Agents Window: Customize keybindings

Ideas Feature Requests
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Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

Describe the request

Right now, I cannot use ctrl + w or ctrl + u to delete the previous word or whole line in my terminal in the Agents Window. Those appear to be mapped to other actions (not sure what ctrl + u does). This actually makes it pretty annoying to use the Agents Window in my case.

It would be nice if I could disable certain keybinds, or configure them in general, for the Agents Window. But I can’t find a place to do that in the settings.

Operating System (if it applies)

Linux

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Yes. At least Ctrl+W shouldn’t be active when terminal is active.

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Usual terminal hotkeys doesn’t work in Agents Window terminal

Steps to Reproduce

  • Open Agents Window
  • Open any terminal
  • Try pressing a hot key like Ctrl+W (delete previous word)
  • Terminal window closes and (if it’s the only terminal tab) reopens with empty command line

Expected Behavior

Hotkey is passed to the terminal, previous word gets deleted, terminal doesn’t close

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 3.1.14
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: d8673fb56ba50fda33ad78382000b519bb8acb70
Date: 2026-04-14T01:39:23.679Z
Layout: glass
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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@Colin I honestly believe that this is a bug and not a feature request.
This breaks common workflows and UX moving from Editor Window to Agents Window, introduces inconsistency and lost of data (terminal history and current input).