Keyboard shortcuts

Every key in Coder, in the web chat, and in the screens they open, in one place. Type /help in Coder to see the short list there.

Coder: sending

Key	Does
Enter	Send now, even while a reply is being written. With an empty input, sends the next queued message now.
Ctrl+Enter	Queue for later: the message runs when the reply ends, in the order you queued. With nothing running, it sends at once.
Ctrl+Q, Ctrl+J	Queue for later, in terminals that send Ctrl+Enter as a plain Enter.
Shift+Enter, Alt+Enter	A new line.
Esc with messages queued	Put the queued messages back in the input to edit or remove.
! on an empty input	Run a shell command in your folder, such as !git status. Backspace on the empty input goes back to a message.
@path/to/file	Attach a file to your message.

Coder: the chat

Key	Does
Esc	Stop the reply. Closes a list or screen. Twice on a draft clears it.
Shift+Tab	Before a chat's first message: choose who answers (Auto, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or another agent here).
Tab	Complete a / command.
Up, Down	Your earlier messages. Down from the input selects the agent rows under it.
Ctrl+N	Start a new chat in the same folder. The last one stays in /resume.
Ctrl+O	Show each step in full, or fold the steps back to one line each.
Ctrl+P (Cmd+P on macOS), F2	Open plugins.
PageUp, PageDown, mouse wheel	Scroll the chat.
Ctrl+End	Jump to the bottom of the chat.
Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E	Start or end of the line.
Cmd+A	Select the whole input, where the terminal passes Cmd keys on. In Terminal, iTerm2, and Ghostty, use Ctrl+Shift+A.
Drag	Copy text from the chat. Double-click copies a word, triple-click a line.
Click a message	Shows the model that wrote it for about three seconds.
Ctrl+C	Quit. The chat is saved.

Coder: a step that waits for you

Key	Does
Y	Allow it, this one time.
N, Esc	Say no.
PageUp, PageDown	Read the whole command.

Coder: lists and screens

Screen	Keys
/models	Type to search, Up and Down to choose, Enter to go on, Esc to step back.
/plugins	Up and Down to choose, Space to turn on or off, Enter for its settings, Tab between fields, Esc to go back.
/resume	Up and Down (or j and k) to choose, Enter to open, Esc to go back.
/preferences	Up and Down to move, Left and Right (or - and +) to change a value.
/agents	Up and Down to choose, Enter to open, s to stop, m to message, r to resume, Esc to close.
Agent rows under the input	Down from the input to select, Up and Down to move, Esc (or Up from the first) back to your chat.

The web chat

Key	Does
Enter	Send now. While a reply is being written, stops it and sends yours.
Ctrl+Enter (⌘+Enter on a Mac)	Queue for later.
Shift+Enter	A new line.

Type /export in the web chat's message box and send it to save the chat to a file.

The Verse in your browser

In Everglade, as on the Mac:

Key	Does
W, S	Move forward and back.
A, D (or Q, E)	Step sideways.
Space	Jump.
Shift	Sprint.
Right mouse button	Hold to look and turn.
Left mouse button	Hold to orbit.
Mouse wheel	Zoom, into first person and back.
Esc	Close a board, then release the mouse.

Next: Slash commands.