Copilot CLI keyboard shortcuts

Include file contents in the context.

Include a GitHub issue or pull request in the context.

Execute a command in your local shell, bypassing Copilot. A lone ! enters shell mode; Esc or Ctrl+C on an empty prompt exits it.

A lone $ plus Enter hands the terminal to a real interactive shell ($SHELL or %COMSPEC%) in the session directory; exit returns to the CLI. Disable with shellShortcut.

Open quick help on an empty prompt; press again to dismiss and insert a literal ?.

Cancel the current operation; press twice to interrupt the running turn or stop background agents, or to put an unanswered prompt back in the prompt box.

Cancel operation or clear input; press twice to exit.

Shutdown. In diff mode, scrolls down half a page.

Edit the prompt in an external editor ($EDITOR).

Clear the screen.

Queue a message, shell command, or supported slash command to send while the agent is busy.

Reverse search through command history.

Toggle voice dictation (alias for Ctrl+X then v), if the terminal and OS pass it through.

Paste from clipboard as an attachment.

Paste image from clipboard as an attachment.

Run a slash command after you have started typing a prompt, without retyping it.

Edit the prompt in an external editor ($EDITOR).

Promote the running task or shell command to the background.

Collapse or expand the autopilot goal panel.

Hide the current-session sidebar.

Open the most recent link from the timeline.

Toggle voice dictation on or off.

Close the current session.

Suspend the process to the background (Unix).

Insert a newline in the input.

Cycle between standard, plan, and autopilot mode.

Open timeline search; while typing, moves to the next character.

With an empty prompt, expand recent timeline items to show more details.

With an empty prompt, expand all timeline items; while typing, move to end of line. Before the first message, opens the local/cloud environment picker.

Expand or collapse display of reasoning in responses.

Scroll the timeline up or down by one page.

Move to beginning of the line when typing.

Move to the previous character.

Delete the previous character.

Delete from cursor to end of line, or the line break if at end of line.

Delete from cursor to beginning of the line. In diff mode, scrolls up half a page.

Delete the previous word.

Move to the start or end of the current visual line.

Move to the start or end of the text.

Move the cursor by a word.

Navigate command history; with an empty prompt, Up recalls the most recently queued or steering prompt if available.

Navigate submitted command history nondestructively, without queued-prompt recall.

Accept the current inline completion suggestion.

Toggle showing all nested subagent levels vs. this level's tasks only.

Toggle showing finished subagents and shells.

Kill the selected active task.

Remove the selected finished task.

Promote the selected sync task to background.

View task details, or teleport into the selected subagent's session view.

Cycle the sort order: relevance, created, name, last used.

Switch between the local and remote tabs.

Delete the selected session.

Add or edit a comment on the selected line; Enter submits all comments and s shows a comments summary.

Toggle between unstaged changes and branch diff.

Toggle hiding whitespace-only changes.

Refresh the diff (remote sessions only).

Move down/up one line, jump to previous/next file, and jump to first/last line (also arrow keys, Home, End).

With an empty prompt, walk the sidebar focus cycle: closed, timeline-focused, sidebar-focused (Vim h/l).

Start a new session from the focused sidebar or Sessions tab.

Close the selected session card, or delete a local resumable session's history in the Sessions tab.

Cycle the sidebar sort order: recent, created, name, none; persists across restarts.

Cycle the filter scope: all, local, remote (cloud).

Search live across name, branch or working directory, repository, and session ID.

Allow this specific request once.

Deny this specific request once.

Allow all similar requests for the rest of the session.

Deny all similar requests for the rest of the session.

Show detailed information about the request.

Refresh every registered marketplace's catalog.