Keyboard Shortcuts

A comprehensive guide to Cursor keyboard shortcuts for Chat, Composer, Tab and Agent

A high level overview of the keyboard shortcuts and keybindings in Cursor. You can see all keyboard shortcuts by pressing Cmd + R then Cmd + S.

To learn more about Keyboard Shortcuts in Cursor, check out the Key Bindings for VS Code as it serves as a good baseline for Cursor’s keybindings.

All of Cursor’s keybindings, including those for Cursor-specific features, can be remapped in the Keyboard Shortcuts settings page.

All Cmd keys can be replaced with Ctrl on Windows.

General

Shortcut	Action
`Cmd + I` (⌘I)	Toggle Sidepanel (unless binded to mode)
`Cmd + L` (⌘L)	Toggle Sidepan (unless binded to mode)
`Cmd + .` (⌘.)	Open Mode Menu
`Cmd + /` (⌘/)	Loop between AI models
`Cmd + Shift + J` (⌘⇧J)	Open Cursor settings
`Cmd + ,` (⌘,)	Open General settings
`Cmd + Shift + P` (⌘⇧P)	Open command palette

These shortcuts work while focused on the chat input box.

Shortcut	Action
`Enter`	Submit
`Cmd + Shift + Backspace` (⌘⇧⌫)	Cancel generation
`Cmd + L` (⌘L) with code selected	Add selected code as context
`Cmd + Shift + L` (⌘⇧L) with code selected	Add selected code as context
`Cmd + Enter` (⌘⏎)	Accept all changes
`Cmd + Backspace` (⌘⌫)	Reject all changes
`Tab`	Cycle to next message
`Shift + Tab` (⇧⇥)	Cycle to previous message
`Cmd + Alt + /` (⌘⌥/)	Open model toggle
`Cmd + N` (⌘N) / `Cmd + R` (⌘R)	Create new chat
`Cmd + Shift + K` (⌘⇧K)	Open composer as bar
`Cmd + [` (⌘[)	Open previous chat
`Cmd + ]` (⌘])	Open next chat
`Cmd + W` (⌘W)	Close chat
`Esc`	Unfocus the field

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

Shortcut	Action
`Tab`	Accept suggestion
`Cmd + →`	Accept next word