TUI: make forced message sending and session navigation more convenient #4801

Hello!

I use Kimi Code CLI alongside Claude Code, and two frequent interactions are noticeably less convenient in the Kimi TUI.

1. Sending a message while the agent is running

Currently, Enter queues the message until the running turn finishes. Ctrl-S can steer a message into the running turn, but this action is not very discoverable and requires a separate shortcut. Please consider a more convenient forced-send interaction, similar to Claude Code, or a configurable shortcut that immediately steers the submitted message into the active turn.

2. Opening the conversation/session list

Please add a direct keyboard shortcut for opening the session picker, ideally Left Arrow when the agent is idle, similar to Claude Code. The picker should allow browsing and resuming conversations in the same terminal window without first typing /sessions or /resume.

Current alternatives (Ctrl-S, /btw, and /sessions) work, but the Claude Code interactions are faster and easier to discover. Improving these two flows would make frequent steering and switching between conversations much smoother.

Environment: macOS, Kimi Code CLI interactive TUI.

Thank you!