Hotkeys

Run /hotkeys inside Tauren to print the live shortcut list. This page documents the default interaction model.

Custom VS Code keybindings

Tauren scopes its default VS Code keybindings with the when-clause context key tauren.sidebarFocus. Use that context when adding your own Tauren sidebar shortcuts in keybindings.json:

{
  "key": "ctrl+shift+c",
  "command": "tauren.copyLastResponse",
  "when": "tauren.sidebarFocus"
}

VS Code may not autocomplete tauren.sidebarFocus in the Keyboard Shortcuts UI or keybindings.json. This is expected: Tauren sets the key dynamically at runtime with VS Code's setContext API, and VS Code's when-clause suggestions only include statically known context keys. The key is still valid when typed manually.

Chat Face

Key	Action
Enter	Send composer message.
Shift+Enter	Insert composer newline.
Esc	Close open menus, clear composer text or attachments, otherwise open the session list.
/	Show slash commands.
Slash menu: ↑ / ↓	Move through slash commands or file suggestions.
Slash menu: Tab / Enter	Accept active slash command or file suggestion.
Slash menu: Esc	Dismiss slash menu.
PageUp / PageDown	Scroll active pane by page.
Cmd+PageUp / Cmd+PageDown on macOS; Alt+PageUp / Alt+PageDown elsewhere	Scroll active pane by page.
Cmd+↑ / Cmd+↓ on macOS; Ctrl+Home / Ctrl+End elsewhere	Scroll active pane to top or bottom.
Ctrl/Cmd+F	Open transcript search.
Ctrl+Alt+. / Alt+Cmd+.	Open the model picker.
Search: Enter / Shift+Enter	Move to next or previous search match.
Search: Esc	Close transcript search.
Ctrl+O	Toggle tool output details.

Session List

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Move through sessions.
Home / End	Move to first or last visible session.
Enter	Open selected session.
Esc	Return to chat.
?	Show help.
R	Rename selected session.
F	Fork selected session.
C	Clone selected session.
Z	Compact selected session.
E	Export selected session as HTML.
Delete / Backspace	Move selected session to trash.

Session Tree

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Move through tree items.
Home / End	Move to first or last tree item.
← / →	Move to parent or deepest visible last child.
Enter	Open selected tree item.
Esc	Return to chat or close the active tree dialog.
Shift+L	Edit selected tree label.
Label edit: Enter	Save label.
Label edit: Esc	Cancel label edit.

Settings and extension UI

Key	Action
Settings: Esc	Close settings.
Settings nav: ↑ / ↓ / ← / →	Move through settings sections.
Settings nav: Home / End	Move to first or last settings section.
Custom UI: terminal keys	Forward focused terminal-style extension UI keys to Pi extensions.