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Effort slider now responds to left, right and Tab

In the effort slider, left and right change effort and Tab toggles Ultracode, and these keys can be rebound

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What

The effort slider, which already had s to apply a change to this session only, now has more keys:

  • Left and right: lower or raise the effort level
  • Tab: turn Ultracode on or off

These actions can be rebound to other keys, for example effortSlider:decreaseEffort and effortSlider:toggleUltracode.

Why

This is the keyboard way to reach Ultracode as a separate on or off choice, and to adjust effort without leaving the slider.

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Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear whether the Tab hint is shown only when Ultracode is available.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded effortSlider:decreaseEffort, increaseEffort and toggleUltracode keybinding actions, so the /effort slider's arrow and Tab keys can be…

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