Keyboard shortcuts

Every shortcut Claudette handles, with its default on Windows and Linux and on macOS. Settings → Keyboard lists the rebindable ones and lets you change them (Keyboard). The fixed keys at the end can’t be changed. A shortcut on a digit, + or - also answers to the number pad’s key.

On Windows and Linux, Ctrl is the command key. On macOS the command key is Cmd, and Ctrl is the Control key, which Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab use, and the editor’s go-to-line key.

Tabs and windows

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS	More
New tab	`Ctrl+T`	`Cmd+T`	Opening tabs
Close tab	`Ctrl+W`	`Cmd+W`	Closing and restoring
Next tab	`Ctrl+Tab`	`Ctrl+Tab`	The sidebar
Previous tab	`Ctrl+Shift+Tab`	`Ctrl+Shift+Tab`
Go to tab 1–9	`Ctrl+1` to `Ctrl+9`	`Cmd+1` to `Cmd+9`
Go to the next tab waiting for you	`Ctrl+J`	`Cmd+J`	The command palette
Command palette	`Ctrl+Shift+P`	`Cmd+Shift+P`	The command palette
Collapse or expand the sidebar	`Ctrl+B`	`Cmd+B`	The sidebar
Open from History	`Ctrl+Shift+H`	`Cmd+Shift+H`	History
Settings	`Ctrl+,`	`Cmd+,`	The Settings window
Zoom in	`Ctrl++`	`Cmd++`	Accessibility
Zoom out	`Ctrl+-`	`Cmd+-`
Reset zoom	`Ctrl+0`	`Cmd+0`

On macOS, File → New Tab, History… and Close Tab, and Settings… in the app menu, show these shortcuts too, including ones you’ve changed.

The composer

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS	More
Stop Claude	`Esc`	`Esc`	Sending and stopping
Stash the message	`Ctrl+S`	`Cmd+S`	Earlier prompts, drafts and the stash
Quick suffixes menu	`Ctrl+Shift+S`	`Cmd+Shift+S`	Quick suffixes

Each quick suffix can also have a shortcut of its own, in Settings → Keyboard → Quick suffixes.

Prompts

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS	More
Allow the waiting prompt	`Ctrl+Enter`	`Cmd+Enter`	Permission cards
Deny the waiting prompt	`Ctrl+Backspace`	`Cmd+Backspace`

They answer the oldest waiting prompt in the tab. With Send with set to Ctrl/Cmd+Enter, that key sends what’s typed, and answers the prompt only when the message box is empty.

The conversation

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS	More
Find in the conversation	`Ctrl+F`	`Cmd+F`	Finding your way

Moving through the conversation

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS	More
Previous message in the conversation	`F3`	`F3`	Finding your way
Next message in the conversation	`F4`	`F4`
Go to the first message	`Ctrl+F3`	`Cmd+F3`
Go to the latest message	`Ctrl+F4`	`Cmd+F4`

Project tools

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS	More
Run the project’s main action	`Ctrl+Shift+E`	`Cmd+Shift+E`	Project tools

Project files

The shortcut that goes to a file is rebindable. The editor’s own keys are fixed, and work while a Project Files tab has the focus. In that tab, Find, Close tab, and the previous and next message shortcuts act on the editor too: Ctrl/Cmd+F finds in the file, Ctrl/Cmd+W closes the file showing (and the Files tab once none is open), and F3 and F4 go to the previous and next change.

Command	Windows and Linux	macOS	More
Go to file	`Ctrl+P`	`Cmd+P`	Finding a file by name
Find in files	`Ctrl+Shift+F`	`Cmd+Shift+F`	Finding in files
Replace in files	`Ctrl+Shift+R`	`Cmd+Shift+R`	Finding in files
Save	`Ctrl+S`	`Cmd+S`	Saving
Save all	`Ctrl+Alt+S`	`Cmd+Option+S`
Replace	`Ctrl+H`	`Cmd+Option+F`	Editing
Go to a line	`Ctrl+G`	`Ctrl+G`
Wrap long lines in this file	`Alt+Z`	`Option+Z`
Next file	`Ctrl+PageDown`	`Cmd+Option+→`	File tabs
Previous file	`Ctrl+PageUp`	`Cmd+Option+←`

Dragging with Alt (Option) held makes a box selection. In the go-to-line box, Enter goes, Esc closes it, and 42:7 goes to line 42, column 7.

In the explorer, the arrow keys move without opening anything, Enter opens a file to stay, Space opens it in the preview tab, Right and Left open and close folders, Left on a file or closed folder goes up to its folder, F2 renames the selected file or folder, and Delete (Cmd+Backspace on macOS) deletes it, asking first. In the find box, Up and Down choose, Enter opens and Esc brings the tree back (The explorer).

Fixed keys

These aren’t in the list of rebindable shortcuts.

Where	Key	What it does
The message box	`Enter`	Sends, or starts a new line, as Send with says, which the chip before Send shows and switches (The send key). `Shift+Enter` does the other.
The message box	`Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V`	Pastes the clipboard’s text as it is, however long (Attachments and large pastes).
The message box	`Up` on the first line, `Down` on the last	Goes back through the tab’s earlier prompts, and forward again.
The empty message box	`Tab` or `→`	Takes the suggested next prompt (Prompt suggestions).
The `/` and `@` lists	`Up`, `Down`, `Enter`, `Tab`, `Esc`	`Up` and `Down` choose, `Enter` or `Tab` takes the choice, `Esc` closes the list (Slash commands and mentions).
The new tab picker	`Up`, `Down`, `Enter`, `Esc`	Choose, open and close.
The new tab picker	`1` to `9`	Opens one of the first nine entries, while the search box is empty.
The quick suffixes menu	`1` to `9`	Picks one of the first nine suffixes.
The command palette	`Up`, `Down`, `Enter`, `Esc`	Choose, run and close.
Find in the conversation	`Enter`, `Shift+Enter`, `Esc`	Next match, previous match, close the bar.
History	`Esc`	Closes it. `Enter` in the search box also searches Claude’s replies.
A tab’s name, while renaming	`Enter`, `Esc`	Saves, or cancels.
A window of its own (an image, a tool call)	`Esc`	Closes it.
The image window	`+`, `-`, `0`	Zooms in, zooms out, and fits the whole image again (Images).
Settings	`Ctrl/Cmd+F`	Goes to Search settings.
Settings	`Esc`, `Ctrl/Cmd+W`	Closes the window (The Settings window).
Settings, while recording a shortcut	`Esc`	Cancels the recording.

Games

While the Games page has the focus, the number keys play tic-tac-toe’s squares (1 to 9 from the top left) and Connect Four’s columns (1 to 7), and the letters guess in hangman. In Minesweeper, the arrow keys move between the squares, Space or Enter opens one and F flags it. None of it reaches the message box. See Games with Claudette.