Keyboard Shortcuts
Press Ctrl+. (or Ctrl+X on Windows and in terminals without the Kitty keyboard protocol) to open this list inside the TUI; entries that do not apply in the current context are dimmed.
Some chords differ by terminal; see Terminal differences.
Essentials
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
Enter |
Send the prompt |
Tab |
Move focus between prompt and scrollback |
Esc |
Cancel the running turn |
Esc Esc |
Clear the prompt, or open rewind when it is empty |
Ctrl+C |
Cancel turn |
Shift+Tab |
Cycle mode (Normal / Plan / Always-approve) |
Ctrl+P or ? |
Command palette |
Ctrl+. / Ctrl+X |
Keyboard shortcuts |
F2 or Ctrl+, |
Settings |
Ctrl+Q / Ctrl+D |
Quit (press twice) |
Input
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Enter or Ctrl+I |
Interject while a turn is running |
Shift+Enter |
Newline — or send, in multiline mode (Alt+Enter where Shift+Enter is unsupported) |
Ctrl+M |
Toggle multiline input |
Ctrl+R |
Search prompt history |
! |
Shell mode, on an empty prompt |
Scrollback
Focus the scrollback with Tab, then navigate. Bare-letter keys require vim mode (/vim-mode, or vim_mode = true under [ui] in config.toml); the arrow-key equivalents always work.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
j / ↓, k / ↑ |
Select next / previous entry |
Shift+L / Shift+→, Shift+H / Shift+← |
Next / previous turn |
Shift+J, Shift+K |
Next / previous response |
g, Shift+G |
Go to top / bottom |
Ctrl+U, Ctrl+D |
Scroll half page up / down |
Page Up, Page Down |
Scroll one page up / down |
h / ←, l / → |
Collapse / expand the selected entry |
e, Shift+E |
Expand or collapse one entry / all entries |
Ctrl+E |
Toggle all thinking blocks |
r |
Toggle raw markdown |
y, Shift+Y |
Copy content / copy command or path |
Enter or Ctrl+F |
Open the selected block in the fullscreen viewer |
/ |
Search scrollback (vim mode) |
x |
Kill the selected background task |
Panels and session
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+T |
Toggle the todo pane (agent screen) |
Ctrl+B |
Toggle the tasks pane |
Ctrl+; or Ctrl+' |
Toggle prompt queue |
Ctrl+S |
Open sessions |
Ctrl+L |
Open extensions |
Ctrl+G |
Send the running command to the background |
Ctrl+O |
Toggle always-approve |
Ctrl+N |
New session (press twice) |
Ctrl+M |
Pick model, when the prompt is not focused |
Ctrl+\ |
Open the Agent Dashboard |
Terminal differences
- VS Code-family terminals (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed): quit is
Ctrl+Donly, interject isCtrl+L, half-page scroll isShift+D, andCtrl+Ldoes not open extensions (use/plugins). UseAlt+Enterfor newlines. - Apple Terminal:
Ctrl+Oalso interjects. - WezTerm needs
enable_kitty_keyboard = trueforCtrl+EnterandShift+Enter.
See Terminal Support for fixes and diagnostics.