Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Shortcut	Description
`Esc`	Close dialogs and suggestions
`Ctrl+C`	Cancel ongoing request and clear input. Press twice to exit.
`Ctrl+D`	Exit if input is empty. Press twice to confirm.
`Ctrl+L`	Clear the screen
`Ctrl+O`	Toggle debug console
`Ctrl+S`	Disable output truncation for long responses
`Ctrl+T`	Toggle tool descriptions
`Shift+Tab` (`Tab` on Windows)	Cycle approval modes: `plan` → `default` → `auto-edit` → `yolo`

Shortcut	Description
`Enter`	Submit prompt
`\` + `Enter` (at end of line)	Insert a newline
`Up Arrow` / `Ctrl+P`	Navigate input history up
`Down Arrow` / `Ctrl+N`	Navigate input history down
`Ctrl+R`	Reverse search through history
`Tab`	Accept current autocomplete suggestion
`!` (empty input)	Toggle shell mode
`?` (empty input)	Toggle keyboard shortcuts display
`Ctrl+A` / `Home`	Move cursor to beginning of line
`Ctrl+E` / `End`	Move cursor to end of line
`Ctrl+B` / `←`	Move cursor left one character
`Ctrl+F` / `→`	Move cursor right one character
`Ctrl+Left` / `Meta+B`	Move cursor left one word
`Ctrl+Right` / `Meta+F`	Move cursor right one word
`Ctrl+H` / `Backspace`	Delete character to left
`Ctrl+D` / `Delete`	Delete character to right
`Ctrl+W` / `Meta+Backspace`	Delete word to left
`Meta+Delete` / `Ctrl+Delete`	Delete word to right
`Ctrl+K`	Delete to end of line
`Ctrl+U`	Delete to beginning of line
`Ctrl+V` (Windows: `Alt+V`)	Paste clipboard (image pastes insert a file reference)
`Ctrl+X` / `Meta+Enter`	Open input in external editor
`Ctrl+Y`	Retry last failed request
`Ctrl+Z` / `Ctrl+Shift+Z`	Undo / redo input
`Esc` (double)	Clear input prompt

Shortcut	Description
`Ctrl+G`	View context received from the IDE