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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) keyboard shortcuts

Devin Desktop is the AI code editor that was called Windsurf until June 2026. Cascade, its original agent, was removed on 8 September 2026, and the agent now is Devin Local. The documentation gives only a small set of keys of its own, for the agent panel, for Command, which edits code in place, for Tab, its suggestions, and for the Agent Command Center. The release notes add a few more, and each of those rows says which release it comes from.

25 shortcutsWindows and MacChecked 26 September 2026

Checked against Devin Desktop documentation — Devin Local agent, Terminal, Agent Command Center, Spaces, Devin, Command, Tab, Autocomplete, DeepWiki, Fusion, Getting started, Devin Desktop FAQ, Release notes and Release notes for Next builds. Version: Devin Desktop 3.10, with the Devin Local agent, default keymap.

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

25 shortcuts

The top 9 are the Devin Desktop 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 9 to learn first: the shortcuts the Devin Desktop page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.

Your own sheet: the Devin Desktop shortcuts you ticked.

The agent panel

Devin Local is the agent here. It shares its workings with Devin CLI, and asks before it acts as often as its permission rules say.

Practise these
Send the terminal selection to the agent # Highlight part of a stack trace first. It goes to the agent panel, where your next prompt can refer to it.WinControl plusLMacCommand plusL
Send selected transcript text to the input # In a session in the Agent Command Center. The Add to chat button does the same.WinControl plusLMacCommand plusL
Step back through your earlier prompts # In the message box, with Down to come forward again. From the release notes of 3.8.20, 21 August 2026.WinUp arrowMacUp arrow
See the slash commands # Typed in the message box, where it opens a menu of commands. /model, for one, opens the model selector.WinSlashMacSlash
Mention a file, a folder or the terminal # Typed in the message box, where it opens the mention menu. Skills and rules are in it too.Win@Mac@

Changing a command before it runs

When Devin Local asks before running a command, you can click the command on the request card and change it first. These keys work while you do, from the release notes of 3.6.22, 29 July 2026. The card's own keys, to approve, always allow or reject, are shown on its buttons; the documentation does not list them.

Confirm the changed command #WinEnterMacReturn
Start a new line in the command #WinShift plusEnterMacShift plusReturn
Cancel the change #WinEscapeMacEscape

Command, for edits in place

Command writes or rewrites code where the cursor is, from an instruction. Select code first and it edits that; otherwise it writes at the cursor.

Practise these
Open Command # In the terminal, the same keys turn a description into the command line.WinControl plusIMacCommand plusI
Send the instruction # Or the Submit button.WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn
Accept the generated code #WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn
Reject the generated code #WinControl plusShift plusBackspaceMacShift plusCommand plusDelete

Tab, the suggestions

Practise these
Accept the suggestion #WinTabMacTab
Accept just the next word of it # The Tab page gives Cmd+Right, and the Autocomplete page says to use Ctrl in place of Cmd on Windows and Linux.WinControl plusRight arrowMacCommand plusRight arrow
Cancel the suggestion # It also disappears if you keep typing or move away without accepting it.WinEscapeMacEscape
Jump to the next place it expects you to edit # When a Tab to Jump label shows. Tab to jump can be switched off in the Devin Tab settings.WinTabMacTab
Add the import it suggests # When the hint shows after you use a new dependency. The import goes at the top of the file and the cursor stays where it was.WinTabMacTab

The Agent Command Center and Spaces

The Agent Command Center shows every agent session, local and cloud, in one place. A Space groups the sessions, pull requests, files and context for one task.

Practise these
Switch between Agent and Editor mode # The two views, one with the Agent Command Center in front and one with the editor. From the release notes of 3.8.20, 21 August 2026.WinControl plusGMacCommand plusG
Start a new session in the current Space #WinControl plusTMacCommand plusT
Split the current pane # Then New Session in the empty pane starts a session in the same Space.WinControl plusBackslashMacCommand plusBackslash
Find in a Devin Review tab # And in the other Devin web pages shown inside Devin Desktop. From the release notes of 3.9.19, 8 September 2026.WinControl plusFMacCommand plusF

Devin cloud sessions

Sessions of Devin, the cloud agent, run on their own machines and sit beside the local ones.

Queue a message in a Devin cloud session # Queues it on the server rather than sending it, so it survives a reload and shows in the web app too.WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn
Take back the last queued message to edit it # With the message box empty. The edit button on the message does the same. From the release notes of 3.7.16, 10 August 2026.WinUp arrowMacUp arrow

Elsewhere in the editor

Open the command palette # Type Devin to find its own commands, such as Open Devin User Settings.WinControl plusShift plusPMacShift plusCommand plusP
Explain a symbol with DeepWiki # Hover over a function, variable or class, then click it with the keys held. The DeepWiki page gives the Mac keys only.WinNot listedMacShift plusCommand plusclick

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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) keyboard shortcuts — comboshelf.com. Checked 26 September 2026 against Devin Desktop documentation — Devin Local agent.