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2424| `Ctrl+V` or `Cmd+V` (iTerm2) or `Alt+V` (Windows and WSL) | Paste image from clipboard | Inserts an `[Image #N]` chip at the cursor so you can reference it positionally in your prompt. On WSL, both `Ctrl+V` and `Alt+V` are bound; use `Alt+V` if your terminal intercepts `Ctrl+V` |
2525| `Ctrl+B` | Background running tasks | Backgrounds Bash commands and agents. Tmux users press twice |
2626| `Ctrl+T` | Toggle Claude's task checklist | Show or hide [Claude's to-do checklist](#task-list) in the status area. This is not the background-task view; use [`/tasks`](/docs/en/commands) to see running shells and subagents |
27| `Ctrl+S` | Stash or restore prompt | With text in the input, stashes it and clears the prompt. Pressed again on an empty prompt, restores the stashed text, cursor position, and pasted content |
27| `Ctrl+S` | Stash or restore prompt | With text in the input, stashes it and clears the prompt. Pressed again on an empty prompt, restores the stashed text, cursor position, pasted content, and input mode, so a stashed `!` [shell command](#shell-mode-with-prefix) comes back in shell mode |
2828| `Ctrl+Z` | Suspend Claude Code | Unix only. Suspends the process to your shell; run `fg` to resume |
2929| `Left/Right arrows` | Cycle through dialog tabs | Navigate between tabs in permission dialogs and menus |
3030| `Tab` | Accept an autocomplete suggestion, or add a comment to a permission answer | While autocomplete suggestions are showing in the prompt input, accepts the selected suggestion. On most permission prompts, with **Yes** or **No** focused, opens a comment field on that option, and pressing it again closes the field. See [add a comment when you answer a permission prompt](/docs/en/permissions#add-a-comment-when-you-answer-a-permission-prompt) |
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3131| `Up/Down arrows` or `Ctrl+P`/`Ctrl+N` | Move cursor or navigate command history | When the input spans more than one visual row, whether wrapped or multiline, first moves the cursor within the prompt. Once the cursor is on the first or last visual row, pressing again navigates command history. While you have messages queued, `Up` from the first row instead [takes them back](#take-back-what-you-queued) |
3232| `Esc` | Interrupt Claude, or close a dialog | Stop the current response or tool call mid-turn so you can redirect. Claude keeps the work done so far. If you have [messages queued](#queue-messages-while-claude-works), Claude Code sends them next. When a dialog is open, `Esc` closes the dialog. On a permission prompt, `Esc` declines the action, the same as [**No** without a comment](/docs/en/permissions#add-a-comment-when-you-answer-a-permission-prompt) |
3333| `Esc` + `Esc` | Clear input draft, or rewind | When the prompt input contains text, double `Esc` clears it and saves the draft to history so `Up` recalls it. When the input is empty, double `Esc` opens the [rewind menu](/docs/en/checkpointing) to restore or summarize code and conversation from a previous point |
34| `Ctrl+Enter` or `Ctrl+X Ctrl+S` | Send queued messages now | Interrupts the current turn so your [queued messages](#queue-messages-while-claude-works), and your draft with them, go out right away instead of when the turn ends. In [shell mode](#shell-mode-with-prefix), the key queues your command without interrupting. In terminals that don't report extended keys, `Ctrl+Enter` arrives as plain `Enter`; `Ctrl+X Ctrl+S` works in any terminal. Requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later |
34| `Ctrl+Enter` or `Ctrl+X Ctrl+S` | Send queued messages now | Sends your [queued messages](#queue-messages-while-claude-works), and your draft with them, right away. [When Claude Code sends what you queued](#when-claude-code-sends-what-you-queued) covers what happens to the turn Claude is working on. In [shell mode](#shell-mode-with-prefix), the key only queues your command. In terminals that don't report extended keys, `Ctrl+Enter` arrives as plain `Enter`; `Ctrl+X Ctrl+S` works in any terminal. Requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later |
3535| `Shift+Tab`, or `Alt+M` on Windows when the Node or Bun runtime doesn't enable VT input mode | Cycle permission modes | Cycle through `default` (labeled Manual in the mode indicator), `acceptEdits`, `plan`, and, when available, `bypassPermissions` and then `auto`. From `auto`, the first press switches to `default`. See [permission modes](/docs/en/permission-modes). On a file permission prompt, the same key closes an open [comment field](/docs/en/permissions#add-a-comment-when-you-answer-a-permission-prompt). With no field open, it selects the option that allows the action for the rest of the session, when the prompt offers that option |
3636| `Option+P` (macOS) or `Alt+P` (Windows/Linux) | Switch model | Switch models without clearing your prompt |
3737| `Option+T` (macOS) or `Alt+T` (Windows/Linux) | Toggle extended thinking | Enable or disable extended thinking mode. Has no effect on Opus 5.5 or the Fable models, which always use extended thinking. Works on macOS without configuring Option as Meta |
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356356* Messages: if you queue a message while Claude is running tool calls, Claude Code passes it to Claude as soon as those tool calls finish, within the same turn. When the turn ends with messages still queued, they go out without another key press, in the order you typed them
357357* Commands and shell commands: Claude Code holds them until the turn ends, then runs them one at a time, keeping the order you queued them in
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359To send what you queued without waiting for the turn to finish, press `Ctrl+Enter`. Claude Code interrupts the turn, and your queued messages go out right away, with your draft queued behind them if you had typed one. In [shell mode](#shell-mode-with-prefix), the key queues your command without interrupting the turn. Requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later.
359To send what you queued without waiting, press `Ctrl+Enter`. Your queued messages go out right away, with your draft queued behind them if you had typed one. Requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later.
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361In terminals that don't report extended keys, `Ctrl+Enter` arrives as plain `Enter` and queues the draft instead; `Ctrl+X Ctrl+S` works in any terminal. Both keys are bindings of the [`chat:sendNow` action](/docs/en/keybindings#chat-actions).
361If you queued a `!` shell command ahead of your messages, the key interrupts the turn. Otherwise, what happens to the turn depends on what Claude is doing when you press the key:
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363* Running shell commands, subagents, or other work that can move to the [background](#background-bash-commands): that work moves to the background and keeps running, and Claude reads your messages in the same turn
364* Only writing a response, or running something that can't move to the background: Claude Code interrupts the turn and sends your messages next. Before v2.1.281, the key interrupted the turn in both cases
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366In [shell mode](#shell-mode-with-prefix), the key only queues your command. In terminals that don't report extended keys, `Ctrl+Enter` arrives as plain `Enter` and queues the draft instead; `Ctrl+X Ctrl+S` works in any terminal. Both keys are bindings of the [`chat:sendNow` action](/docs/en/keybindings#chat-actions).
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363368Press `Esc` to interrupt the turn without submitting your draft. Claude Code keeps what you queued and sends it right away.
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