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# Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts work anywhere in the app, including the prompt box, except as noted under Good to know.

![The Keyboard shortcuts dialog](/screenshots/shortcuts.png)

## How to use

1. Press Ctrl+/ (⌘ / on a Mac) to open the **Keyboard shortcuts** dialog.
2. Type in **Filter by name or key** to find one.
3. Click **Edit** next to it and press the new keys. Esc cancels, Backspace removes the shortcut.
4. The reset button next to a changed shortcut brings back the default. **Reset all** resets every one.
5. Your changes are kept in this browser only.

## General

| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Command palette | Ctrl+K | ⌘ K |
| Command palette (second key) | Ctrl+Shift+P | ⌘ ⇧ P |
| Open file | Ctrl+P | ⌘ P |
| Find in files | Ctrl+Shift+F | ⌘ ⇧ F |
| Open settings | Ctrl+, | ⌘ , |
| Keyboard shortcuts | Ctrl+/ | ⌘ / |
| Go to notifications | Ctrl+Alt+N | ⌘ ⌥ N |

## Tabs

| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New session | Ctrl+Shift+S | ⌘ ⇧ S |
| Previous tab | Ctrl+Alt+← | ⌘ ⌥ ← |
| Next tab | Ctrl+Alt+→ | ⌘ ⌥ → |
| Close tab | Ctrl+Alt+W | ⌘ ⌥ W |
| Close tab group | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ W |
| Reopen closed tab | Alt+Shift+T | ⌃ ⇧ T |
| Go to tab 1 to 8 | Alt+1 … Alt+8 | ⌃ 1 … ⌃ 8 |
| Go to last tab | Alt+9 | ⌃ 9 |

## Panels

| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus next split | Ctrl+Alt+↑ | ⌘ ⌥ ↑ |
| Toggle sidebar | Ctrl+B | ⌘ B |
| Toggle side panel | Ctrl+Shift+R | ⌘ ⇧ R |
| Toggle file tree | Ctrl+\ | ⌘ \ |
| Show files | Ctrl+Shift+E | ⌘ ⇧ E |
| Show changes | Ctrl+Shift+G | ⌘ ⇧ G |
| Show git graph | Ctrl+Shift+H | ⌘ ⇧ H |
| Commit | Alt+K | ⌃ K |
| Push | Alt+Shift+K | ⌃ ⇧ K |
| Toggle signal only | Ctrl+Alt+S | ⌘ ⌥ S |
| Toggle terminal | Ctrl+\` | ⌃ \` |
| New terminal | Ctrl+Shift+\` | ⌃ ⇧ \` |

## Session

| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Next waiting request | Ctrl+Alt+↓ | ⌘ ⌥ ↓ |
| Focus prompt | Ctrl+L | ⌃ L |
| Change model | Ctrl+' | ⌘ ' |
| Run in background | Ctrl+Shift+B | ⌘ ⇧ B |

## Prefix key

Press Alt+A (like tmux), let go, then press one more key within 1.5 seconds:

| Then press | Does |
| --- | --- |
| c | New session |
| n | Next tab |
| p | Previous tab |
| 1 … 9 | Tab 1 to 9 (9 = last tab) |
| x | Close tab |
| % | Split right |
| " | Split down |
| o | Next split |
| t | Terminal |
| f | Files |
| g | Changes |
| s | Sidebar |
| z | Focus prompt |
| , | Settings |
| ? | Shortcuts |
| : | Command palette |

## In the prompt box

These are fixed (not in the registry).

| Key | Does |
| --- | --- |
| Enter | Send (while Claude works: steer, see [The prompt box](../features/prompt-box)) |
| Shift+Enter | New line |
| Shift+Tab | Next permission mode |
| Esc | Stop the running turn |
| ! at the start | Bash mode: the line runs as a shell command |
| Ctrl+B / I / E | Bold / italic / inline code (⌘ on a Mac) |

## Good to know

* On Windows and Linux some keys use Alt because the browser keeps Ctrl+T, Ctrl+W, Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+1…9 for itself.
* The recorder refuses keys that would break typing: a key without Ctrl, Cmd or Alt, AltGr characters, macOS Option characters, and the prompt box's editing keys (copy, paste, undo, word jumps).
* Ctrl+B toggles the sidebar, except in the prompt box, where it makes text bold.
* In the terminal panel, plain Ctrl+letter keys go to the shell. Shortcuts with Alt, the tab keys, the palette, the shortcuts dialog and the terminal keys still reach the app.