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Cursor keyboard shortcuts

Cursor is built on VS Code, so the whole VS Code keymap comes with it and everything on that page still applies. This page covers the keys Cursor adds on top of VS Code, which is the part nobody has memorised yet, followed by the VS Code shortcuts you will reach for most while using them.

44 shortcutsWindows and MacChecked 25 September 2026

Checked against Cursor documentation — Keyboard shortcuts, Cursor help — Tab completion, Cursor help — Inline edit, Cursor documentation — Agent and Visual Studio Code — Key Bindings, for the inherited keymap. Version: Cursor, current release, default keymap.

The same actions in the other AI coding tools, side by side: AI coding tools compared.

44 shortcuts

The top 15 are the Cursor shortcuts this page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear here. The drill asks the marked ones first too, shuffled. Or tick your own and print those.

The 15 to learn first: the shortcuts the Cursor page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.

Your own sheet: the Cursor shortcuts you ticked.

The keys Cursor adds

The handful that make Cursor different from VS Code, and the reason to use it.

Practise these
Edit the selection with an instruction, in place # Select the code first, describe the change and press Enter. A follow-up instruction and Enter again refines it.WinControl plusKMacCommand plusK
Open or close the side panel, with chat and the agent # Ctrl+I, or Cmd+I on a Mac, does the same unless it has been bound to a mode.WinControl plusLMacCommand plusL
Open the mode menu #WinControl plusFull stopMacCommand plusFull stop
Rotate between the agent modes # In the chat box.WinShift plusTabMacShift plusTab
Loop through the AI models # VS Code gives these keys to commenting out a line; Cursor's list gives them to this.WinControl plusSlashMacCommand plusSlash
Switch the agent layout on or off #WinControl plusEMacCommand plusE
Send the selected code to the chat as context # Ctrl+L on a selection sends it to a new chat instead.WinControl plusShift plusLMacShift plusCommand plusL
Accept the suggestion # Only in the editor. In the chat box, Tab moves to the next message.WinTabMacTab
Reject the suggestion # Or keep typing.WinEscapeMacEscape
Accept just the next word of it #WinControl plusRight arrowMacCommand plusRight arrow
Jump to where it expects your next edit # Press Tab again after accepting a suggestion. Cursor's help calls this jump-in-file.WinTabMacTab
Accept the whole diff # While you are typing in the chat box, the same keys send the message straight away instead.WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn
Reject the whole diff # The same keys cancel a reply that is still being written.WinControl plusShift plusBackspaceMacShift plusCommand plusDelete
Add a file to the context # Typed in the chat box.Win@Mac@
Run one of your shortcut commands # Typed in the chat box.WinSlashMacSlash
Switch Voice Mode on or off #WinControl plusShift plusSpace barMacShift plusCommand plusSpace bar
Search your past agent conversations # In the Agents Window, where these keys open the command palette. In the editor they edit the selection instead.WinControl plusKMacCommand plusK

In the chat box

Practise these
Queue the message # The default. Ctrl+Enter, or Cmd+Enter on a Mac, sends it straight away instead.WinEnterMacReturn
Start a new chat #WinControl plusNorControl plusRMacCommand plusNorCommand plusR
Open a new chat tab #WinControl plusTMacCommand plusT
Go to the previous chat # Ctrl+], or Cmd+] on a Mac, goes to the next one.WinControl plusLeft bracketMacCommand plusLeft bracket
Close the chat #WinControl plusWMacCommand plusW
Add what is on the clipboard as context # With code or a log on the clipboard. Ctrl+Shift+V, or Cmd+Shift+V on a Mac, puts it in the input box as text instead.WinControl plusVMacCommand plusV
Cancel the reply while it is being written # The same keys reject a whole diff.WinControl plusShift plusBackspaceMacShift plusCommand plusDelete
Toggle the model #WinControl plusAlt plusSlashMacOption plusCommand plusSlash
Leave the chat box #WinEscapeMacEscape

Inline edit and the terminal

Practise these
Add the selection to the inline edit, or move to its box #WinControl plusShift plusKMacShift plusCommand plusK
Send the inline edit instruction #WinEnterMacReturn
Cancel the inline edit #WinControl plusShift plusBackspaceMacShift plusCommand plusDelete
Ask a quick question about the selection instead # After Ctrl+K, or Cmd+K on a Mac. To apply a change it suggests, type do it and press Enter.WinAlt plusEnterMacOption plusReturn
Open the prompt bar in the terminal # With the terminal focused.WinControl plusKMacCommand plusK
Run the command it wrote #WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn
Accept the command it wrote #WinEscapeMacEscape

The VS Code keys you will use alongside them

Unchanged from VS Code. The full set is on the VS Code page.

Practise these
Open the command palette # Cursor's own settings have a separate shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+J, or Cmd+Shift+J on a Mac. Ctrl+comma, or Cmd+comma on a Mac, opens the general settings.WinControl plusShift plusPMacShift plusCommand plusP
Go to a file by name #WinControl plusPMacCommand plusP
Add the next occurrence to the selection #WinControl plusDMacCommand plusD
Move the line up or down #WinAlt plusUp arroworAlt plusDown arrowMacOption plusUp arroworOption plusDown arrow
Show or hide the sidebar #WinControl plusBMacCommand plusB
Show or hide the terminal #WinControl plusBacktickMacControl plusBacktick
Go to the definition #WinF12MacF12
Rename this symbol everywhere #WinF2MacF2
Format the document #WinAlt plusShift plusFMacOption plusShift plusF
Find across the project #WinControl plusShift plusFMacShift plusCommand plusF
Open the keyboard shortcuts editor # VS Code uses Ctrl+K then Ctrl+S. In Cursor, Ctrl+K opens the inline edit.WinControl plusRthenControl plusSMacCommand plusRthenCommand plusS

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Cursor keyboard shortcuts — comboshelf.com. Checked 25 September 2026 against Cursor documentation — Keyboard shortcuts.