Codex 0.142.5 TUI Shortcuts

codex-0.142.5-tui-shortcuts.md

Codex TUI Shortcuts

Configurable Defaults

Global / App

• Ctrl+T - open transcript
• Ctrl+G - open external editor
• Ctrl+O - copy last response
• Ctrl+L - clear UI
• Alt+R - toggle raw output
• toggle_vim_mode - default unbound
• toggle_fast_mode - default unbound

Chat

• Esc - interrupt turn
• Alt+, / Shift+Down - decrease reasoning effort
• Alt+. / Shift+Up - increase reasoning effort
• Alt+Up / Shift+Left - edit queued message

Composer

• Enter - submit
• Tab - queue while task is running
• ? / Shift+? - toggle shortcut overlay
• Ctrl+R - history search previous
• Ctrl+S - history search next

Editor

• Ctrl+J / Ctrl+M / Enter / Shift+Enter / Alt+Enter - insert newline
• Left / Ctrl+B - move left
• Right / Ctrl+F - move right
• Up / Ctrl+P - move up
• Down / Ctrl+N - move down
• Alt+B / Alt+Left / Ctrl+Left - move word left
• Alt+F / Alt+Right / Ctrl+Right - move word right
• Home / Ctrl+A - move to line start
• End / Ctrl+E - move to line end
• Backspace / Shift+Backspace / Ctrl+H - delete backward
• Delete / Shift+Delete / Ctrl+D - delete forward
• Alt+Backspace / Ctrl+Backspace / Ctrl+Shift+Backspace / Ctrl+W / Ctrl+Alt+H - delete backward word
• Alt+Delete / Ctrl+Delete / Ctrl+Shift+Delete / Alt+D - delete forward word
• Ctrl+U - kill to line start
• Ctrl+K - kill to line end
• Ctrl+Y - yank
• kill_whole_line - default unbound

Vim Normal Mode

• i / Insert - enter insert mode
• a - append after cursor
• A - append at line end
• I - insert at line start
• o - open line below
• O - open line above
• h / Left - move left
• l / Right - move right
• k / Up - move up
• j / Down - move down
• w - move word forward
• b - move word backward
• e - move to word end
• 0 - move to line start
• $ - move to line end
• x - delete char
• s - substitute char
• D - delete to line end
• C - change to line end
• Y - yank line
• p - paste after
• d - start delete operator
• y - start yank operator
• c - start change operator
• Esc - cancel operator

Vim Operator Mode

• d - delete line
• y - yank line
• h - motion left
• l - motion right
• k - motion up
• j - motion down
• w - motion word forward
• b - motion word backward
• e - motion word end
• 0 - motion line start
• $ - motion line end
• i - select inner text object
• a - select around text object
• Esc - cancel

Vim Text Objects

• w - word
• W - big word
• ( / ) / b - parentheses
• [ / ] - brackets
• { / } / B - braces
• " - double quote
• ' - single quote
• ` - backtick
• Esc - cancel

Pager

• Up / k - scroll up
• Down / j - scroll down
• PageUp / Shift+Space / Ctrl+B - page up
• PageDown / Space / Ctrl+F - page down
• Ctrl+U - half page up
• Ctrl+D - half page down
• Home - jump top
• End - jump bottom
• q / Ctrl+C - close
• Ctrl+T - close transcript

List Views

• Up / Ctrl+P / Ctrl+K / k - move up
• Down / Ctrl+N / Ctrl+J / j - move down
• Left / Ctrl+H - move left
• Right / Ctrl+L - move right
• PageUp / Ctrl+B - page up
• PageDown / Ctrl+F - page down
• Home - jump top
• End - jump bottom
• Enter - accept
• Esc - cancel

Approval

• Ctrl+A / Ctrl+Shift+A - open fullscreen details
• o - open thread
• y - approve
• a - approve for session
• p - approve for prefix
• d - deny
• Esc / n - decline
• c - cancel

Fixed Main TUI Shortcuts

• Ctrl+C - interrupt or quit
• Ctrl+D - quit
• Ctrl+V / Ctrl+Alt+V - paste image
• Shift+Tab - cycle collaboration mode
• Esc - backtrack / edit previous
• Alt+Left - previous agent
• Alt+Right - next agent
• Alt+B - previous agent fallback on macOS when allowed
• Alt+F - next agent fallback on macOS when allowed
• / - slash commands
• ! - shell command mode
• @ - file paths
• $ - connector mentions
• Ctrl+Z - suspend

Transcript Backtrack

• Esc - begin or step backtrack preview
• Left - step backtrack preview backward
• Right - step backtrack preview forward
• Enter - confirm backtrack edit

Composer Popups

Slash Command Popup

• Up / Ctrl+P - move up
• Down / Ctrl+N - move down
• Esc - dismiss
• Tab - complete selected command or queue if running
• / - complete selected command as text
• Enter - accept or dispatch selected command

History Search

• Ctrl+R / Up - older match
• Ctrl+S / Down - newer match
• Esc / Ctrl+C - cancel
• Enter - accept match
• Backspace / Ctrl+H - delete query char
• Ctrl+U - clear query
• Printable chars - append to query

Remote Image Selection

• Up - select previous image
• Down - select next image or leave image selection
• Backspace / Delete - remove selected image

Shared Popup / Picker Behavior

• List navigation keys from the list keymap apply where the view uses ListKeymap.
• Backspace edits search query in searchable pickers.
• Printable characters search in searchable pickers.
• Space toggles selected items in toggle/multi-select views.
• Digits select numbered rows where supported.

Specialized Bottom Pane Views

Request User Input

• Ctrl+P / PageUp - previous question
• Ctrl+N / PageDown - next question
• h / Left - previous question while options are focused
• l / Right - next question while options are focused
• Up / k - move option up
• Down / j - move option down
• Space - select option
• Backspace / Delete - clear selection
• Tab - move between options and notes
• Enter - commit / next / submit
• Digits - select option
• Esc - clear notes or interrupt depending state
• Configured submit keys - submit focused notes
• Configured interrupt keys - interrupt

MCP Server Elicitation

• Esc - cancel
• Ctrl+P / PageUp - previous field
• Ctrl+N / PageDown - next field
• h / Left - previous field while select field is focused
• l / Right - next field while select field is focused
• Up / k - move option up
• Down / j - move option down
• Backspace / Delete - clear selection
• Space - select option
• Enter - commit / next / submit
• Digits - select option
• Text editor keys - edit freeform fields

App Link View

• Esc - close / decline
• Up / Shift+Tab / k - previous action
• Down / Tab / j - next action
• List left/right bindings - previous/next action
• Digits - activate numbered action
• Enter - activate selected action

Hooks Browser

• List navigation keys - navigate
• Enter - open selected event or toggle selected hook
• Space - toggle selected hook
• t - trust all hooks or selected hook
• Esc - close or return to event list

Memories / Experimental Features / Skills / Multi-Select

• List navigation keys - navigate
• Space - toggle selected item
• Enter - save, confirm, or toggle depending view
• Esc - cancel / close
• Searchable variants: Backspace edits query; printable chars search

Custom Prompt / Feedback Note

• Esc - cancel
• Enter - submit when unmodified
• Modified Enter - insert newline / pass to textarea
• Text editor keys - edit text

Keymap Setup

• Keymap picker uses list navigation keys.
• Capture view: any supported key captures binding.
• Esc - close capture view
• Debug view: any key reports detected binding and matching actions.
• Ctrl+C - close debug/capture via view cancel

Startup / Resume / Onboarding Screens

Onboarding

• Up / k - move up
• Down / j - move down
• 1 / y - first option
• 2 / n - second option
• 3 - third option
• Enter - confirm
• Esc - cancel
• q / Ctrl+C / Ctrl+D - quit
• Ctrl+. / Ctrl+Shift+. - toggle animation

Update Prompt

• Up / k - previous
• Down / j - next
• 1 - update now
• 2 - not now
• 3 - don't remind
• Enter - select highlighted
• Esc / Ctrl+C / Ctrl+D - not now

CWD Prompt

• Up / k - previous
• Down / j - next
• 1 - session directory
• 2 - current directory
• Enter - select highlighted
• Esc - session directory
• Ctrl+C / Ctrl+D - exit

Model Migration

• Up / k - previous
• Down / j - next
• 1 - try new model
• 2 - use existing model
• Enter / Esc - confirm highlighted
• Ctrl+C / Ctrl+D - exit

External Agent Config Migration

• Up / k - move up
• Down / j - move down
• 1-9 - select numbered action
• c - customize from summary
• b - back to summary from customize
• Space - toggle selected item
• a - enable all
• n - disable all
• Enter - confirm
• Esc - skip or back depending view
• Ctrl+C / Ctrl+D - skip

Resume Picker

• Ctrl+C - exit
• Esc - start fresh when query is empty, otherwise clear query
• Ctrl+T - open selected transcript
• Ctrl+E - toggle selected expansion
• Ctrl+O - toggle density
• List navigation keys - navigate sessions
• Tab / Shift+Tab - cycle toolbar control
• List left/right keys - change focused toolbar value
• Backspace - edit search query
• Printable chars - search query
• Enter - select session

OSS Provider Selection

• Left / Ctrl+H - previous provider
• Right / Ctrl+L - next provider
• Enter - choose highlighted provider
• Esc - choose LM Studio
• l - choose LM Studio
• o - choose Ollama
• Ctrl+C - cancel