Main window
escape = exit
tab = next pane (can be forbidden by plugin)
ctrl+tab = previous pane (can be forbidden by plugin)
shift+tab = previous pane (can be forbidden by plugin)
ctrl+arrows = change the size of current pane (if possible)

Edit box widget
arrow left, arrow right, home, end = movement in edited line
backspace = erase character on left
delete = erase character on right
insert = turn on/off insert mode
shift+movement keys = select letters

List widget
arrow up, arrow down, page up, page down, home, end = cursor movement
enter = activate item
spacebar = select item
shift+movement keys = select items
arrow right = start editing active item (if editing mode is enabled)
any letter = search item (if editing mode is disabled)
backspace = erase last character in search buffer (if editing mode is disabled)

Description
When MVM exits, configuration is always saved into '.mvm.conf' file in your home directory. Simple XML format is used. When MVM is run (and exited) for the first time, all the configuration file is full commented. After next run and exit of the application all comments are removed.

The best way how to learn about configuration is to try to change some values. Some arguments are required always. If you erase some of these arguments, after next run and exit of the application the erased argument will be rewritten with a default value or with value of "???" if no default value is available.

Main configuration
All the configuration is put between 'mvm_config' tags. In the beginning is the configuration of the size and the position of the main window on the screen. Then succeeds configuration of the schemes. Each scheme is describing one screen of panes - position and size of any number of panes and plugins used in each pane. (Example of one scheme can be well known file manager - two panes are displaying files and the last pane displays command line or shell.) Next part configures used colors - all the colors are always required and when you remove any, automatically are used default values. The last part of the configuration is the configuration of plugins. This part is done by plugins, so completely depends on them.