Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut (Windows / Linux)	macOS	Action	When
`Alt+\`	`Alt+\`	Request a code completion	Editing a file
`Tab`	`Tab`	Accept the shown completion	A suggestion is showing
`Esc`	`Esc`	Dismiss the shown completion	A suggestion is showing
`Ctrl+I`	`Cmd+I`	Inline edit: describe a change to the selection	Editing a file
`Ctrl+Shift+Enter`	`Cmd+Shift+Enter`	Accept the pending inline edit	An edit is waiting
`Ctrl+Shift+Backspace`	`Cmd+Shift+Backspace`	Reject the pending inline edit	An edit is waiting
`Ctrl+Shift+/`	`Ctrl+Shift+/`	Stop generation (completion, chat, edit or review)	twinny is generating
`Ctrl+.`	`Cmd+.`	Lightbulb: Fix with Twinny, Edit with Twinny	On a diagnostic or selection

Tab, Esc and Ctrl+. are VS Code’s own bindings for inline suggestions and code actions.

In the chat

These work in the chat’s composer, in the sidebar and in the panel. They are the chat’s own keys, as in a terminal: Ctrl is Ctrl on macOS too. Press ? on an empty composer to see them, or run Twinny - Chat keyboard shortcuts from the view’s … menu.

Key	Action
`Enter`	Send. A message sent while a reply runs is queued until it ends
`Shift+Enter`	New line
`Esc`	Stop the reply, from anywhere in the chat
`Esc` `Esc`	Clear the draft (`↑` brings it back)
`Ctrl+C`	Stop the reply, or clear the draft when nothing is streaming. With text selected it copies
`↑` `↓`	Earlier prompts, from an empty composer
`PgUp` `PgDn`	Scroll the transcript
`Ctrl+L`	New conversation
`Shift+Tab`	Agent mode on or off
`@`	Add a file, symbol, problems, git or terminal output as context
`?`	Show or hide the list of keys, on an empty composer

When agent mode has a command or change waiting for you and the composer is empty:

Key	Action
`Enter`	Run the command, or apply the change
`Shift+Enter`	Always run that command
`Esc`	Skip it

Esc does the first of these that applies: close the list of keys, skip what is waiting, stop the reply, and, pressed twice, clear the draft. Typing while the focus is on the transcript goes to the composer.

The chat’s keys are not VS Code keybindings and cannot be changed in Keyboard Shortcuts.

Changing the editor shortcuts

Open Keyboard Shortcuts (Ctrl+K Ctrl+S) and search for twinny. Or add to keybindings.json:

[
  { "key": "ctrl+alt+i", "command": "twinny.edit", "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly" },
  { "key": "ctrl+alt+enter", "command": "twinny.acceptEdit", "when": "twinnyInlineEditPending && editorTextFocus" }
]

Useful when contexts: twinnyInlineEditPending (an edit is waiting) and twinnyGeneratingText (something is streaming).

Conflicts

The completion shortcut is on VS Code’s built-in Trigger Inline Suggestion command (editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger), which GitHub Copilot also binds to Alt+\. If both are installed, rebind one. Ctrl+I is bound by some other assistants too; twinny’s binding applies only in a writable text editor.

Suggested extras

Commands without a default binding that are worth one if you use them often:

Command id	Suggestion
`twinny.addTests`	`Ctrl+Alt+T`
`twinny.explain`	`Ctrl+Alt+E`
`twinny.terminalCommand`	`Ctrl+Alt+“
`twinny.fixTerminalError`	`Ctrl+Alt+F`
`twinny.newConversation`	`Ctrl+Alt+N` (`Ctrl+L` already does this inside the chat)