diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8e9b81..a747ef5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ A Windows desktop app for running and arranging many WSL terminals at once. Buil
 - **Preset layouts** — titlebar buttons: `1` / `2H` / `3H` / `2V` / `2×2`. Confirms before replacing a multi-pane layout.
 - **Active pane** — click any pane → blue border + keyboard focus.
 - **Jump to pane** — `Ctrl+K` opens a fuzzy picker over label / distro / cwd. ↑/↓ to navigate, Enter to focus, Esc to close.
+
+### Keyboard shortcuts
+
+| Key | Action |
+|---|---|
+| `Ctrl+K` | open the jump-to-pane palette |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+E` | split active pane to the right |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+O` | split active pane downward |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+W` | close active pane |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+B` | toggle broadcast on active pane |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B` | toggle broadcast on ALL panes (titlebar 📡) |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+←/→/↑/↓` | focus neighbour pane in that direction |
+
+Shortcuts work while a terminal is focused (we capture before xterm.js sees the key). They DON'T fire while you're typing into a label edit or the palette input, so those still work normally.
 - **Idle toasts** — top-right notification when a pane goes quiet for 5 s. Useful for "I started a long task; tell me when it's done."
 
 Layout + per-pane settings auto-save to `%APPDATA%\com.megaproxy.tiletopia\workspace.json` (debounced 500 ms).
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 51d0c7c..5bd84e2 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import {
   flattenLayout,
   updateSplitRatio,
   swapLeaves,
+  findNeighborInDirection,
+  type Direction,
   serialize,
   deserialize,
   presetSingle,
@@ -128,19 +130,6 @@ export default function App() {
     return () => clearTimeout(id);
   }, [tree, ready]);
 
-  // ---- Ctrl+K palette toggle (capture phase to beat xterm) ----------------
-  useEffect(() => {
-    function onKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
-      if ((e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && e.key.toLowerCase() === "k") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        setPaletteOpen((v) => !v);
-      }
-    }
-    window.addEventListener("keydown", onKey, true);
-    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey, true);
-  }, []);
-
   // ---- focus polling → setActive (xterm.js eats pointerdown) --------------
   useEffect(() => {
     let lastLeafId: string | null = null;
@@ -199,6 +188,107 @@ export default function App() {
     setActiveLeafId(leafId);
   }, []);
 
+  // ---- global keyboard shortcuts ------------------------------------------
+  // Capture phase beats xterm.js's own keystroke handlers. We intentionally
+  // don't intercept when the user is typing into a regular <input> (label
+  // edits etc.) — but DO intercept when focus is in the xterm textarea,
+  // which is what makes shortcuts work while a terminal is focused.
+  const kbdStateRef = useRef({ activeLeafId, tree });
+  useEffect(() => {
+    kbdStateRef.current = { activeLeafId, tree };
+  });
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const DIR_MAP: Record<string, Direction | undefined> = {
+      arrowleft: "left",
+      arrowright: "right",
+      arrowup: "up",
+      arrowdown: "down",
+    };
+
+    function shouldIgnore(): boolean {
+      const ae = document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null;
+      if (!ae) return false;
+      const tag = ae.tagName;
+      if (tag !== "INPUT" && tag !== "TEXTAREA") return false;
+      if (ae.classList.contains("xterm-helper-textarea")) return false;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    function onKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
+      if (shouldIgnore()) return;
+      const ctrl = e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey;
+      const shift = e.shiftKey;
+      const alt = e.altKey;
+      const key = e.key.toLowerCase();
+      const { activeLeafId, tree } = kbdStateRef.current;
+
+      // Ctrl+K — palette
+      if (ctrl && !shift && !alt && key === "k") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        setPaletteOpen((v) => !v);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B — global broadcast all/none
+      if (ctrl && shift && alt && key === "b") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        let anyOn = false;
+        for (const leaf of walkLeaves(tree)) {
+          if (leaf.broadcast) {
+            anyOn = true;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        setTree((t) => setAllBroadcast(t, !anyOn));
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // All remaining shortcuts require Ctrl+Shift with no Alt.
+      if (!ctrl || !shift || alt) return;
+
+      // Ctrl+Shift+Arrow — pane navigation
+      const dir = DIR_MAP[key];
+      if (dir) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        const layout = flattenLayout(tree);
+        if (!activeLeafId) {
+          const first = layout.leaves[0]?.leaf.id;
+          if (first) setActiveLeafId(first);
+          return;
+        }
+        const nextId = findNeighborInDirection(layout.leaves, activeLeafId, dir);
+        if (nextId) setActiveLeafId(nextId);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!activeLeafId) return;
+
+      if (key === "e") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        split(activeLeafId, "h");
+      } else if (key === "o") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        split(activeLeafId, "v");
+      } else if (key === "w") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        close(activeLeafId);
+      } else if (key === "b") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        toggleBroadcast(activeLeafId);
+      }
+    }
+
+    window.addEventListener("keydown", onKey, true);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey, true);
+  }, [split, close, toggleBroadcast]);
+
   const registerPaneId = useCallback(
     (leafId: NodeId, paneId: PaneId | null) => {
       if (paneId == null) paneIdByLeafRef.current.delete(leafId);
@@ -432,10 +522,10 @@ export default function App() {
           onClick={toggleBroadcastAll}
           title={
             broadcastStats.on === 0
-              ? "Click to broadcast input to ALL panes"
+              ? "Broadcast to ALL panes (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B)"
               : broadcastStats.on === broadcastStats.total
-                ? "All panes broadcasting — click to disable"
-                : `${broadcastStats.on} of ${broadcastStats.total} panes broadcasting — click to disable all`
+                ? "All panes broadcasting — click to disable (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B)"
+                : `${broadcastStats.on} of ${broadcastStats.total} panes broadcasting — click to disable all (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B)`
           }
         >
           {broadcastBtnLabel}
diff --git a/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx b/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx
index f98dfa6..71babf5 100644
--- a/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ export default function LeafPane({ leaf }: { leaf: LeafNode }) {
           }}
           title={
             isBroadcasting
-              ? "Broadcasting (click to leave group)"
-              : "Click to broadcast input to other broadcast panes"
+              ? "Broadcasting (click or Ctrl+Shift+B to leave group)"
+              : "Click or Ctrl+Shift+B to broadcast input to other broadcast panes"
           }
           aria-pressed={isBroadcasting ? "true" : "false"}
         >
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ export default function LeafPane({ leaf }: { leaf: LeafNode }) {
         <span className="pane-actions">
           <button
             className="pane-btn"
-            title="Split right"
+            title="Split right (Ctrl+Shift+E)"
             onClick={(e) => {
               e.stopPropagation();
               orch.split(leaf.id, "h");
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ export default function LeafPane({ leaf }: { leaf: LeafNode }) {
           </button>
           <button
             className="pane-btn"
-            title="Split down"
+            title="Split down (Ctrl+Shift+O)"
             onClick={(e) => {
               e.stopPropagation();
               orch.split(leaf.id, "v");
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ export default function LeafPane({ leaf }: { leaf: LeafNode }) {
           </button>
           <button
             className="pane-btn close"
-            title="Close pane"
+            title="Close pane (Ctrl+Shift+W)"
             onClick={(e) => {
               e.stopPropagation();
               orch.close(leaf.id);
diff --git a/src/lib/layout/tree.ts b/src/lib/layout/tree.ts
index 761cf76..59a4836 100644
--- a/src/lib/layout/tree.ts
+++ b/src/lib/layout/tree.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,69 @@ export function updateSplitRatio(root: TreeNode, splitId: NodeId, ratio: number)
   });
 }
 
+export type Direction = "left" | "right" | "up" | "down";
+
+/** Spatial pane navigation: given an active leaf, find the nearest neighbor
+ *  in the requested direction. Used for Ctrl+Shift+Arrow shortcuts. */
+export function findNeighborInDirection(
+  leaves: LeafSlot[],
+  fromLeafId: NodeId,
+  direction: Direction,
+): NodeId | null {
+  const from = leaves.find((s) => s.leaf.id === fromLeafId);
+  if (!from) return null;
+  const fromCenter = {
+    x: from.box.left + from.box.width / 2,
+    y: from.box.top + from.box.height / 2,
+  };
+  const EPS = 1e-3;
+
+  let best: { id: NodeId; perpDist: number; primaryDist: number } | null = null;
+
+  for (const slot of leaves) {
+    if (slot.leaf.id === fromLeafId) continue;
+    const center = {
+      x: slot.box.left + slot.box.width / 2,
+      y: slot.box.top + slot.box.height / 2,
+    };
+    let primary: number;
+    let perp: number;
+
+    switch (direction) {
+      case "right":
+        if (slot.box.left < from.box.left + from.box.width - EPS) continue;
+        primary = center.x - fromCenter.x;
+        perp = Math.abs(center.y - fromCenter.y);
+        break;
+      case "left":
+        if (slot.box.left + slot.box.width > from.box.left + EPS) continue;
+        primary = fromCenter.x - center.x;
+        perp = Math.abs(center.y - fromCenter.y);
+        break;
+      case "down":
+        if (slot.box.top < from.box.top + from.box.height - EPS) continue;
+        primary = center.y - fromCenter.y;
+        perp = Math.abs(center.x - fromCenter.x);
+        break;
+      case "up":
+        if (slot.box.top + slot.box.height > from.box.top + EPS) continue;
+        primary = fromCenter.y - center.y;
+        perp = Math.abs(center.x - fromCenter.x);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    if (
+      best === null ||
+      perp < best.perpDist ||
+      (perp === best.perpDist && primary < best.primaryDist)
+    ) {
+      best = { id: slot.leaf.id, perpDist: perp, primaryDist: primary };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return best?.id ?? null;
+}
+
 /** Swap two leaves' tree positions. Each leaf carries its own data
  *  (id, distro, cwd, label, broadcast) into the other's slot. PTYs stay
  *  alive because React keys on leaf.id and our renderer is flat. */