Gemini CLI Keyboard Shortcuts

This document lists the available keyboard shortcuts in the Gemini CLI.

General

Shortcut	Description
`Esc`	Close dialogs and suggestions.
`Ctrl+C`	Exit the application. Press twice to confirm.
`Ctrl+D`	Exit the application if the input is empty. Press twice to confirm.
`Ctrl+L`	Clear the screen.
`Ctrl+O`	Toggle the display of the debug console.
`Ctrl+S`	Allows long responses to print fully, disabling truncation. Use your terminal's scrollback to view the entire output.
`Ctrl+T`	Toggle the display of tool descriptions.
`Ctrl+Y`	Toggle auto-approval (YOLO mode) for all tool calls.

Shortcut	Description
`!`	Toggle shell mode when the input is empty.
`\` (at end of line) + `Enter`	Insert a newline.
`Down Arrow`	Navigate down through the input history.
`Enter`	Submit the current prompt.
`Meta+Delete` / `Ctrl+Delete`	Delete the word to the right of the cursor.
`Tab`	Autocomplete the current suggestion if one exists.
`Up Arrow`	Navigate up through the input history.
`Ctrl+A` / `Home`	Move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
`Ctrl+B` / `Left Arrow`	Move the cursor one character to the left.
`Ctrl+C`	Clear the input prompt
`Ctrl+D` / `Delete`	Delete the character to the right of the cursor.
`Ctrl+E` / `End`	Move the cursor to the end of the line.
`Ctrl+F` / `Right Arrow`	Move the cursor one character to the right.
`Ctrl+H` / `Backspace`	Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
`Ctrl+K`	Delete from the cursor to the end of the line.
`Ctrl+Left Arrow` / `Meta+Left Arrow` / `Meta+B`	Move the cursor one word to the left.
`Ctrl+N`	Navigate down through the input history.
`Ctrl+P`	Navigate up through the input history.
`Ctrl+Right Arrow` / `Meta+Right Arrow` / `Meta+F`	Move the cursor one word to the right.
`Ctrl+U`	Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
`Ctrl+V`	Paste clipboard content. If the clipboard contains an image, it will be saved and a reference to it will be inserted in the prompt.
`Ctrl+W` / `Meta+Backspace` / `Ctrl+Backspace`	Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
`Ctrl+X` / `Meta+Enter`	Open the current input in an external editor.

Shortcut	Description
`Down Arrow`	Navigate down through the suggestions.
`Tab` / `Enter`	Accept the selected suggestion.
`Up Arrow`	Navigate up through the suggestions.

Shortcut	Description
`Down Arrow` / `j`	Move selection down.
`Enter`	Confirm selection.
`Up Arrow` / `k`	Move selection up.
`1-9`	Select an item by its number.
(multi-digit)	For items with numbers greater than 9, press the digits in quick succession to select the corresponding item.