Screens overview

c9s organizes its UI around resource screens. Switch between them via the command palette (:) — each screen has a long name (e.g. :containers) and a single-letter alias (:c).

Resource screens

Palette	Alias	Description
:containers	:c	Lifecycle management for running containers (start, stop, exec, logs, inspect).
:images	:i	Local image registry. Tag, push, delete, run-from-image.
:volumes	:v	Persistent volumes. Create, delete, prune.
:networks	:n	Container networks. Create, delete, prune.
:builder	:b	Builder daemon status.
:registry	:reg	Registry credentials. Login, logout, set-default.
:system	:sys	System services + sub-screens (:df, :dns, :property, :kernel, :logs).

k9s-parity screens

These mirror k9s features for users migrating from Kubernetes.

Palette	Description
:jobs	Background streaming jobs (builds, pulls, pushes detached with Ctrl+Z).
:pinned	Cross-screen bookmarks. Press b on any row to pin it.
:errors	Persistent error log viewer.
:pulses	Live health dashboard (services, builder, resource counts, sparkline, errors).
:xray	Tree view of resource relationships (image → containers → networks/volumes).

Action screens

These are not table-based; they handle specific workflows.

Palette	Description
:run <image>	Multi-field form to launch a container.
:build <path>	Multi-field form to build an image.
:logs <id>	Open the log viewer for a single container.
:pull <ref> / :push <ref>	Direct streaming progress for image transfers.

Common hotkeys

Most table screens share a baseline of bindings:

• ↑ / ↓ or j / k — move selection
• g / G — top / bottom
• space — toggle mark on focused row
• * — mark all visible
• Esc — clear marks / dismiss filter / close modal
• / — filter rows by free-text
• r — refresh
• ? — help overlay
• : — command palette
• Shift+S — open the sort picker
• b — pin focused row to :pinned

Per-screen hotkeys are documented on each screen's page.