Keyboard Shortcuts

Reference for all keyboard shortcuts in Tabnine CLI.

Key bindings can be customized via ~/.tabnine/agent/keybindings.json. See Custom Key Bindings at the bottom of this page. For slash commands, type / on an empty prompt.

Basic Controls

Action	Keys
Confirm selection	Enter
Dismiss dialog	Esc, Ctrl+[
Cancel request / clear input	Ctrl+C
Exit (empty input buffer)	Ctrl+D
Suspend to background	Ctrl+Z (double-press; not supported on Windows)

Text Input

Action	Keys
Submit prompt	Enter
New line without submit	Ctrl+Enter, Cmd+Enter, Alt+Enter, Shift+Enter, Ctrl+J
Open external editor	Ctrl+X
Paste from clipboard	Ctrl+V, Cmd+V, Alt+V

Cursor Movement

Action	Keys
Start of line	Ctrl+A, Home
End of line	Ctrl+E, End
Move up	Up
Move down	Down
Move left	Left
Move right	Right, Ctrl+F
Word left	Ctrl+Left, Alt+Left, Alt+B
Word right	Ctrl+Right, Alt+Right, Alt+F

Editing

Action	Keys
Delete to end of line	Ctrl+K
Delete to start of line	Ctrl+U
Delete previous word	Ctrl+Backspace, Alt+Backspace, Ctrl+W
Delete next word	Ctrl+Delete, Alt+Delete, Alt+D
Delete character left	Backspace, Ctrl+H
Delete character right	Delete, Ctrl+D
Undo	Cmd+Z, Alt+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Shift+Z, Cmd+Shift+Z, Alt+Shift+Z

Scrolling

Action	Keys
Scroll up	Shift+Up
Scroll down	Shift+Down
Scroll to top	Ctrl+Home, Shift+Home
Scroll to bottom	Ctrl+End, Shift+End
Page up	Page Up
Page down	Page Down

History & Search

Action	Keys
Previous history	Ctrl+P
Next history	Ctrl+N
Reverse search	Ctrl+R
Submit search result	Enter
Accept search suggestion	Tab

Up/Down arrows also navigate input history when the cursor is on the first or last line.

Navigation

Action	Keys
Move up in lists	Up
Move down in lists	Down
Move up in dialogs	Up, K
Move down in dialogs	Down, J
Next dialog item	Tab
Previous dialog item	Shift+Tab

Auto-Completion

Action	Keys
Accept suggestion	Tab, Enter
Previous option	Up, Ctrl+P
Next option	Down, Ctrl+N
Expand suggestion	Right
Collapse suggestion	Left

App Controls

Action	Keys
Clear screen	Ctrl+L
Toggle Markdown rendering	Alt+M
Toggle error details	F12
Toggle copy mode	Ctrl+S
Toggle TODO list	Ctrl+T
Toggle IDE context	Ctrl+G
Toggle YOLO mode	Ctrl+Y
Cycle approval mode	Shift+Tab
Expand/collapse blocks	Ctrl+O
Focus shell input	Tab
Unfocus shell input	Shift+Tab
Toggle background shell	Ctrl+B

Shell Mode

Action	Keys
Toggle shell mode	! (on empty input)
Exit shell mode	Esc

Special Keys

Action	Keys
Show shortcuts panel	? (on empty input)
Select file or folder	@
Clear and rewind	Esc Esc (double-press)
Line continuation	` at end of line + Enter

Vim Mode

When Vim mode is enabled (via /vim command or general.vimMode setting):

NORMAL Mode

• Navigate: h, j, k, l, Left, Right, Up, Down

• Word jumps: w, W, b, B, e, E

• Find character: f{char}, F{char}, t{char}, T{char}, ;, ,

• Line start/end: 0, $, ^

• Go to line: gg, G, {count}G

• Edit: x, X, ~, r{char}

• Delete: dd, D, d{motion} (dw, db, de, dh, dj, dk, dl, d0, d$, d^, dgg, dG)

• Change: cc, C, c{motion} (cw, cb, ce, ch, cj, ck, cl, c0, c$, c^, cgg, cG)

• Insert: i, a, o, O, I, A

• Yank: yy, yw, yW, ye, yE, y$, Y

• Paste: p, P

• Undo: u

• Repeat: .

• Count prefix: {count} before any command

INSERT Mode

• Return to NORMAL: Esc, Ctrl+[

• All standard editing keys pass through

Custom Key Bindings

Create ~/.tabnine/agent/keybindings.json to add or remove bindings:

[
  { "command": "app.toggleMarkdown", "key": "ctrl+m" },
  { "command": "-app.toggleMarkdown", "key": "alt+m" }
]

• Prefix a command with - to remove a binding

• Key format: modifiers joined with + (e.g., ctrl+shift+a, alt+enter)

• Available modifiers: ctrl, shift, alt (or option/opt), cmd (or meta)

Quick tips:

• Type ? on an empty prompt to show the shortcuts panel

• In dialogs, type numbers 1–9 to jump to options

• Shell commands run with TABNINE_CLI=1 environment variable