OpenCode keyboard shortcuts
OpenCode's terminal interface puts most of its commands behind a leader key, Ctrl+X by default: press it, let go, then press the letter. The leader, the two-second wait for the next key and the other keybinds can all be changed in tui.json, and every row below is the default OpenCode documents.
Checked against OpenCode documentation — Keybinds, OpenCode documentation — TUI, OpenCode documentation — Agents and OpenCode repository — default keybind definitions, v1.18.32. Version: OpenCode 1.18.32, terminal interface, default keybinds.
Showing the Windows keyboard. Showing the Mac keyboard.
88 shortcuts
The top 20 are the OpenCode 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 20 to learn first: the shortcuts the OpenCode page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.
Your own sheet: the OpenCode shortcuts you ticked.
Start here
Ctrl+X is the leader. Press it, let go, then press the key after it: Ctrl+X then N starts a new session.
Practise theseOpen the command list # Settings changed from here, such as hiding your username, are kept across restarts.WinControl plusPMacControl plusP
Interrupt the running session #WinEscapeMacEscape
Switch to the next primary agent # Build and Plan are the two built in. Build has every tool; Plan asks before any file edit or bash command.WinTabMacTab
Switch to the previous primary agent #WinShift plusTabMacShift plusTab
Pick an agent from the list #WinControl plusXthenAMacControl plusXthenA
Start a new session # The /new and /clear commands do the same.WinControl plusXthenNMacControl plusXthenN
List your sessions and switch to one # The /sessions, /resume and /continue commands do the same.WinControl plusXthenLMacControl plusXthenL
Exit OpenCode # The default list also gives Ctrl+C to clearing the input and Ctrl+D to deleting forward. The /exit, /quit and /q commands exit too.WinControl plusCorControl plusDorControl plusXthenQMacControl plusCorControl plusDorControl plusXthenQ
Managing the session
Compact the session # The /compact and /summarize commands do the same.WinControl plusXthenCMacControl plusXthenC
Undo the last message # Removes your most recent message, every response after it and any file changes. It uses Git to do it, so the project has to be a Git repository.WinControl plusXthenUMacControl plusXthenU
Redo the message you undid # Only after an undo. The file changes come back as well.WinControl plusXthenRMacControl plusXthenR
Export the session to your editor # Exports the conversation as Markdown and opens it in the editor named in your EDITOR environment variable.WinControl plusXthenXMacControl plusXthenX
Copy the message #WinControl plusXthenYMacControl plusXthenY
Rename the session #WinControl plusRMacControl plusR
Show the session timeline #WinControl plusXthenGMacControl plusXthenG
View the status #WinControl plusXthenSMacControl plusXthenS
Conceal or reveal the code blocks in the messages # The same keys show or hide the tips on the home screen.WinControl plusXthenHMacControl plusXthenH
Models and agents
Practise theseChoose a model # The /models command does the same.WinControl plusXthenMMacControl plusXthenM
Switch to the next recently used model #WinF2MacF2
Switch to the previous recently used model #WinShift plusF2MacShift plusF2
Cycle through the model's variants # This is how reasoning is changed on models that support it. The /thinking command only shows or hides the thinking blocks.WinControl plusTMacControl plusT
Open the provider list # From the model dialog.WinControl plusAMacControl plusA
Writing the prompt
Practise theseSend the message #WinEnterMacReturn
Start a new line in the message # Some terminals do not send Shift+Enter as a separate key until they are set up to. OpenCode's keybinds page gives the Windows Terminal settings for it.WinShift plusEnterorControl plusEnterorAlt plusEnterorControl plusJMacShift plusReturnorControl plusReturnorOption plusReturnorControl plusJ
Mention a file # A fuzzy search of the working directory. The file's content is added to the conversation.Win@Mac@
Run a shell command # At the start of the message. The output is added to the conversation as a tool result.Win!Mac!
Run a slash command # The /help command shows the help dialog.WinSlashMacSlash
Paste from the clipboard #WinControl plusVMacControl plusV
Clear the input #WinControl plusCMacControl plusC
Go back through your earlier prompts #WinUp arrowMacUp arrow
Go forward through your earlier prompts #WinDown arrowMacDown arrow
Complete the highlighted suggestion # While the autocomplete list is open.WinTabMacTab
Choose the highlighted suggestion #WinEnterMacReturn
Move up the suggestions #WinUp arroworControl plusPMacUp arroworControl plusP
Move down the suggestions #WinDown arroworControl plusNMacDown arroworControl plusN
Hide the suggestions #WinEscapeMacEscape
Editing the prompt
Readline-style keys, as in most shells. Several have a second or third binding, all listed.
Practise theseMove to the start of the line #WinControl plusAMacControl plusA
Move to the end of the line #WinControl plusEMacControl plusE
Move back one word #WinAlt plusBorAlt plusLeft arroworControl plusLeft arrowMacOption plusBorOption plusLeft arroworControl plusLeft arrow
Move forward one word #WinAlt plusForAlt plusRight arroworControl plusRight arrowMacOption plusForOption plusRight arroworControl plusRight arrow
Move back one character #WinLeft arroworControl plusBMacLeft arroworControl plusB
Move forward one character #WinRight arroworControl plusFMacRight arroworControl plusF
Move to the start of the visual line #WinAlt plusAMacOption plusA
Move to the end of the visual line #WinAlt plusEMacOption plusE
Move to the start of the whole prompt #WinHomeMacHome
Move to the end of the whole prompt #WinEndMacEnd
Delete to the end of the line #WinControl plusKMacControl plusK
Delete to the start of the line #WinControl plusUMacControl plusU
Delete the previous word #WinControl plusWorControl plusBackspaceorAlt plusBackspaceMacControl plusWorControl plusDeleteorOption plusDelete
Delete the next word #WinAlt plusDorAlt plusDeleteorControl plusDeleteMacOption plusDorOption plusForward DeleteorControl plusForward Delete
Delete the whole line #WinControl plusShift plusDMacControl plusShift plusD
Delete the character after the cursor # Ctrl+D is also on the default list for exiting.WinControl plusDorDeleteorShift plusDeleteMacControl plusDorForward DeleteorShift plusForward Delete
Undo the last edit # Ctrl+Z is added on Windows only, because Windows terminals do not support POSIX suspend. The default list also binds super+z.WinControl plusZorControl plusMinusMacControl plusMinus
Redo the edit # The default list also binds super+shift+z.WinControl plusFull stopMacControl plusFull stop
Select one character left or right #WinShift plusLeft arroworShift plusRight arrowMacShift plusLeft arroworShift plusRight arrow
Select to the start of the line #WinControl plusShift plusAMacControl plusShift plusA
Select to the end of the line #WinControl plusShift plusEMacControl plusShift plusE
Select the next word #WinAlt plusShift plusForAlt plusShift plusRight arrowMacOption plusShift plusForOption plusShift plusRight arrow
Select the previous word #WinAlt plusShift plusBorAlt plusShift plusLeft arrowMacOption plusShift plusBorOption plusShift plusLeft arrow
Select to the start of the whole prompt #WinShift plusHomeMacShift plusHome
Select to the end of the whole prompt #WinShift plusEndMacShift plusEnd
Reading the conversation
Practise theseScroll up a page #WinPage UporControl plusAlt plusBMacPage UporControl plusOption plusB
Scroll down a page #WinPage DownorControl plusAlt plusFMacPage DownorControl plusOption plusF
Scroll up half a page #WinControl plusAlt plusUMacControl plusOption plusU
Scroll down half a page #WinControl plusAlt plusDMacControl plusOption plusD
Scroll up a line #WinControl plusAlt plusYMacControl plusOption plusY
Scroll down a line #WinControl plusAlt plusEMacControl plusOption plusE
Jump to the first message #WinControl plusGorHomeMacControl plusGorHome
Jump to the last message #WinControl plusAlt plusGorEndMacControl plusOption plusGorEnd
Subagent sessions
Work handed to a subagent runs in a child session. Only the first of these keys uses the leader; the other three are single keys by design.
Practise theseEnter the first child session # From the parent session.WinControl plusXthenDown arrowMacControl plusXthenDown arrow
Go to the next child session # Once you are in a child session.WinRight arrowMacRight arrow
Go to the previous child session #WinLeft arrowMacLeft arrow
Return to the parent session #WinUp arrowMacUp arrow
Layout, themes and the terminal
Practise theseShow or hide the sidebar #WinControl plusXthenBMacControl plusXthenB
Write the message in your own editor # Opens the editor named in your EDITOR environment variable. VS Code and similar editors need the --wait flag so OpenCode waits until you close the file. The /editor command does the same.WinControl plusXthenEMacControl plusXthenE
Choose a theme # The /themes command does the same.WinControl plusXthenTMacControl plusXthenT
Show or hide the tips on the home screen # The same keys conceal or reveal the code blocks in a session's messages.WinControl plusXthenHMacControl plusXthenH
Show or hide the which-key panel #WinControl plusAlt plusKMacControl plusOption plusK
Show the permission prompt full screen # On a permission prompt. It toggles, so the same keys shrink it again.WinControl plusFMacControl plusF
Suspend OpenCode to the shell # Not on Windows: OpenCode turns it off there because native Windows terminals do not support POSIX suspend.WinNo shortcutMacControl plusZ
Lists and dialogs
The keys for moving through a dialog's list, such as the model dialog.
Practise theseMove up the list #WinUp arroworControl plusPMacUp arroworControl plusP
Move down the list #WinDown arroworControl plusNMacDown arroworControl plusN
Move a page up the list #WinPage UpMacPage Up
Move a page down the list #WinPage DownMacPage Down
Jump to the first item #WinHomeMacHome
Jump to the last item #WinEndMacEnd
Choose the highlighted item #WinEnterMacReturn
Turn an MCP server on or off # In the MCP dialog.WinSpace barMacSpace bar
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OpenCode keyboard shortcuts — comboshelf.com. Checked 27 September 2026 against OpenCode documentation — Keybinds.