Overview of keyboard shortcuts in Cursor. See all keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+R then Ctrl+S or by opening command palette Ctrl+Shift+P and searching for Keyboard Shortcuts. Learn more about Keyboard Shortcuts in Cursor with Key Bindings for VS Code as a baseline for Cursor’s keybindings. All Cursor keybindings, including Cursor-specific features, can be remapped in Keyboard Shortcuts settings.

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General

| Shortcut | Action | | ----------------- | ---------------------------- | | Ctrl+I | Toggle Sidepanel (unless bound to mode) | | Ctrl+L | Toggle Sidepanel (unless bound to mode) | | Ctrl+E | Background Agent control panel | | Ctrl+. | Mode Menu | | Ctrl+/ | Loop between AI models | | Ctrl+Shift+J | Cursor settings | | Ctrl+, | General settings | | Ctrl+Shift+P | Command palette |

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Chat

Shortcuts for the chat input box.
| Shortcut | Action | | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | | Enter | Submit | | Alt+Enter | Override queue (force push) | | Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace | Cancel generation | | Ctrl+Shift+L with code selected | Add selected code as context | | Ctrl+V with code or log in clipboard | Add clipboard as context | | Ctrl+Shift+V with code or log in clipboard | Add clipboard to input box | | Ctrl+Enter | Accept all changes | | Ctrl+BackSpace | Reject all changes | | Tab | Cycle to next message | | Shift+Tab | Cycle to previous message | | Ctrl+Alt+/ | Model toggle | | Ctrl+N / Ctrl+R | New chat | | Ctrl+T | New chat tab | | Ctrl+[ | Previous chat | | Ctrl+] | Next chat | | Ctrl+W | Close chat | | Esc | Unfocus field |

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Inline Edit

| Shortcut | Action | | ----------------- | ------------------ | | Ctrl+K | Open | | Ctrl+Shift+K | Toggle input focus | | Enter | Submit | | Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace | Cancel | | Alt+Enter | Ask quick question |

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Code Selection & Context

| Shortcut | Action | | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | | @ | @-symbols | | # | Files | | / | Shortcut Commands | | Ctrl+Shift+L | Add selection to Chat | | Ctrl+Shift+K | Add selection to Edit | | Ctrl+L | Add selection to new chat | | Ctrl+M | Toggle file reading strategies | | Ctrl+Arrow-Right | Accept next word of suggestion | | Ctrl+Enter | Search codebase in chat | | Select code, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V | Add copied reference code as context | | Select code, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Shift+V | Add copied code as text context |

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Tab

| Shortcut | Action | | --------- | ----------------- | | Tab | Accept suggestion | | Ctrl+Arrow-Right | Accept next word |

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Terminal

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+KOpen terminal prompt bar
Ctrl+EnterRun generated command
EscAccept command