Keyboard shortcuts
Default keys for the Tau TUI, and how to remap them.
These are the default keys in the interactive TUI. Run
/hotkeys in-session to see them, and remap them in ~/.tau/tui.json (see
Configuration).
Prompting
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Enter | Submit the prompt (or apply a highlighted completion) |
Shift+Enter | Insert a newline |
Esc | Cancel the active run |
Enter (while running) | Queue text as steering for the current run |
Alt+Enter | Queue a follow-up that waits until the run would stop |
Up (empty prompt, running) | Edit the most recently queued follow-up |
Navigation & pickers
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+K | Open the command palette |
Ctrl+R | Open the session picker |
Tab | Accept the highlighted completion |
Down / Up | Move through completions |
Ctrl+E (in /prompts) | Edit the selected prompt template |
Ctrl+S (while editing a prompt template) | Save and reload resources |
Models & thinking
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+P | Cycle scoped (favorite) models |
Shift+Tab | Cycle the thinking mode |
Ctrl+T | Toggle display of thinking/reasoning tokens |
Output & session
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+O | Toggle exact tool commands and full output (vs. compact previews) |
Ctrl+C | Clear the prompt input |
Ctrl+D | Quit |
Remapping
Keys use Textual’s syntax (
ctrl+k, shift+tab, down, f2, …). Tau rejects
unknown names, empty keys, and duplicate assignments so mistakes fail early. Any
key you don’t set keeps its default.