Use Ctrl + arrow keys to move faster

In the input box for typing prompt, I can only move one character at a time and this it is slow to edit older words in the sentence.

You should be able to navigate using shift + option + arrow, or shift + cmd + arrow

You should be able to navigate using shift + option + arrow, or shift + cmd + arrow

It's not working on windows or wsl...

Codex, Claude Code, and even standard terminals all support ctrl + arrow key, and currently this key combination doesn’t seem to have any functionality. I think it would be quite reasonable to add ctrl + arrow key support. If permitted, I can submit a PR.

that's totally fair, the team is rewriting the tui from ground up, should be done later this week and if it still doesn't work well a PR would be welcome.

Unfortunately the opencode windows support has left a lot to be desired as of late

@rekram1-node

@rekram1-node I am on linux and I just realised alt + arrow keys work. Counter intuitive though. I also noticed the behaviour on other tools and they have movement using either ctrl/alt + arrow keys

@rekram1-node I am on linux and I just realised alt + arrow keys work. Counter intuitive though. I also noticed the behaviour on other tools and they have movement using either ctrl/alt + arrow keys

alt + arrow keys work for me on wezterm + wsl2 but yea this is unintuitive. I've never seen alt + arrow keys before but maybe it's more common in linux environments?

@pranitbauva1997

@pranitbauva1997 #1975 might be the reason why its alt and not ctrl so the config outlined there might solve the issue

still unintuitive tho

At least on Linux, the ctrl+arrows binding can be solved with this comment's config:

#1975 (comment)

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "keybinds": {
    "session_child_cycle": "none",
    "session_child_cycle_reverse": "none",
  },

  ...
}

Might behave the same on Windows as well

I use:

  "keybinds": {
    "session_child_cycle": "shift+right",
    "session_child_cycle_reverse": "shift+left",
  },

that way I can still navigate to child sessions, and in my terminal and opencode it is option left or right to navigate words

This doesn't work anymore:

  "keybinds": {
    "session_child_cycle": "none",
    "session_child_cycle_reverse": "none"
  },

I use version 1.0.70.

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rekram1-node commented on Sep 9, 2025

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