diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 38c15b5..80e3f50 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -272,9 +272,12 @@
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1785767538,
         "narHash": "sha256-9foQ31PSKpIu8UWGalt+4G5o4TU21g4a1qwMwJmeOy4=",
+        "lastModified": 1785806694,
+        "narHash": "sha256-UEh5+A6DKfVuqdzouBRx0Lg7P100aqxILbYyi6d++tE=",
         "owner": "noctalia-dev",
         "repo": "noctalia",
         "rev": "50f0f095053a4b5c10874c4e7080f55dc15d3b38",
+        "rev": "72acad3eb20f1e1dcb65cee51584783b58f6d87c",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/modules/home/tools/zed/config/keymap.json b/modules/home/tools/zed/config/keymap.json
index 6771eda..1938399 100644
--- a/modules/home/tools/zed/config/keymap.json
+++ b/modules/home/tools/zed/config/keymap.json
@@ -27,4 +27,24 @@
       "space shift-d": "diagnostics::Deploy"
     }
   }
+  },
+
+  // --- IDE panel toggles on alt- ---
+  // ctrl- is left fully Helix-native (PageUp/PageDown/GoBack/Increment/etc.
+  // all keep their default meanings). These two are the only panel toggles
+  // that actually collided with a native Helix ctrl- binding, so they move
+  // to alt- instead of overriding ctrl-.
+  {
+    "context": "Workspace || (vim_mode == helix_normal || vim_mode == helix_select)",
+    "bindings": {
+      "alt-j": "workspace::ToggleBottomDock",  // terminal (was ctrl-j, which shadowed vim::Down)
+      "alt-b": "workspace::ToggleLeftDock",    // file explorer (was ctrl-b, which shadowed vim::PageUp; frees native alt-b = MoveToStartOfLargerSyntaxNode)
+      "alt-r": "workspace::ToggleRightDock"    // right dock (was Pane's search::ToggleRegex, unused)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // project picker (ctrl-p = file_finder::Toggle) and project debug
+  // (ctrl-shift-d = debug_panel::ToggleFocus, F4 = debugger::Start) are
+  // left on their Zed defaults -- neither collides with a Helix ctrl-
+  // binding, so no override is needed.
 ]
diff --git a/modules/home/wm/niri/config.kdl b/modules/home/wm/niri/config.kdl
index 2747fc0..6cf496b 100644
--- a/modules/home/wm/niri/config.kdl
+++ b/modules/home/wm/niri/config.kdl
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ binds {
     XF86MonBrightnessDown { spawn-sh "noctalia msg brightness-down"; }
     
     // my specifc keybinds
-    // Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open Ghostty" {spawn "ghostty" "-e" "zellij" "-l" "welcome";}
+    Mod+Shift+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open Ghostty" {spawn "ghostty" "-e" "zellij" "-l" "welcome";}
     Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open Ghostty" {spawn "ghostty";}
 
     // Open/close the Overview: a zoomed-out view of workspaces and windows.