Claude Code Key Bindings

Chat Input

Enter: Submit — Submit message to Claude
Esc: Cancel — Cancel current input
Ctrl + J: Newline — Insert newline without submitting (Ctrl+J)
Ctrl + S: Stash — Stash current prompt for later (Ctrl+S)
Ctrl + L: Clear — Redraw screen / clear input; press twice within 2s to run /clear
Ctrl + G: Ext. Editor — Open prompt in external editor (Ctrl+G)
Ctrl + V: Paste Image — Paste image from clipboard (Ctrl+V; Alt+V on Windows)
Ctrl + Shift + -: Undo — Undo last action (Ctrl+_ or Ctrl+Shift+-)
Shift + Tab: Cycle Mode — Cycle permission modes (Shift+Tab; Meta+M on older Windows)
Alt + P: Model Picker — Open model picker (Meta+P / Alt+P)
Alt + O: Fast Mode — Toggle fast mode (Meta+O / Alt+O)
Alt + T: Thinking — Toggle extended thinking (Meta+T / Alt+T)

Ctrl + C: Interrupt — Cancel / interrupt current operation — reserved, cannot be rebound
Ctrl + D: Exit — Exit Claude Code — reserved, cannot be rebound
Ctrl + T: Todos — Toggle task list visibility (Ctrl+T)
Ctrl + O: Transcript — Toggle verbose transcript view (Ctrl+O)
Ctrl + R: History — Open history search (Ctrl+R)
Ctrl + B: Background — Send current task to background (Ctrl+B); conflicts with tmux
↑: Hist Prev — Previous item in command history
↓: Hist Next — Next item in command history

Tab: Accept — Accept autocomplete suggestion
Esc: Dismiss — Dismiss autocomplete menu / cancel confirmation
Enter: Confirm — Confirm action (Y or Enter in confirmation dialogs)
Space: Toggle — Toggle selection in confirmation dialogs
↑: Prev — Previous suggestion or option
↓: Next — Next suggestion or option
Ctrl + E: Explain — Toggle permission explanation in confirmation dialogs (Ctrl+E)

Ctrl + R: Next Match — Find next match in history search (Ctrl+R)
Enter: Execute — Execute selected history command
Esc: Accept — Accept history selection and close search (Escape or Tab)
Ctrl + S: Cycle Scope — Cycle history scope: session → project → everywhere (Ctrl+S)
Ctrl + C: Cancel — Cancel history search (Ctrl+C)
Ctrl + E: Show All — Toggle show all content in transcript view (Ctrl+E)
Q: Exit — Exit transcript view (Q key — bare letter)

PgUp: Page Up — Scroll up half viewport height (fullscreen mode)
PgDn: Page Down — Scroll down half viewport height (fullscreen mode)
Ctrl + Home: Top — Jump to start of conversation (Ctrl+Home)
Ctrl + End: Bottom — Jump to latest message and re-enable auto-follow (Ctrl+End)
Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy — Copy selected text to clipboard (Ctrl+Shift+C)
Shift + ←: Sel ← — Extend text selection left one column (Shift+Left)
Shift + →: Sel → — Extend text selection right one column (Shift+Right)
Shift + ↑: Sel ↑ — Extend text selection up one row (Shift+Up)
Shift + ↓: Sel ↓ — Extend text selection down one row (Shift+Down)

↓: Next — Next option in any list, select, or diff dialog
↑: Prev — Previous option in any list, select, or diff dialog
→: Next Tab — Next tab / next diff source
←: Prev Tab — Previous tab / previous diff source
Enter: Accept — Accept selection, view diff details, or save and close settings
Esc: Close — Close or cancel any dialog
Space: Toggle — Toggle plugin selection; push-to-talk in voice mode
/: Search — Enter search mode in Settings panel (/ key)
J: Down (vim) — Navigate down in select lists — vim-style J key
K: Up (vim) — Navigate up in select lists — vim-style K key
I: Install — Install selected plugin in Plugin dialog
F: Favorite — Favorite selected plugin in Plugin dialog