Everest controls from Celeste's menus and search for Akron actions.
* Temporarily disable other mods if a bind conflict prevents input from reaching Akron.
* Check Everest logs if the bind appears configured but Akron never receives it.

## Recommended Binding Strategy

| Workflow           | Binding advice                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Overlay            | Defaults to `Tab`. Use a single key or controller button that does not overlap with movement.                                                                                                           |
| Cursor tools       | Keep Cursor Tools near Click Teleport, Cursor Zoom, and Entity Inspector if you use the bundled hold workflow. Use its click-action popup row to choose whether left-click teleports or pins an object. |
| Retry/reload       | Keep separate from vanilla restart and quit actions.                                                                                                                                                    |
| StartPos set/load  | Keep set and load far enough apart to avoid accidental restores.                                                                                                                                        |
| Freeze/frame tools | Use nearby keys only in non-submission room-lab or testing contexts.                                                                                                                                    |
| Debug tools        | Bind only when actively inspecting maps or runtime state.                                                                                                                                               |

<Warning>
  Some shortcut actions are policy-visible. A convenient bind can still mark the active attempt if it uses a Cheat feature. See [Clean vs cheat](/concepts/clean-vs-cheat) for details.
</Warning>