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Kiro keyboard shortcuts

Kiro's IDE, built on Code OSS, and its terminal CLI share almost no keys, so each group here says which of the two it is for. In the IDE, Cmd+L (Ctrl+L) brings the selected code into the chat. The IDE's keys change under Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts; the CLI's cancel, close-menu and quit keys change with kiro-cli settings.

83 shortcutsWindows and MacChecked 27 September 2026

Checked against Kiro docs — Keyboard shortcuts (IDE), Kiro docs — Chat (IDE), Kiro docs — Slash commands (IDE), Kiro docs — Agent Focus Mode, Kiro docs — MCP configuration, Kiro docs — Terminal UI (CLI), Kiro docs — Setup and first run (CLI), Kiro docs — Chat (CLI), Kiro docs — Queue steering (CLI), Kiro docs — Fullscreen mode (CLI), Kiro docs — Voice mode (CLI), Kiro docs — Slash commands reference, Kiro docs — Settings reference, Kiro docs — Terminal UI vs classic and Kiro docs — What's new in CLI 3.0. Version: Kiro IDE 1.1.70 and Kiro CLI 2.24.0 with its terminal UI, default keys.

83 shortcuts

The top 18 are the Kiro 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 18 to learn first: the shortcuts the Kiro page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.

Your own sheet: the Kiro shortcuts you ticked.

Kiro IDE: chat

Practise these
Open the chat with the selected code # Adds the selection to the current session. Kiro's chat page gives the same key for simply opening the chat panel.WinControl plusLMacCommand plusL
Start a new chat session with the selected code #WinControl plusShift plusLMacShift plusCommand plusL
Open a new tab # Kiro lists it with its chat keys.WinControl plusTMacCommand plusT
Show or hide the chat side bar # The secondary side bar on the right, where the chat panel lives.WinControl plusAlt plusBMacOption plusCommand plusB
Send the message #WinEnterMacReturn
Add context to the message # Opens the context providers: #codebase, #file, #folder, #git diff, #terminal, #problems, #spec, #mcp and more.Win#Mac#
Open the slash-command menu # Steering files, custom agents and skills in one searchable list. Pick one and press Enter.WinSlashMacSlash
Go back in Agent Focus Mode # Agent Focus Mode is experimental. Back and forward step through the sessions, Settings and workspace configuration you opened.WinControl plusLeft bracketMacCommand plusLeft bracket
Go forward in Agent Focus Mode #WinControl plusRight bracketMacCommand plusRight bracket

Kiro IDE: general

Practise these
Open the command palette # Kiro's own commands start with Kiro:, such as Kiro: Open Chat.WinControl plusShift plusPMacShift plusCommand plusP
Open the keyboard shortcuts # Select a command and choose the pencil icon to give it your own key.WinControl plusKthenControl plusSMacCommand plusKthenCommand plusS
Open settings #WinControl plusCommaMacCommand plusComma
Show or hide the terminal # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusBacktickMacControl plusBacktick
Create a new file #WinControl plusNMacCommand plusN
Close the tab #WinControl plusWMacCommand plusW
Save the file #WinControl plusSMacCommand plusS
Save it under a new name #WinControl plusShift plusSMacShift plusCommand plusS
Undo the last change #WinControl plusZMacCommand plusZ
Redo the change you undid #WinControl plusShift plusZMacShift plusCommand plusZ
Start debugging #WinF5MacF5

Kiro IDE: moving around

Practise these
Go to a file by name #WinControl plusPMacCommand plusP
Open a file #WinControl plusOMacCommand plusO
Open a folder #WinControl plusKthenControl plusOMacCommand plusKthenCommand plusO
Go to a symbol #WinControl plusShift plusOMacShift plusCommand plusO
Go to a line number # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusGMacControl plusG
Find in the file #WinControl plusFMacCommand plusF
Find across the files #WinControl plusShift plusFMacShift plusCommand plusF
Show or hide the side bar #WinControl plusBMacCommand plusB
Split the editor #WinControl plusBackslashMacCommand plusBackslash
Focus the first, second or third editor group #WinControl plus1orControl plus2orControl plus3MacCommand plus1orCommand plus2orCommand plus3
Open source control # Ctrl on a Mac too.WinControl plusShift plusGMacControl plusShift plusG

Kiro IDE: editing

Practise these
Cut the selection #WinControl plusXMacCommand plusX
Copy the selection #WinControl plusCMacCommand plusC
Paste from the clipboard #WinControl plusVMacCommand plusV
Comment out the line, or bring it back #WinControl plusSlashMacCommand plusSlash
Move the line up or down #WinAlt plusUp arroworAlt plusDown arrowMacOption plusUp arroworOption plusDown arrow
Delete the line #WinControl plusShift plusKMacShift plusCommand plusK

Kiro CLI: running the session

The Kiro CLI's terminal UI, its default interface since version 2.0. Start it with kiro-cli.

Practise these
Cancel the agent, close a panel, or clear the queue # Kiro lists all three. The cancel and close-menu keys can be changed with kiro-cli settings chat.keybindings.WinEscapeMacEscape
Exit the session # Kiro's slash-command reference adds that it cancels the current input. The quit key can be changed with the chat.keybindings.quit setting.WinControl plusCMacControl plusC
Exit from the chat input #WinControl plusDMacControl plusD
Suspend the session # A double press, so that a stray Ctrl+Z while the agent streams does nothing.WinControl plusZthenControl plusZMacControl plusZthenControl plusZ
Switch to plan mode # Press it again to go back to the agent you were using.WinShift plusTabMacShift plusTab
Switch between steer and queue # Steer, the default, hands the agent your message mid-turn; queue holds it until the turn ends. Kiro's slash-command reference gives Ctrl+S to a fuzzy search of commands and context files instead.WinControl plusSMacControl plusS
Stop the agent and send the message you queued # While a steering message is waiting: the current work is cancelled and your message goes as the new prompt.WinControl plusCorEscapeMacControl plusCorEscape
Approve a tool request # The request shows in a bar above the input, with Yes, Trust and No.WinYMacY
Reject a tool request #WinNMacN
Open a request's options, or complete a file path # Drilling into a request lets you give feedback instead of a plain yes or no.WinTabMacTab
Clear the screen # Earlier output stays in the terminal's scrollback, or behind PageUp in fullscreen mode.WinControl plusLMacControl plusL
Run a shell command without the agent # At the start of the line, as in !npm run build.Win!Mac!
Refer to a file or folder # With a tab-complete picker.Win@Mac@
Open the list of slash commands # /help opens every command in a searchable panel.WinSlashMacSlash
Hold to dictate by voice # Hold it at the prompt for 1.5 seconds, then let go to stop and transcribe. Needs a build with voice mode; the speech model downloads once, through /voice.WinSpace barMacSpace bar

Kiro CLI: writing the prompt

Emacs-style editing with a kill ring. The terminal UI has no Vi mode yet.

Practise these
Start a new line without sending # Ctrl+J works in every terminal, tmux included. Shift+Enter works in iTerm2, Ghostty, Kitty, Warp and Zed, and Alt+Enter in Terminal.app and Ghostty. /settings terminal sets up Shift+Enter where it does not work yet.WinShift plusEnterorControl plusJorAlt plusEnterMacShift plusReturnorControl plusJorOption plusReturn
Delete the previous word # Ctrl+W puts the word in the kill ring, for Ctrl+Y to bring back.WinControl plusWorAlt plusBackspaceMacControl plusWorOption plusDelete
Delete to the end of the line #WinControl plusKMacControl plusK
Delete back to the start of the line #WinControl plusUMacControl plusU
Paste back what you deleted #WinControl plusYMacControl plusY
Undo the last edit to the prompt #WinControl plus_MacControl plus_
Step through your earlier prompts # This session's prompts only, unless /settings history makes the history shared.WinUp arroworDown arrowMacUp arroworDown arrow
Search back through your earlier prompts #WinControl plusRMacControl plusR
Expand a long paste into text you can edit # A long paste collapses into a chip. Press Tab on the chip.WinTabMacTab

Kiro CLI: panels and views

Practise these
Open the crew monitor # Watch subagents and spawned sessions as they work. Kiro CLI 3.0, an opt-in early release, drops it: subagents run in the background there.WinControl plusGMacControl plusG
Move between subagents in the crew monitor #WinControl plusDorControl plusUMacControl plusDorControl plusU
Close the crew monitor #WinQMacQ
Show or hide the activity tray # Task progress and queued messages. Delete or Backspace there clears a queued message. At a spec phase checkpoint, Ctrl+X opens spec review instead.WinControl plusXMacControl plusX
Open the transcript in your pager # q leaves the pager. Kiro's slash-command reference also gives Ctrl+T to tangent mode, which the terminal UI does not have yet.WinControl plusTMacControl plusT
Expand or collapse tool output and thinking # In fullscreen mode it opens or closes the 20 most recent tool outputs at once.WinControl plusOMacControl plusO
Scroll the conversation a page at a time # In fullscreen mode, which /fullscreen turns on and off. That switch has no key of its own.WinPage UporPage DownMacPage UporPage Down
Jump to the oldest message # In fullscreen mode, with the prompt empty. With text in the prompt, Home moves the cursor instead.WinHomeMacHome
Jump back to the latest message # In fullscreen mode, when you have scrolled up.WinEndMacEnd

Kiro CLI: spec review

At a spec phase checkpoint, Ctrl+X opens the phase document so you can read it and comment on lines. It takes over the keyboard while it is open.

Practise these
Move a line #WinUp arroworDown arroworJorKMacUp arroworDown arroworJorK
Move half a page # Here Ctrl+U and Ctrl+D scroll the document rather than moving between subagents.WinPage UporPage DownorControl plusUorControl plusDMacPage UporPage DownorControl plusUorControl plusD
Go to the next section #WinNMacN
Go to the previous section #WinShift plusNMacShift plusN
Go to the next comment #WinRight bracketMacRight bracket
Go to the previous comment #WinLeft bracketMacLeft bracket
Jump to the top of the document #WinHomeorGMacHomeorG
Jump to the bottom of the document #WinEndorShift plusGMacEndorShift plusG
Comment on this line, or edit the comment under the cursor #WinEnterorEMacReturnorE
Delete the comment under the cursor #WinDeleteMacForward Delete
Turn mouse support on or off # With it on, scroll to move and click to put the cursor on a line.WinMMacM
List every shortcut #Win?Mac?
Go back to the checkpoint # Your comments stay staged. Answering the checkpoint question sends them all as one revision request.WinEscapeorQMacEscapeorQ

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