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Charlie Hills

@charliejhills

You are using Claude Code the slow way. Here are all 53 shortcuts that fix that: Control & Exit Esc - stop Claude mid-response Esc Esc - clear draft, or open rewind Ctrl+C - interrupt, twice to exit Ctrl+D - exit Claude Code Ctrl+L - redraw the screen Ctrl+T - toggle the task list Ctrl+O - toggle verbose transcript Ctrl+X Ctrl+K - stop all subagents Ctrl+B - background the task Edit Your Prompt Ctrl+A / Ctrl+E - start or end of line Option + arrows - jump word by word Ctrl+W - delete the last word Ctrl+K - delete to end of line Ctrl+U - delete to start of line Ctrl+Y - paste back deleted text Ctrl+G - open prompt in an editor History & Recall Up / Down - step through history Ctrl+P / Ctrl+N - previous or next Ctrl+R - reverse-search history Ctrl+S - cycle the search scope Multiline Input Backslash then Enter - new line Ctrl+J - new line, no backslash Shift+Enter - new line, most terminals Option+Enter - new line on Mac Image & Clipboard Ctrl+V - paste an image Alt+V - paste an image on Windows Cmd+V - paste an image in iTerm2 Modes, Models & Thinking Shift+Tab - cycle your modes Alt+M - cycle modes too Option+P - switch model Option+T - toggle thinking Option+O - toggle Fast Mode Magic Prefixes / - commands, skills, MCP @ - mention a file ! - run a shell command # - save a note to memory Tab - accept the autocomplete Vim Mode (turn on in /config) Esc - switch to NORMAL mode i / a / o - insert text h j k l - move around w / b / e - jump by word dd / cw / yy - delete, change, yank u / . - undo, repeat Fullscreen Mode /tui fullscreen - turn the mouse on { / } - jump between prompts Space / b - scroll a page Home / End - top or bottom [ - send to scrollback Setup & Customise /terminal-setup - wire up Shift+Enter /keybindings - rebind any shortcut /config - all settings /statusline - add a status line /theme - change the colours I grouped all 53 onto one sheet. The fastest users barely touch the mouse. 100+ Claude guides <a target="_blank" href="https://charliehills.substack.com/p/resource" color="blue">charliehills.substack.com/p/resource</a> Repost ♻️ to help someone in your network. P.S. which shortcut did you not know existed? <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/charliejhills/status/2068995717339939068" color="blue">x.com/charliejhills/…</a>