Ctrl+n in chat panel

On a Mac, Ctrl+n navigates down one line in most text editing contexts I know of. This is true everywhere I look - VSCode, Chrome, Slack, Emacs, Google Docs and Vim (just a few examples - the list goes on).

AFAICT this is an old Emacs thing that has become a longstanding convention across many types of software.

In the Cursor chat panel, Ctrl+n creates a new chat altogether, often losing my draft prompt.

This is a major point of friction for me in using Cursor! Ctrl+n for ‘down one line’ is a deeply ingrained habit from decades of use; Cursor is the only app that punishes me for using it.

I notice that there’s no obvious way to override this in settings (see image).

Is there any chance this could be removed from the default bindings? Cmd+n already creates a new chat, much like you’d expect on a Mac, so I’d argue Ctrl+n is redundant for this purpose anyway.

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