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3939### Text editing
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41| Shortcut | Description | Context |
42| :------------------------- | :----------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
43| `Ctrl+A` | Move cursor to start of current line | In multiline input, moves to the start of the current logical line |
44| `Ctrl+E` | Move cursor to end of current line | In multiline input, moves to the end of the current logical line |
45| `Ctrl+K` | Delete to end of line | Stores deleted text for pasting |
46| `Ctrl+U` | Delete from cursor to line start | Stores deleted text for pasting. Repeat to clear across lines in multiline input. On macOS, terminal emulators including iTerm2 and Terminal.app map `Cmd+Backspace` to this shortcut |
47| `Ctrl+W` | Delete previous word | Stores deleted text for pasting. On macOS, `Option+Delete` deletes the previous word, and on Windows, `Ctrl+Backspace` does. To make `Ctrl+W` delete back to the previous whitespace instead, [set `keybindingFlavor` to `"readline"`](#make-ctrl-w-delete-back-to-whitespace) |
48| `Ctrl+Y` | Paste deleted text | Paste text deleted with `Ctrl+K`, `Ctrl+U`, `Ctrl+W`, or, under [`keybindingFlavor: "readline"`](#make-ctrl-w-delete-back-to-whitespace), `Alt+D` |
49| `Alt+Y` (after `Ctrl+Y`) | Cycle paste history | After pasting, cycle through previously deleted text. Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
50| `Alt+B` | Move cursor back one word | Word navigation. Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
51| `Alt+F` | Move cursor forward one word | Moves to the start of the next word, or to the end of the current word when [`keybindingFlavor` is `"readline"`](#make-ctrl-w-delete-back-to-whitespace). Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
52| `Alt+D` | Delete next word | Deletes through the space after the word, or to the end of the word when [`keybindingFlavor` is `"readline"`](#make-ctrl-w-delete-back-to-whitespace). Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
53| `Ctrl+_` or `Ctrl+Shift+-` | Undo last input edit | Restores the previous input text and cursor position |
41| Shortcut | Description | Context |
42| :------------------------- | :----------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
43| `Ctrl+A` | Move cursor to start of current line | In multiline input, moves to the start of the current logical line |
44| `Ctrl+E` | Move cursor to end of current line | In multiline input, moves to the end of the current logical line |
45| `Ctrl+K` | Delete to end of line | Stores deleted text for pasting |
46| `Ctrl+U` | Delete from cursor to line start | Stores deleted text for pasting. Repeat to clear across lines in multiline input. On macOS, terminal emulators including iTerm2 and Terminal.app map `Cmd+Backspace` to this shortcut |
47| `Ctrl+W` | Delete back to previous whitespace | Stores deleted text for pasting. One press removes a whole path or `--flag=value`. To delete only the previous word, press `Option+Delete` on macOS or `Ctrl+Backspace` on Windows |
48| `Ctrl+Y` | Paste deleted text | Pastes the text you last deleted with one of the word or line deletion shortcuts, such as `Ctrl+K`, `Ctrl+U`, or `Ctrl+W` |
49| `Alt+Y` (after `Ctrl+Y`) | Cycle paste history | After pasting, cycle through previously deleted text. Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
50| `Alt+B` | Move cursor back one word | Word navigation. Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
51| `Alt+F` | Move cursor forward one word | Moves to the end of the current word, or to the end of the next word when the cursor is between words. Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
52| `Alt+D` | Delete to end of word | Deletes to the end of the current word, or to the end of the next word when the cursor is between words. Stores deleted text for pasting. Requires [Option as Meta](#keyboard-shortcuts) on macOS |
53| `Ctrl+_` or `Ctrl+Shift+-` | Undo last input edit | Restores the previous input text and cursor position |
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5555<h3 id="make-ctrl-w-delete-back-to-whitespace">
56 Make editing keys follow readline conventions
56 Word boundaries in editing shortcuts
5757</h3>
5858 
59Set [`keybindingFlavor`](/docs/en/settings-reference#keybindingflavor) to `"readline"` to make the prompt's editing keys follow GNU readline conventions, as in Bash. The default value is `"classic"`. Requires Claude Code v2.1.238 or later. Under `"readline"`:
59The word shortcuts `Alt+B`, `Alt+F`, `Alt+D`, `Option+Delete`, and `Ctrl+Backspace` treat a word as a run of letters and digits, so punctuation such as `_`, `.`, and `/` separates words. With `src/utils/foo.ts` in the prompt, repeated presses of `Alt+B` stop at the start of `ts`, `foo`, `utils`, and `src`.
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61* `Ctrl+W` deletes back to the previous whitespace.
62* A word is a run of letters and digits, so punctuation such as `_`, `.`, and `/` separates words. `Alt+F` and `Alt+D` stop at the end of the current word, and `Ctrl+Y` can paste back text that `Alt+D` deleted. Before v2.1.239, Claude Code applied `"readline"` only to `Ctrl+W`.
61`Ctrl+W` is different: it ignores punctuation and deletes back to the previous whitespace, so one press removes all of `src/utils/foo.ts`.
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64Add the setting to `~/.claude/settings.json`:
63In text written without spaces, such as Chinese or Japanese, the word shortcuts still move or delete one word at a time.
6564 
66```json theme={null}
67{
68 "keybindingFlavor": "readline"
69}
70```
65These readline conventions apply in Claude Code v2.1.261 and later. The [`keybindingFlavor`](/docs/en/settings-reference#keybindingflavor) setting that turned them on in earlier versions is deprecated and has no effect.
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72To confirm, type `fix the bug in src/utils/foo.ts` in the prompt and press `Ctrl+W`. Claude Code removes `src/utils/foo.ts`. Under `"classic"` it removes only `foo.ts`.
73 
74This setting is separate from the [keybindings configuration file](/docs/en/keybindings): the word-editing commands aren't actions there, so you can't remap them in `keybindings.json`.
67You can't remap these shortcuts in the [keybindings configuration file](/docs/en/keybindings), which has no actions for them.
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7669### Theme and display
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