Preserve Prompt on Ctrl+C

As a proud Neovim user like myself, I am super used to Vim motions, they run through my veins, every keystroke feels powerful. But when I open OpenCode and start writing a prompt, I feel weak. I keep hitting Ctrl+C to go to normal mode, but it just deletes my whole prompt with no way to get it back. That feels bad.

It’d be nice if Ctrl+C cleared the prompt but saved it in history, so pressing the up arrow brings it back. Then if I send a new prompt, that old one can just get wiped. Something like that.

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

Make ctrl+c close open pane before closing opencode #183: Make ctrl+c close open pane before closing opencode - discusses different Ctrl+C behavior
[FEATURE]: vim motions in input box #1764: Feature request: edit mode vim - requests vim keybindings in prompt editing
history_previous and history_next keybinds not working; commented out in code #314: history_previous and history_next keybinds not working - about history navigation functionality
Feature request: history reverse search like curses-based TUIs #1701: Feature request: history reverse search like curses-based TUIs - about enhanced history search/access
Bug/Feat request? - Prompt History gets overwritten when working on multiple projects at once. #2067: Prompt History gets overwritten when working on multiple projects - about prompt history preservation

Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.

You can press arrow up to go back to previous prompts.

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github-actions commented on Aug 25, 2025

panta82 commented on Dec 18, 2025

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