Customize keyboard shortcuts changedkeybindings
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469469This also works for chord bindings. Unbinding every chord that shares a prefix frees that prefix for use as a single-key binding. A chord in any active context keeps its prefix reserved, so you must unbind each chord in the context that defines it.
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471Claude Code binds these default chords on the `ctrl+x` prefix: `ctrl+x ctrl+k`, `ctrl+x ctrl+e`, and `ctrl+x enter` in `Chat`, `ctrl+x ctrl+b` in `Task`, and `ctrl+x b` in `DiffPanel`. The `ctrl+x enter` chord requires v2.1.247 or later, and `ctrl+x b` requires v2.1.260 or later. To reclaim `ctrl+x` itself as a single-key binding, unbind all of them:
471Claude Code binds these default chords on the `ctrl+x` prefix: `ctrl+x ctrl+k`, `ctrl+x ctrl+e`, `ctrl+x enter`, `ctrl+x ctrl+a`, and `ctrl+x tab` in `Chat`, `ctrl+x ctrl+b` in `Task`, and `ctrl+x b` in `DiffPanel`. The `ctrl+x enter` chord requires v2.1.247 or later, and `ctrl+x b`, `ctrl+x ctrl+a`, and `ctrl+x tab` require v2.1.260 or later. To reclaim `ctrl+x` itself as a single-key binding, unbind all of them:
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473473```json theme={null}
474474{
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491491 "ctrl+x ctrl+k": null,
492492 "ctrl+x ctrl+e": null,
493493 "ctrl+x enter": null,
494 "ctrl+x ctrl+a": null,
495 "ctrl+x tab": null,
494496 "ctrl+x": "chat:newline"
495497 }
496498 }
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