# Keybindings (/cli/reference/keybindings)





## Exit [#exit]

| Action                           | What happens                                                                                                             |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **`Ctrl+C` (single press)**      | Soft-interrupt — logs `[soft-interrupt]` to stderr. **Does not quit.**                                              |
| **`Ctrl+C` twice within 1500ms** | Clean exit. Restores terminal state, stops the dispatcher, destroys the renderer.                                        |
| **`q`**                          | Clean exit, but **only when no drawer or help overlay is open**. While a drawer is open, `q` is reserved for the drawer. |
| **`/quit` (alias `/exit`)**      | Clean exit from the composer.                                                                                            |

<Callout>
  The double-tap-to-exit rule prevents accidental quit-on-Ctrl+C while a long
  run is in flight. Hitting Ctrl+C once is the conventional "soft cancel" —
  hitting it twice means you really want out.
</Callout>

## Focus [#focus]

| Action                 | Key                                                      |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Focus the Agents panel | `focus:agents` (via Command Palette or palette shortcut) |
| Focus the Timeline     | `focus:timeline`                                         |
| Focus the Composer     | `focus:composer`                                         |

The exact shortcut keys are surfaced in the Command Palette (`/help` to open the palette and search "Focus").

## Drawer keys [#drawer-keys]

When a drawer is open:

| Key       | Action                                          |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `Esc`     | Close the drawer                                |
| `↑` / `↓` | Move selection within the drawer                |
| `Enter`   | Activate the focused item (varies per drawer)   |
| `a`       | Approve (Approval drawer)                       |
| `r`       | Reject (Approval drawer)                        |
| `q`       | (reserved by the drawer; does not quit the app) |

Each drawer can register its own additional keymap. See the per-drawer entries in [Reference → Drawers](/cli/reference/drawers).

## Composer [#composer]

| Key           | Action                     |
| ------------- | -------------------------- |
| `Enter`       | Send                       |
| `Shift+Enter` | Newline                    |
| `Tab`         | Autocomplete slash command |
| `↑` / `↓`     | Browse composer history    |

## Command Palette [#command-palette]

| Key          | Action                                                         |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Open palette | Listed in `/help`, also via the `Open Command Palette` action  |
| Type         | Fuzzy-search across commands, drawers, controls, focus targets |
| `Enter`      | Run the selected action                                        |

## Signals [#signals]

| Signal                      | Behavior                                           |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `SIGINT` (Ctrl+C)           | Soft-interrupt then double-tap to exit (see above) |
| `SIGTERM`                   | Clean exit                                         |
| crash / unhandled exception | Terminal state is restored on the way out          |

The terminal is always restored on exit — cursor visible, raw mode off — even if the renderer crashed.

## Read next [#read-next]

* [Panels](/cli/reference/panels)
* [Drawers](/cli/reference/drawers)
* [Commands](/cli/commands)