Cursor Keyboard Shortcuts

Cursor keyboard shortcut reference covering 23 bindings for Windows, Mac & Linux. Commonly searched bindings include Inline Edit, Toggle Chat Panel, and Toggle Agent. 23 of 23 shortcuts are verified against official Cursor documentation, each with a linked source when available. Search by action name, filter by category, look up what a key combination does, print a cheat sheet, or practice with flashcards.

Official Cursor documentation

AI

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Inline Edit Open inline AI edit on selected code Ctrl+K Cmd+K Yes Source
Toggle Chat Panel Show or hide the AI chat side panel Ctrl+L Cmd+L Yes Source
Toggle Agent Open or focus the agent side panel Ctrl+I Cmd+I Yes Source
Toggle Agent Layout Switch between editor and agent-focused layout Ctrl+E Cmd+E Yes Source
Mode Menu Open the AI mode picker menu Ctrl+. Cmd+. Yes Source
Cycle AI Models Rotate through available AI models Ctrl+/ Cmd+/ Yes Source
Toggle Voice Mode Start or stop voice input for AI prompts Ctrl+Shift+Space Cmd+Shift+Space Yes Source
Add Selection to Chat Send highlighted code into the chat context Ctrl+Shift+L Cmd+Shift+L Yes Source
Add Selection to Edit Send highlighted code into inline edit Ctrl+Shift+K Cmd+Shift+K Yes Source
Cancel Generation Stop the current AI response or edit Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Cmd+Shift+Backspace Yes Source
Accept All Changes Apply every AI-suggested edit in the diff Ctrl+Enter Cmd+Enter Yes Source
Reject All Changes Discard every AI-suggested edit in the diff Ctrl+Backspace Cmd+Backspace Yes Source
New Chat Start a fresh AI conversation Ctrl+N Cmd+N Yes Source
New Chat Tab Open another chat tab in the side panel Ctrl+T Cmd+T Yes Source
Rotate Agent Modes Cycle between agent, ask, and manual modes Shift+Tab Shift+Tab Yes Source
Accept Suggestion Accept the inline autocomplete suggestion Tab Tab Yes Source
Accept Next Word Accept only the next word of a suggestion Ctrl+Right Cmd+Right Yes Source
Quick Question Ask a short follow-up in inline edit Alt+Enter Option+Enter Yes Source

General

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Cursor Settings Open Cursor-specific settings Ctrl+Shift+J Cmd+Shift+J Yes Source
Command Palette Run any editor or Cursor command Ctrl+Shift+P Cmd+Shift+P Yes Source
General Settings Open editor settings Ctrl+, Cmd+, Yes Source

Search

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Search Codebase in Chat Run a repository-wide search from chat input Ctrl+Enter Cmd+Enter Yes Source

Window

ActionDescriptionWindowsMacVerifiedSource
Close Chat Close the active chat tab Ctrl+W Cmd+W Yes Source

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