Keyboard shortcuts
Mod means Ctrl on Windows and Linux, Cmd on macOS.
Press ? anywhere outside a text field for the built-in shortcut sheet.
Single-key shortcuts — ?, the tool-approval digits — are suppressed while you are typing in a field. Chords with a modifier generally still work.
Shell
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| ? | Open the keyboard shortcuts sheet |
| Mod+Shift+P | Open the command palette |
| Mod+K | Open the command palette outside the editor |
| Escape | Close the top overlay, popover, modal or side panel |
| Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Cycle the workspaces picker and recent apps (Ctrl even on macOS, since Cmd+Tab belongs to the OS) |
| Tab / Shift+Tab | Move focus through the app rail, menubar and app chrome |
| Ctrl+Scroll wheel | Zoom the interface in / out (desktop app; Ctrl+ / Ctrl− also adjust zoom) |
In Code, Ctrl+Tab cycles editor tabs when the editor has focus.
Open Search from the magnifying glass in the header or with the command palette shortcuts. Recent chats from the current project appear first. Filter with All, Chats, Code, Workspace, Models, Settings, or Actions. The palette includes app and project navigation, boards, dev servers, the code map, model controls, and current settings. In Code it also offers new General, Build, Plan, and Debug chats, chat search, file saving, and pane toggles. Issues and Source Control add commands while their surfaces are open. Search words can match command names, groups, and aliases in any order. Use ↑ ↓ to select, Enter to run, and Escape to close. Tab moves between the search field, close button, and category strip; ← → switches categories while the strip has focus.
Chat
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| Enter | Send — or stop, while the send button is in stop mode |
| Shift+Enter | New line |
| / | Open the skill picker (at the start of an empty composer) |
| Mod+M | Per-chat model picker, with search focused |
| ↑ / ↓ | Previous / next prompt at the start / end of a single-line composer; Down returns to your saved draft |
| Alt+↑ / Alt+↓ | Browse prompt history from anywhere, including long or multiline text |
| 1 / 2 / 3 | Tool approval: allow once, always allow, cancel |
While the skill picker is open: ↑ ↓ to move, Enter or Tab to choose, Escape to close.
In the chat search popover: ↑ ↓ to move, Enter to open, Escape to close.
Code editor
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| Mod+K | Quick Edit on the selection |
| Mod+I | Toggle Intent mode |
| Mod+S | Save |
| Mod+W | Close the editor tab |
| Mod+Tab / Mod+Shift+Tab | Cycle editor tabs |
| Tab | Accept AI ghost text or an open completion; otherwise indent |
| Shift+Tab | Outdent |
| Mod+→ | Accept the next word of ghost text |
| Ctrl+Space | Trigger a completion |
| F12 or Mod+click | Go to definition |
| Mod+F | Find and replace |
| Escape | Dismiss ghost text, or blur the editor |
File tree
With the tree focused and the editor not:
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| Enter / Space | Open a file, or expand a folder |
| F2 | Rename |
| Mod+C / Mod+X / Mod+V | Copy, cut, paste within the workspace |
| Delete | Delete |
| Shift+F10 | Context menu |
Terminal
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| Ctrl+` | Toggle the terminal panel (Ctrl on every platform for this one) |
| ↑ / ↓ | Command history for that tab |
| Mod+C | Copy the selection, or send SIGINT when nothing is selected |
| Ctrl+V / Cmd+V | Paste clipboard text at the prompt |
Browser preview
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| F12 | Toggle DevTools |
| Mod+Shift+I | Toggle DevTools |
Orchestrate board
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| Tab | Move between task cards and header controls |
| Arrow keys | Move around the kanban grid |
| Enter / Space | Open a task chat or the plan panel |
Issues
Shortcuts apply when Issues is open and you are not typing in a field.
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| j / k / Arrow keys | Move the focused issue |
| Enter | Open the floating issue panel |
| ↑ / ↓ | Browse the current issue list while the floating panel is open (except while editing or using menus) |
| Escape | Close the issue panel, or clear the multi-select |
| s | Change status |
| p | Change priority |
| u | Change assignee |
| l | Change labels |
| g | Change project |
| A | Queue an agent on the focused issue |
| Y | Accept a triage issue |
| N / Backspace | Decline a triage issue |
| C | New issue |
| Ctrl/Cmd + I | Quick capture a new issue outside text inputs |
| E | Expand the focused issue (title and description) |
| Alt+↑ / Alt+↓ | Move rank within the group or column |
| Shift+← / Shift+→ | Move the card to the neighbouring board column |
| Mod+click | Toggle row selection |
| Shift+click | Select a range |
| Shift+F10 | Context menu |
| Mod+Enter | Save a description edit |
Settings
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| Mod+K | Focus settings search |
| ↑ / ↓ / Enter | Move through results and open one |
| Escape | Close overlays, or blur search |
This manual
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| Ctrl+K / Cmd+K | Focus wiki search while the manual is open |
| Escape | Close the manual |