Keyboard Shortcuts

CommandUI is designed for keyboard-first operation. All major actions are reachable without a pointer.

Global shortcuts

These work from anywhere in the app:

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+K	Open command palette
Ctrl+J	Focus composer
Ctrl+L	Clear terminal
Ctrl+T	New session
Ctrl+H	Toggle history drawer
Ctrl+Shift+W	Toggle workflow drawer
Ctrl+M	Toggle memory drawer
Ctrl+,	Toggle settings drawer
Ctrl+1 – Ctrl+9	Switch to session 1–9
Ctrl+W	Close current session (Tauri only)
Escape	Close all open drawers/overlays
Ctrl+Enter	Approve and execute the current plan

Plan panel shortcuts

These work when the plan panel has focus:

Shortcut	Action
A	Approve plan (same as Run Plan button)
R	Reject plan
E	Focus the command edit textarea

Composer shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Submit
Ctrl+1	Switch to Command mode
Ctrl+2	Switch to Ask mode

How shortcuts work

The shortcut system is zone-aware. The app tracks which zone has focus:

• composer — the input textarea
• terminal — the xterm.js terminal
• plan — the plan panel
• drawer — any open drawer
• palette — the command palette

Resolution rules

1. Zone-specific matches take priority over global matches
2. Bare-key shortcuts (single letter, no modifier) are suppressed in text-input zones (terminal, composer) to avoid interfering with typing
3. Special keys (Escape, Enter, Tab) work in text-input zones
4. Modifier combos (Ctrl+..., Shift+...) work everywhere

Conditional shortcuts

Some shortcuts have when guards — they only activate when specific conditions are true. For example, the plan approval shortcut only works when a plan is present.

Command palette

Ctrl+K opens the command palette — a searchable list of all available actions. Type to filter, use arrow keys to navigate, Enter to execute. This provides discoverability for actions you might not know the shortcut for.