keybindingFlavor
A Claude Code settings key, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.238, including the newest one read.
What it is
Make Ctrl+W [delete back to the previous whitespace](/docs/en/interactive-mode#make-ctrl-w-delete-back-to-whitespace), as Bash does
Anthropic's own wording. Read off Claude Code settings reference, captured 2026-08-28.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.251 6 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.238 – 2.1.243 6 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.238New
keybindingFlavorsetting for readline-style prompt editingSet keybindingFlavor to readline and Ctrl+W deletes back to whitespace like Bash does.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- Claude Code settings reference reference table Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code settings reference table Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code changelog mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Interactive mode mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Week 34 · August 17–21, 2026 mentions it Claude Code CLI
A reference table page is one whose own table defines this name, and it is where the description above came from. A page that mentions it carries the name somewhere in its text and may say nothing about it at all. Every page carrying it.
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the settings key does. All settings keys.