defaultBindings.ts
keybindings/defaultBindings.ts
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ctrlshiftbindingsselectcontextdownmessageactionsnextmessageselectorchat
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import { feature } from 'bun:bundle'
import { satisfies } from 'src/utils/semver.js'
import { isRunningWithBun } from '../utils/bundledMode.js'
import { getPlatform } from '../utils/platform.js'
import type { KeybindingBlock } from './types.js'
/**
* Default keybindings that match current Claude Code behavior.
* These are loaded first, then user keybindings.json overrides them.
*/
// Platform-specific image paste shortcut:
// - Windows: alt+v (ctrl+v is system paste)
// - Other platforms: ctrl+v
const IMAGE_PASTE_KEY = getPlatform() === 'windows' ? 'alt+v' : 'ctrl+v'
// Modifier-only chords (like shift+tab) may fail on Windows Terminal without VT mode
// See: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/879#issuecomment-618801651
// Node enabled VT mode in 24.2.0 / 22.17.0: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/58358
// Bun enabled VT mode in 1.2.23: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/21161
const SUPPORTS_TERMINAL_VT_MODE =
getPlatform() !== 'windows' ||
(isRunningWithBun()
? satisfies(process.versions.bun, '>=1.2.23')
: satisfies(process.versions.node, '>=22.17.0 <23.0.0 || >=24.2.0'))
// Platform-specific mode cycle shortcut:
// - Windows without VT mode: meta+m (shift+tab doesn't work reliably)
// - Other platforms: shift+tab
const MODE_CYCLE_KEY = SUPPORTS_TERMINAL_VT_MODE ? 'shift+tab' : 'meta+m'
export const DEFAULT_BINDINGS: KeybindingBlock[] = [
{
context: 'Global',
bindings: {
// ctrl+c and ctrl+d use special time-based double-press handling.
// They ARE defined here so the resolver can find them, but they
// CANNOT be rebound by users - validation in reservedShortcuts.ts
// will show an error if users try to override these keys.
'ctrl+c': 'app:interrupt',
'ctrl+d': 'app:exit',
'ctrl+l': 'app:redraw',
'ctrl+t': 'app:toggleTodos',
'ctrl+o': 'app:toggleTranscript',
...(feature('KAIROS') || feature('KAIROS_BRIEF')
? { 'ctrl+shift+b': 'app:toggleBrief' as const }
: {}),
'ctrl+shift+o': 'app:toggleTeammatePreview',
'ctrl+r': 'history:search',
// File navigation. cmd+ bindings only fire on kitty-protocol terminals;
// ctrl+shift is the portable fallback.
...(feature('QUICK_SEARCH')
? {
'ctrl+shift+f': 'app:globalSearch' as const,
'cmd+shift+f': 'app:globalSearch' as const,
'ctrl+shift+p': 'app:quickOpen' as const,
'cmd+shift+p': 'app:quickOpen' as const,
}
: {}),
...(feature('TERMINAL_PANEL') ? { 'meta+j': 'app:toggleTerminal' } : {}),
},
},
{
context: 'Chat',
bindings: {
escape: 'chat:cancel',
// ctrl+x chord prefix avoids shadowing readline editing keys (ctrl+a/b/e/f/...).
'ctrl+x ctrl+k': 'chat:killAgents',
[MODE_CYCLE_KEY]: 'chat:cycleMode',
'meta+p': 'chat:modelPicker',
'meta+o': 'chat:fastMode',
'meta+t': 'chat:thinkingToggle',
enter: 'chat:submit',
up: 'history:previous',
down: 'history:next',
// Editing shortcuts (defined here, migration in progress)
// Undo has two bindings to support different terminal behaviors:
// - ctrl+_ for legacy terminals (send \x1f control char)
// - ctrl+shift+- for Kitty protocol (sends physical key with modifiers)
'ctrl+_': 'chat:undo',
'ctrl+shift+-': 'chat:undo',
// ctrl+x ctrl+e is the readline-native edit-and-execute-command binding.
'ctrl+x ctrl+e': 'chat:externalEditor',
'ctrl+g': 'chat:externalEditor',
'ctrl+s': 'chat:stash',
// Image paste shortcut (platform-specific key defined above)
[IMAGE_PASTE_KEY]: 'chat:imagePaste',
...(feature('MESSAGE_ACTIONS')
? { 'shift+up': 'chat:messageActions' as const }
: {}),
// Voice activation (hold-to-talk). Registered so getShortcutDisplay
// finds it without hitting the fallback analytics log. To rebind,
// add a voice:pushToTalk entry (last wins); to disable, use /voice
// — null-unbinding space hits a pre-existing useKeybinding.ts trap
// where 'unbound' swallows the event (space dead for typing).
...(feature('VOICE_MODE') ? { space: 'voice:pushToTalk' } : {}),
},
},
{
context: 'Autocomplete',
bindings: {
tab: 'autocomplete:accept',
escape: 'autocomplete:dismiss',
up: 'autocomplete:previous',
down: 'autocomplete:next',
},
},
{
context: 'Settings',
bindings: {
// Settings menu uses escape only (not 'n') to dismiss
escape: 'confirm:no',
// Config panel list navigation (reuses Select actions)
up: 'select:previous',
down: 'select:next',
k: 'select:previous',
j: 'select:next',
'ctrl+p': 'select:previous',
'ctrl+n': 'select:next',
// Toggle/activate the selected setting (space only — enter saves & closes)
space: 'select:accept',
// Save and close the config panel
enter: 'settings:close',
// Enter search mode
'/': 'settings:search',
// Retry loading usage data (only active on error)
r: 'settings:retry',
},
},
{
context: 'Confirmation',
bindings: {
y: 'confirm:yes',
n: 'confirm:no',
enter: 'confirm:yes',
escape: 'confirm:no',
// Navigation for dialogs with lists
up: 'confirm:previous',
down: 'confirm:next',
tab: 'confirm:nextField',
space: 'confirm:toggle',
// Cycle modes (used in file permission dialogs and teams dialog)
'shift+tab': 'confirm:cycleMode',
// Toggle permission explanation in permission dialogs
'ctrl+e': 'confirm:toggleExplanation',
// Toggle permission debug info
'ctrl+d': 'permission:toggleDebug',
},
},
{
context: 'Tabs',
bindings: {
// Tab cycling navigation
tab: 'tabs:next',
'shift+tab': 'tabs:previous',
right: 'tabs:next',
left: 'tabs:previous',
},
},
{
context: 'Transcript',
bindings: {
'ctrl+e': 'transcript:toggleShowAll',
'ctrl+c': 'transcript:exit',
escape: 'transcript:exit',
// q — pager convention (less, tmux copy-mode). Transcript is a modal
// reading view with no prompt, so q-as-literal-char has no owner.
q: 'transcript:exit',
},
},
{
context: 'HistorySearch',
bindings: {
'ctrl+r': 'historySearch:next',
escape: 'historySearch:accept',
tab: 'historySearch:accept',
'ctrl+c': 'historySearch:cancel',
enter: 'historySearch:execute',
},
},
{
context: 'Task',
bindings: {
// Background running foreground tasks (bash commands, agents)
// In tmux, users must press ctrl+b twice (tmux prefix escape)
'ctrl+b': 'task:background',
},
},
{
context: 'ThemePicker',
bindings: {
'ctrl+t': 'theme:toggleSyntaxHighlighting',
},
},
{
context: 'Scroll',
bindings: {
pageup: 'scroll:pageUp',
pagedown: 'scroll:pageDown',
wheelup: 'scroll:lineUp',
wheeldown: 'scroll:lineDown',
'ctrl+home': 'scroll:top',
'ctrl+end': 'scroll:bottom',
// Selection copy. ctrl+shift+c is standard terminal copy.
// cmd+c only fires on terminals using the kitty keyboard
// protocol (kitty/WezTerm/ghostty/iTerm2) where the super
// modifier actually reaches the pty — inert elsewhere.
// Esc-to-clear and contextual ctrl+c are handled via raw
// useInput so they can conditionally propagate.
'ctrl+shift+c': 'selection:copy',
'cmd+c': 'selection:copy',
},
},
{
context: 'Help',
bindings: {
escape: 'help:dismiss',
},
},
// Attachment navigation (select dialog image attachments)
{
context: 'Attachments',
bindings: {
right: 'attachments:next',
left: 'attachments:previous',
backspace: 'attachments:remove',
delete: 'attachments:remove',
down: 'attachments:exit',
escape: 'attachments:exit',
},
},
// Footer indicator navigation (tasks, teams, diff, loop)
{
context: 'Footer',
bindings: {
up: 'footer:up',
'ctrl+p': 'footer:up',
down: 'footer:down',
'ctrl+n': 'footer:down',
right: 'footer:next',
left: 'footer:previous',
enter: 'footer:openSelected',
escape: 'footer:clearSelection',
},
},
// Message selector (rewind dialog) navigation
{
context: 'MessageSelector',
bindings: {
up: 'messageSelector:up',
down: 'messageSelector:down',
k: 'messageSelector:up',
j: 'messageSelector:down',
'ctrl+p': 'messageSelector:up',
'ctrl+n': 'messageSelector:down',
'ctrl+up': 'messageSelector:top',
'shift+up': 'messageSelector:top',
'meta+up': 'messageSelector:top',
'shift+k': 'messageSelector:top',
'ctrl+down': 'messageSelector:bottom',
'shift+down': 'messageSelector:bottom',
'meta+down': 'messageSelector:bottom',
'shift+j': 'messageSelector:bottom',
enter: 'messageSelector:select',
},
},
// PromptInput unmounts while cursor active — no key conflict.
...(feature('MESSAGE_ACTIONS')
? [
{
context: 'MessageActions' as const,
bindings: {
up: 'messageActions:prev' as const,
down: 'messageActions:next' as const,
k: 'messageActions:prev' as const,
j: 'messageActions:next' as const,
// meta = cmd on macOS; super for kitty keyboard-protocol — bind both.
'meta+up': 'messageActions:top' as const,
'meta+down': 'messageActions:bottom' as const,
'super+up': 'messageActions:top' as const,
'super+down': 'messageActions:bottom' as const,
// Mouse selection extends on shift+arrow (ScrollKeybindingHandler:573) when present —
// correct layered UX: esc clears selection, then shift+↑ jumps.
'shift+up': 'messageActions:prevUser' as const,
'shift+down': 'messageActions:nextUser' as const,
escape: 'messageActions:escape' as const,
'ctrl+c': 'messageActions:ctrlc' as const,
// Mirror MESSAGE_ACTIONS. Not imported — would pull React/ink into this config module.
enter: 'messageActions:enter' as const,
c: 'messageActions:c' as const,
p: 'messageActions:p' as const,
},
},
]
: []),
// Diff dialog navigation
{
context: 'DiffDialog',
bindings: {
escape: 'diff:dismiss',
left: 'diff:previousSource',
right: 'diff:nextSource',
up: 'diff:previousFile',
down: 'diff:nextFile',
enter: 'diff:viewDetails',
// Note: diff:back is handled by left arrow in detail mode
},
},
// Model picker effort cycling (ant-only)
{
context: 'ModelPicker',
bindings: {
left: 'modelPicker:decreaseEffort',
right: 'modelPicker:increaseEffort',
},
},
// Select component navigation (used by /model, /resume, permission prompts, etc.)
{
context: 'Select',
bindings: {
up: 'select:previous',
down: 'select:next',
j: 'select:next',
k: 'select:previous',
'ctrl+n': 'select:next',
'ctrl+p': 'select:previous',
enter: 'select:accept',
escape: 'select:cancel',
},
},
// Plugin dialog actions (manage, browse, discover plugins)
// Navigation (select:*) uses the Select context above
{
context: 'Plugin',
bindings: {
space: 'plugin:toggle',
i: 'plugin:install',
},
},
]