Keyboard Shortcuts

BMO is designed to stay keyboard-first. Use these shortcuts to move quickly between sessions, models, modes, tasks, and message history without leaving the composer.

Global shortcuts

Key	Action
ctrl+p	Open the slash command picker
ctrl+m	Open the model picker
ctrl+s	Open the session switcher
ctrl+l	Toggle the sidebar for the current session
ctrl+g	Toggle the extended help view
ctrl+c	Quit BMO
ctrl+z	Suspend the TUI
tab	Move focus between panes and controls
shift+tab	Cycle session modes (code, chat, review, debug, plan, sre)

Composer shortcuts

Key	Action
enter	Send the current prompt
ctrl+enter	Queue the prompt for execution after the current run
shift+enter / ctrl+j	Insert a newline without sending
ctrl+o	Open the current prompt in your external editor
@	Mention a file from the workspace
/	Open slash commands from the prompt
up / down	Walk through prompt history

Attachments

Key	Action
ctrl+f	Add an attachment (or image while composing)
ctrl+v	Paste an image from the clipboard
ctrl+r, then an index	Delete a single attachment by its displayed index
ctrl+r, then r	Delete all attachments
esc	Exit attachment delete mode

Active turn controls

Key	Action
esc	Interrupt the active run or queued turn
ctrl+d	Toggle detail panels for the selected message
ctrl+t / ctrl+space	Show or hide task/todo pills
ctrl+a	Expand or collapse the Activity row feed (Activity strip is on by default; same as /activity; set options.tui.runtime_activity_row = false to hide the strip)
left / right	Switch between task/todo sections when pills are open

Chat navigation

Key	Action
up / down	Scroll through the conversation
j / k	Vim-style scroll down / up
J / K	Move one message at a time
d / u	Half-page down / up
f / pgdn	Page down
b / pgup	Page up
g / home	Jump to the top
G / end	Jump to the bottom
space	Expand or collapse the selected message
c, y, C, Y	Copy selected content
esc	Clear the current selection

Good defaults to memorize first

If you only learn a few shortcuts, start with these:

• ctrl+p — open commands
• ctrl+m — switch model
• ctrl+s — switch session
• shift+tab — cycle modes
• ctrl+l — toggle sidebar
• esc — interrupt a run

For slash-command details, see Slash Commands. For mode behavior, see Session Modes. For a live TUI inspect surface that shows the documented shortcut inventory, exemptions for @ and /, and the recent shortcut-event ring for the current session, run /shortcut-status.