What
Claude Code's keybinding system has a new focus context called Pane, active when a plugin's pane has keyboard focus. This joins existing contexts like Chat and AbovePrompt, which determine which keyboard shortcuts apply depending on where focus currently is.
Why
This lets keybindings be scoped specifically to plugin panes, so shortcuts can behave differently when a plugin's own interface is focused versus the main chat.
Names in the bundlePane
Documented inclaude-code/keybindings
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed since
Anthropic's documentation has since written up Pane, on Compliance API.
- `OrgCoworkBrowserPaneDisabled object`api/compliance see the edit
Added since
A small documentation edit on Customize keyboard shortcuts touched a line naming Pane after this was published.
Claude 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` chor…keybindings see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation agrees
A small documentation edit on Customize keyboard shortcuts touched a line naming Pane after this was published.