How do I change the keyboard shortcuts that Cursor uses?

truell20 · August 23, 2023, 12:32am

truell20 · August 23, 2023, 12:34am

We hope to build better UI for this in the future. For now,

Type Command/Ctrl + Shift + P.
Go to “preferences: open keyboard shortcuts”
Edit the aipopup.action.modal.generate action to remap the inline edits / generation keybinding
Edit the aichat.newchataction action to remap the new chat command

cameronbrillhw · March 26, 2024, 4:26pm

For future passersby, to fully remove Cursor’s cmd+K mappings, you also need to update cursorai.action.generateInTerminal

olegovs · May 29, 2024, 12:12pm

Hi! How can I change ai chat send message key? It’s “Enter” now, but I want it to be “Shift+Enter” and use “Enter” to insert a new line.

GeeWhizBang · September 1, 2024, 7:35am

Is there any way to directly access the data / json that vscode / cursor use for the key mappings instead of having to do this manually? It would also make it easy to put things back if it gets messed up.

It’s utter madness that such an important keymapping was overwritten.

miguel · September 2, 2024, 12:14pm

+1. I am wasting so many chat requests by mistakenly hitting Enter to create a new line…

asht · September 2, 2024, 2:42pm

You can edit default keybindings.json -

You can also specify overrides for yourself -

miguel · September 2, 2024, 2:52pm

VS doesn’t have a chat window. How can we change the keyboard shortcut to submit a message in Cursor’s chat window?

GeeWhizBang · September 3, 2024, 1:21am

C:\Users\<yourUser>\AppData\Roaming\Cursor\User\keybindings.json

// Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaults
[
{
“key”: “ctrl+shift+k”,
“command”: “editor.action.deleteLines”,
“when”: “textInputFocus && !editorReadonly”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+c”,
“command”: “editor.action.addCommentLine”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+u”,
“command”: “editor.action.removeCommentLine”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+/”,
“command”: “editor.foldAllBlockComments”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+0”,
“command”: “editor.foldAll”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+j”,
“command”: “editor.unfoldAll”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+k”,
“command”: “editor.action.defineKeybinding”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k m”,
“command”: “workbench.action.editor.changeLanguageMode”,
“when”: “!notebookEditorFocused”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k p”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.copyPathOfActiveFile”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k r”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.revealActiveFileInWindows”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k o”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.showOpenedFileInNewWindow”,
“when”: “emptyWorkspaceSupport”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k s”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.saveAll”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+w”,
“command”: “workbench.action.closeAllEditors”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k w”,
“command”: “workbench.action.closeEditorsInGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k f”,
“command”: “workbench.action.closeFolder”,
“when”: “emptyWorkspaceSupport && workbenchState != ‘empty’”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+up”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusAboveGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+down”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusBelowGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+left”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusLeftGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+k ctrl+right”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusRightGroup”
},

{
“key”: “ctrl+q c”,
“command”: “editor.action.addCommentLine”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q u”,
“command”: “editor.action.removeCommentLine”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q /”,
“command”: “editor.foldAllBlockComments”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q 0”,
“command”: “editor.foldAll”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q j”,
“command”: “editor.unfoldAll”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q k”,
“command”: “editor.action.defineKeybinding”,
“when”: “editorTextFocus”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q m”,
“command”: “workbench.action.editor.changeLanguageMode”,
“when”: “!notebookEditorFocused”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q p”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.copyPathOfActiveFile”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q r”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.revealActiveFileInWindows”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q o”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.showOpenedFileInNewWindow”,
“when”: “emptyWorkspaceSupport”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q s”,
“command”: “workbench.action.files.saveAll”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q w”,
“command”: “workbench.action.closeAllEditors”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q w”,
“command”: “workbench.action.closeEditorsInGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q f”,
“command”: “workbench.action.closeFolder”,
“when”: “emptyWorkspaceSupport && workbenchState != ‘empty’”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q up”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusAboveGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q down”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusBelowGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q left”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusLeftGroup”
},
{
“key”: “ctrl+q right”,
“command”: “workbench.action.focusRightGroup”
}
]

GeeWhizBang · September 3, 2024, 1:22am

There is one thing left that I haven’t figured out yet, the prompts in cursor itself still mention Ctrl-K instead of the now correct Ctrl-Q

ahmad-PH · October 8, 2024, 2:50pm

Thank you, you are a lifesaver! I was about to give up.

achanin00 · October 11, 2024, 6:39pm

For those of us coming from vscode, Ctrl-K (Command-K) remapping is a complete killer. I kept bringing up chat trying to comment lines, split a window vertically, close a pane, etc… I was about to uninstall cursor before I read this thread and redefined the keymappings. Strongly recommend you allow the definitions to be nicely redefined by the installer (especially when you are migrating from vscode)

nitsujri · November 4, 2024, 2:58am

What the, why did you overwrite CMD+K this is insane.

rsnk96 · November 27, 2024, 7:39pm

For folks looking to just have Ctrl+l work in their terminal as usual (clear terminal), you can add the following to your Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON) settings:

{
        "key": "ctrl+l",
        "command": "aichat.newchataction",
        "when": "!terminalFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+l",
        "command": "-aichat.newchataction"
    }

misha-erm · December 23, 2024, 11:26am

After every cursor’s update my shortcut settings get reset.
For me the main one is “CMD + SHIFT + K”. In vscode it removes the line while in cursor it open composer as bar. I just delete the cursor’s keybinding but after update it always comes back

Benjamin_Cerf · July 7, 2025, 11:13pm

As mentionned here, Cursor change all chored keyboard shortcuts of VS Code from Command/Ctrl+K to Command/Ctrl+M, because they use it for Cursor.

Instead of adding new keyboard shortcuts as @GeeWhizBang did, I directly overrode every keybindinds:

All AI-related shortcuts use I instead of K
E.g., Ctrl+I to open Inline Chat (see 1st section of keybindinds.json below)
All chorded keyboard shortcuts use again Ctrl+K instead of Ctrl+M, aligning with the default shortcuts used in VS Code. (see 1st section of keybindinds.json below)

Sorry if I miss some bindings but here’s my keybindings.json with all overrides:
EDIT 1: remove Ctrl+Y override, clashing with basic Redo shortcuts (cf. post below)

[
  // Cursor keybinds
  {
    "key": "ctrl+y",
    "command": "-aichat.newfollowupaction"
  },
  // -- 1.Change Ctrl+K with Ctrl+I for AI
  {
    "key": "ctrl+i",
    "command": "aipopup.action.modal.generate",
    "when": "editorFocus && !composerBarIsVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k",
    "command": "-aipopup.action.modal.generate",
    "when": "editorFocus && !composerBarIsVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+shift+k",
    "command": "-aipopup.action.modal.generate",
    "when": "editorFocus && !composerBarIsVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+alt+i",
    "command": "aichat.newchataction"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+l",
    "command": "-aichat.newchataction"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+i",
    "command": "cursorai.action.generateInTerminal",
    "when": "terminalFocus && terminalHasBeenCreated || terminalFocus && terminalProcessSupported || terminalHasBeenCreated && terminalPromptBarVisible || terminalProcessSupported && terminalPromptBarVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k",
    "command": "-cursorai.action.generateInTerminal",
    "when": "terminalFocus && terminalHasBeenCreated || terminalFocus && terminalProcessSupported || terminalHasBeenCreated && terminalPromptBarVisible || terminalProcessSupported && terminalPromptBarVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+shift+l",
    "command": "-addCursorsAtSearchResults",
    "when": "fileMatchOrMatchFocus && searchViewletVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+shift+l",
    "command": "-aichat.insertselectionintochat"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+p",
    "command": "composer.showBackgroundAgentHistory",
    "when": "backgroundComposerEnabled || showBackgroundAgentHistoryAction"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+e",
    "command": "-composer.showBackgroundAgentHistory",
    "when": "backgroundComposerEnabled || showBackgroundAgentHistoryAction"
  },
  // -- 2. Revert Ctrl+M with Ctrl+K for VS Code
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k",
    "command": "workbench.action.keychord.leader",
    "when": "false"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m",
    "command": "-workbench.action.keychord.leader",
    "when": "false"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+c",
    "command": "editor.action.addCommentLine",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+c",
    "command": "-editor.action.addCommentLine",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k m",
    "command": "workbench.action.editor.changeLanguageMode",
    "when": "!notebookEditorFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m m",
    "command": "-workbench.action.editor.changeLanguageMode",
    "when": "!notebookEditorFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+alt+c",
    "command": "workbench.action.addComment",
    "when": "activeCursorHasCommentingRange"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+alt+c",
    "command": "-workbench.action.addComment",
    "when": "activeCursorHasCommentingRange"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+alt+down",
    "command": "editor.action.nextCommentingRange",
    "when": "accessibilityModeEnabled && commentFocused || accessibilityModeEnabled && editorFocus || accessibilityHelpIsShown && accessibilityModeEnabled && accessibleViewCurrentProviderId == 'comments'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+alt+down",
    "command": "-editor.action.nextCommentingRange",
    "when": "accessibilityModeEnabled && commentFocused || accessibilityModeEnabled && editorFocus || accessibilityHelpIsShown && accessibilityModeEnabled && accessibleViewCurrentProviderId == 'comments'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+alt+up",
    "command": "editor.action.previousCommentingRange",
    "when": "accessibilityModeEnabled && commentFocused || accessibilityModeEnabled && editorFocus || accessibilityHelpIsShown && accessibilityModeEnabled && accessibleViewCurrentProviderId == 'comments'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+alt+up",
    "command": "-editor.action.previousCommentingRange",
    "when": "accessibilityModeEnabled && commentFocused || accessibilityModeEnabled && editorFocus || accessibilityHelpIsShown && accessibilityModeEnabled && accessibleViewCurrentProviderId == 'comments'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+,",
    "command": "editor.createFoldingRangeFromSelection",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+,",
    "command": "-editor.createFoldingRangeFromSelection",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+g",
    "command": "aiFeedback.action.open"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+g",
    "command": "-aiFeedback.action.open"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+i",
    "command": "editor.debug.action.showDebugHover",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && inDebugMode"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+i",
    "command": "-editor.debug.action.showDebugHover",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && inDebugMode"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+k",
    "command": "editor.action.defineKeybinding",
    "when": "resource == 'vscode-userdata:/home/bencerf/.config/Cursor/User/keybindings.json'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+k",
    "command": "-editor.action.defineKeybinding",
    "when": "resource == 'vscode-userdata:/home/bencerf/.config/Cursor/User/keybindings.json'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k e",
    "command": "workbench.files.action.focusOpenEditorsView",
    "when": "workbench.explorer.openEditorsView.active"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m e",
    "command": "-workbench.files.action.focusOpenEditorsView",
    "when": "workbench.explorer.openEditorsView.active"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k c",
    "command": "workbench.files.action.compareWithClipboard"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m c",
    "command": "-workbench.files.action.compareWithClipboard"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k d",
    "command": "workbench.files.action.compareWithSaved"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m d",
    "command": "-workbench.files.action.compareWithSaved"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+alt+c",
    "command": "copyFilePath",
    "when": "editorFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+alt+c",
    "command": "-copyFilePath",
    "when": "editorFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+shift+alt+c",
    "command": "copyRelativeFilePath",
    "when": "editorFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+shift+alt+c",
    "command": "-copyRelativeFilePath",
    "when": "editorFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+o",
    "command": "workbench.action.files.openFolder",
    "when": "openFolderWorkspaceSupport"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+o",
    "command": "-workbench.action.files.openFolder",
    "when": "openFolderWorkspaceSupport"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k s",
    "command": "workbench.action.files.saveWithoutFormatting"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m s",
    "command": "-workbench.action.files.saveWithoutFormatting"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+p",
    "command": "workbench.action.showAllEditors"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+p",
    "command": "-workbench.action.showAllEditors"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+0",
    "command": "editor.foldAll",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+0",
    "command": "-editor.foldAll",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+/",
    "command": "editor.foldAllBlockComments",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+/",
    "command": "-editor.foldAllBlockComments",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+-",
    "command": "editor.foldAllExcept",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+-",
    "command": "-editor.foldAllExcept",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+8",
    "command": "editor.foldAllMarkerRegions",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+8",
    "command": "-editor.foldAllMarkerRegions",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+1",
    "command": "editor.foldLevel1",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+1",
    "command": "-editor.foldLevel1",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+2",
    "command": "editor.foldLevel2",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+2",
    "command": "-editor.foldLevel2",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+3",
    "command": "editor.foldLevel3",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+3",
    "command": "-editor.foldLevel3",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+4",
    "command": "editor.foldLevel4",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+4",
    "command": "-editor.foldLevel4",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+5",
    "command": "editor.foldLevel5",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+5",
    "command": "-editor.foldLevel5",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+6",
    "command": "editor.foldLevel6",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+6",
    "command": "-editor.foldLevel6",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+7",
    "command": "editor.foldLevel7",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+7",
    "command": "-editor.foldLevel7",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+[",
    "command": "editor.foldRecursively",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+[",
    "command": "-editor.foldRecursively",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+f",
    "command": "editor.action.formatSelection",
    "when": "editorHasDocumentSelectionFormattingProvider && editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+f",
    "command": "-editor.action.formatSelection",
    "when": "editorHasDocumentSelectionFormattingProvider && editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+q",
    "command": "workbench.action.navigateToLastEditLocation"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+q",
    "command": "-workbench.action.navigateToLastEditLocation"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+d",
    "command": "editor.action.moveSelectionToNextFindMatch",
    "when": "editorFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+d",
    "command": "-editor.action.moveSelectionToNextFindMatch",
    "when": "editorFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+c",
    "command": "notebook.cell.collapseCellInput",
    "when": "notebookCellListFocused && !inputFocus && !notebookCellInputIsCollapsed"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+c",
    "command": "-notebook.cell.collapseCellInput",
    "when": "notebookCellListFocused && !inputFocus && !notebookCellInputIsCollapsed"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k t",
    "command": "notebook.cell.collapseCellOutput",
    "when": "notebookCellHasOutputs && notebookCellListFocused && !inputFocus && !notebookCellOutputIsCollapsed"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m t",
    "command": "-notebook.cell.collapseCellOutput",
    "when": "notebookCellHasOutputs && notebookCellListFocused && !inputFocus && !notebookCellOutputIsCollapsed"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+c",
    "command": "notebook.cell.expandCellInput",
    "when": "notebookCellInputIsCollapsed && notebookCellListFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+c",
    "command": "-notebook.cell.expandCellInput",
    "when": "notebookCellInputIsCollapsed && notebookCellListFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k t",
    "command": "notebook.cell.expandCellOutput",
    "when": "notebookCellListFocused && notebookCellOutputIsCollapsed"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m t",
    "command": "-notebook.cell.expandCellOutput",
    "when": "notebookCellListFocused && notebookCellOutputIsCollapsed"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+shift+\\",
    "command": "notebook.cell.split",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && notebookCellEditable && notebookEditable && notebookEditorFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+shift+\\",
    "command": "-notebook.cell.split",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && notebookCellEditable && notebookEditable && notebookEditorFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k y",
    "command": "notebook.cell.toggleOutputScrolling",
    "when": "notebookCellHasOutputs && notebookCellListFocused && !inputFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m y",
    "command": "-notebook.cell.toggleOutputScrolling",
    "when": "notebookCellHasOutputs && notebookCellListFocused && !inputFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+shift+n",
    "command": "notifications.showList"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+shift+n",
    "command": "-notifications.showList"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k f12",
    "command": "editor.action.revealDefinitionAside",
    "when": "editorHasDefinitionProvider && editorTextFocus && !isInEmbeddedEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m f12",
    "command": "-editor.action.revealDefinitionAside",
    "when": "editorHasDefinitionProvider && editorTextFocus && !isInEmbeddedEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+f12",
    "command": "editor.action.revealDefinitionAside",
    "when": "editorHasDefinitionProvider && editorTextFocus && isWeb && !isInEmbeddedEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+f12",
    "command": "-editor.action.revealDefinitionAside",
    "when": "editorHasDefinitionProvider && editorTextFocus && isWeb && !isInEmbeddedEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+t",
    "command": "workbench.action.selectTheme"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+t",
    "command": "-workbench.action.selectTheme"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+s",
    "command": "workbench.action.openGlobalKeybindings"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+s",
    "command": "-workbench.action.openGlobalKeybindings"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+u",
    "command": "editor.action.removeCommentLine",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+u",
    "command": "-editor.action.removeCommentLine",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+.",
    "command": "editor.removeManualFoldingRanges",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+.",
    "command": "-editor.removeManualFoldingRanges",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+k",
    "command": "editor.action.selectFromAnchorToCursor",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && selectionAnchorSet"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+k",
    "command": "-editor.action.selectFromAnchorToCursor",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && selectionAnchorSet"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+b",
    "command": "editor.action.setSelectionAnchor",
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+b",
    "command": "-editor.action.setSelectionAnchor",
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+i",
    "command": "editor.action.showHover",
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+i",
    "command": "-editor.action.showHover",
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+i",
    "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusHover",
    "when": "terminalFocus && terminalHasBeenCreated || terminalFocus && terminalIsOpen || terminalFocus && terminalProcessSupported || terminalHasBeenCreated && terminalTabsFocus || terminalIsOpen && terminalTabsFocus || terminalProcessSupported && terminalTabsFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+i",
    "command": "-workbench.action.terminal.focusHover",
    "when": "terminalFocus && terminalHasBeenCreated || terminalFocus && terminalIsOpen || terminalFocus && terminalProcessSupported || terminalHasBeenCreated && terminalTabsFocus || terminalIsOpen && terminalTabsFocus || terminalProcessSupported && terminalTabsFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+l",
    "command": "editor.toggleFold",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+l",
    "command": "-editor.toggleFold",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+shift+l",
    "command": "editor.toggleFoldRecursively",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+shift+l",
    "command": "-editor.toggleFoldRecursively",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+x",
    "command": "editor.action.trimTrailingWhitespace",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+x",
    "command": "-editor.action.trimTrailingWhitespace",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+j",
    "command": "editor.unfoldAll",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+j",
    "command": "-editor.unfoldAll",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+=",
    "command": "editor.unfoldAllExcept",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+=",
    "command": "-editor.unfoldAllExcept",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+9",
    "command": "editor.unfoldAllMarkerRegions",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+9",
    "command": "-editor.unfoldAllMarkerRegions",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+]",
    "command": "editor.unfoldRecursively",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+]",
    "command": "-editor.unfoldRecursively",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+shift+w",
    "command": "workbench.action.closeAllGroups"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+shift+w",
    "command": "-workbench.action.closeAllGroups"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+w",
    "command": "workbench.action.closeAllEditors"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+w",
    "command": "-workbench.action.closeAllEditors"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k w",
    "command": "workbench.action.closeEditorsInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m w",
    "command": "-workbench.action.closeEditorsInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k u",
    "command": "workbench.action.closeUnmodifiedEditors"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m u",
    "command": "-workbench.action.closeUnmodifiedEditors"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k o",
    "command": "workbench.action.copyEditorToNewWindow",
    "when": "activeEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m o",
    "command": "-workbench.action.copyEditorToNewWindow",
    "when": "activeEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+up",
    "command": "workbench.action.focusAboveGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+up",
    "command": "-workbench.action.focusAboveGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+down",
    "command": "workbench.action.focusBelowGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+down",
    "command": "-workbench.action.focusBelowGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+up",
    "command": "workbench.action.focusAboveGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+up",
    "command": "-workbench.action.focusAboveGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+left",
    "command": "workbench.action.focusLeftGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+left",
    "command": "-workbench.action.focusLeftGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+right",
    "command": "workbench.action.focusRightGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+right",
    "command": "-workbench.action.focusRightGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+shift+\\",
    "command": "workbench.action.joinEditorInGroup",
    "when": "sideBySideEditorActive"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+shift+\\",
    "command": "-workbench.action.joinEditorInGroup",
    "when": "sideBySideEditorActive"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+enter",
    "command": "workbench.action.keepEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m enter",
    "command": "-workbench.action.keepEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k down",
    "command": "workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupDown"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m down",
    "command": "-workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupDown"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k left",
    "command": "workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupLeft"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m left",
    "command": "-workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupLeft"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k right",
    "command": "workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupRight"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m right",
    "command": "-workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupRight"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k up",
    "command": "workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupUp"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m up",
    "command": "-workbench.action.moveActiveEditorGroupUp"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+pagedown",
    "command": "workbench.action.nextEditorInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+pagedown",
    "command": "-workbench.action.nextEditorInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+pageup",
    "command": "workbench.action.previousEditorInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+pageup",
    "command": "-workbench.action.previousEditorInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k shift+enter",
    "command": "workbench.action.pinEditor",
    "when": "!activeEditorIsPinned"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m shift+enter",
    "command": "-workbench.action.pinEditor",
    "when": "!activeEditorIsPinned"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+\\",
    "command": "workbench.action.splitEditorDown"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+\\",
    "command": "-workbench.action.splitEditorDown"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+shift+\\",
    "command": "workbench.action.splitEditorInGroup",
    "when": "activeEditorCanSplitInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+shift+\\",
    "command": "-workbench.action.splitEditorInGroup",
    "when": "activeEditorCanSplitInGroup"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+\\",
    "command": "workbench.action.splitEditorLeft"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+\\",
    "command": "-workbench.action.splitEditorLeft"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+\\",
    "command": "workbench.action.splitEditorOrthogonal"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+\\",
    "command": "-workbench.action.splitEditorOrthogonal"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+\\",
    "command": "workbench.action.splitEditorRight"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+\\",
    "command": "-workbench.action.splitEditorRight"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+\\",
    "command": "workbench.action.splitEditorUp"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+\\",
    "command": "-workbench.action.splitEditorUp"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+m",
    "command": "workbench.action.toggleMaximizeEditorGroup",
    "when": "editorPartMaximizedEditorGroup || editorPartMultipleEditorGroups"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+m",
    "command": "-workbench.action.toggleMaximizeEditorGroup",
    "when": "editorPartMaximizedEditorGroup || editorPartMultipleEditorGroups"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+h",
    "command": "workbench.action.output.toggleOutput",
    "when": "workbench.panel.output.active"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+h",
    "command": "-workbench.action.output.toggleOutput",
    "when": "workbench.panel.output.active"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k z",
    "command": "workbench.action.toggleZenMode",
    "when": "!isAuxiliaryWindowFocusedContext"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m z",
    "command": "-workbench.action.toggleZenMode",
    "when": "!isAuxiliaryWindowFocusedContext"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k shift+enter",
    "command": "workbench.action.unpinEditor",
    "when": "activeEditorIsPinned"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m shift+enter",
    "command": "-workbench.action.unpinEditor",
    "when": "activeEditorIsPinned"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k f",
    "command": "workbench.action.closeFolder",
    "when": "emptyWorkspaceSupport && workbenchState != 'empty'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m f",
    "command": "-workbench.action.closeFolder",
    "when": "emptyWorkspaceSupport && workbenchState != 'empty'"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+a",
    "command": "keybindings.editor.addKeybinding",
    "when": "inKeybindings && keybindingFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+a",
    "command": "-keybindings.editor.addKeybinding",
    "when": "inKeybindings && keybindingFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+e",
    "command": "keybindings.editor.defineWhenExpression",
    "when": "inKeybindings && keybindingFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+e",
    "command": "-keybindings.editor.defineWhenExpression",
    "when": "inKeybindings && keybindingFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+i",
    "command": "list.showHover",
    "when": "listFocus && !inputFocus && !treestickyScrollFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+i",
    "command": "-list.showHover",
    "when": "listFocus && !inputFocus && !treestickyScrollFocused"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k i",
    "command": "notebook.cell.chat.start",
    "when": "config.notebook.experimental.cellChat && notebookChatAgentRegistered && notebookEditable && notebookEditorFocused && !inputFocus || config.notebook.experimental.generate && notebookChatAgentRegistered && notebookEditable && notebookEditorFocused && !inputFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m i",
    "command": "-notebook.cell.chat.start",
    "when": "config.notebook.experimental.cellChat && notebookChatAgentRegistered && notebookEditable && notebookEditorFocused && !inputFocus || config.notebook.experimental.generate && notebookChatAgentRegistered && notebookEditable && notebookEditorFocused && !inputFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k f2",
    "command": "togglePeekWidgetFocus",
    "when": "inReferenceSearchEditor || referenceSearchVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m f2",
    "command": "-togglePeekWidgetFocus",
    "when": "inReferenceSearchEditor || referenceSearchVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k down",
    "command": "views.moveViewDown",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m down",
    "command": "-views.moveViewDown",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k left",
    "command": "views.moveViewLeft",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m left",
    "command": "-views.moveViewLeft",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k right",
    "command": "views.moveViewRight",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m right",
    "command": "-views.moveViewRight",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k up",
    "command": "views.moveViewUp",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m up",
    "command": "-views.moveViewUp",
    "when": "focusedView != ''"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k shift+o",
    "command": "workbench.action.compareEditor.openSide",
    "when": "inDiffEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m shift+o",
    "command": "-workbench.action.compareEditor.openSide",
    "when": "inDiffEditor"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k p",
    "command": "workbench.action.files.copyPathOfActiveFile"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m p",
    "command": "-workbench.action.files.copyPathOfActiveFile"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+o",
    "command": "workbench.action.files.openLocalFolder",
    "when": "remoteFileDialogVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m ctrl+o",
    "command": "-workbench.action.files.openLocalFolder",
    "when": "remoteFileDialogVisible"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+k r",
    "command": "workbench.action.files.revealActiveFileInWindows"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+m r",
    "command": "-workbench.action.files.revealActiveFileInWindows"
  }
]

Benjamin_Cerf · July 8, 2025, 6:54pm

@truell20, why did your team overridden the basic Redo shortcut Ctrl+Y?

I would be interested why was the main reason behind this? Is it because ppl would use more Ctrl+Shift+Y instead of Ctrl+Y, so it’s fine?

I don’t understand why, if you want to convert VS Code users..?

For those who want their Ctrl+Y back, just unbound it:

{
  {
    "key": "ctrl+y",
    "command": "-aichat.newfollowupaction"
  }
}

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