Keyboard Shortcuts -The AI Code Editor

A high level overview of the keyboard shortcuts and keybindings in Cursor. You can see all keyboard shortcuts by pressing Cmd + R then Cmd + S.

To learn more about Keyboard Shortcuts in Cursor, check out the Key Bindings for VS Code as it serves as a good baseline for Cursor’s keybindings.

All of Cursor’s keybindings, including those for Cursor-specific features, can be remapped in the Keyboard Shortcuts settings page.

All Cmd keys can be replaced with Ctrl on Windows.

General

These shortcuts work while focused on the chat input box.

Shortcut	Action
`Enter`	Submit
`Cmd + Backspace`	Cancel generation
`Cmd + L` with code selected	Add selected code as context
`Cmd + Shift + L` with code selected	Add selected code as context
`Cmd + Enter`	Accept all changes
`Cmd + Backspace`	Reject all changes
`Tab`	Cycle to next message
`Shift + Tab`	Cycle to previous message
`Cmd + Alt + /`	Open model toggle
`Cmd + N` / `Cmd + R`	Create new chat
`Cmd + Shift + K`	Open composer as bar
`Cmd + [`	Open previous chat
`Cmd + ]`	Open next chat
`Cmd + W`	Close chat
`Esc`	Unfocus the field

Shortcut	Action
`@`	@-symbols
`#`	Files
`/`	Shortcut Commands
`Cmd + Shift + L`	Add selection to Chat
`Cmd + Shift + K`	Add selection to Edit
`Cmd + L`	Add selection to new chat
`Cmd + M`	Toggle file reading strategies
`Cmd + →`	Accept next word of suggestion
`Cmd + Enter`	Search codebase in chat
`Select code, Cmd + C, Cmd + V`	Add copied reference code as context
`Select code, Cmd + C, Cmd + Shift + V`	Add copied code as text context

Shortcut	Action
`Tab`	Accept suggestion
`Cmd + →`	Accept next word