Request: Remove Ctrl + R shortcut in Chat panel / Allow Undo for cleared prompts

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Hi team,

I’d like to request a change regarding the Ctrl + R shortcut in the Chat panel (IDE mode).

Currently, pressing Ctrl + R clears the entire chat input prompt immediately without a way to recover or undo it (Ctrl + Z does not work). This causes severe frustration when:

  1. Trying to use Ctrl + R for standard IDE actions (e.g., opening a recent project/file).

  2. Accidentally mis-keying Ctrl + T as Ctrl + R.

After spending a long time carefully drafting a complex prompt, one accidental shortcut wipe destroys all the unsubmitted text permanently.

Requested Improvements:

  1. Remove or remap Ctrl + R from clearing the input box in the Chat panel.

  2. Support Undo (Ctrl + Z) if a clear action is triggered, so lost prompts can be recovered.

  3. Add a confirmation dialog or a keybinding option in settings before wiping long input text.

Thank you!

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Hey, thanks for the detailed report and the GIF. The repro is clear. I can see that Ctrl+R clears the typed prompt, and Ctrl+Z doesn’t bring it back.

A bit of technical context: on that kind of reset, the input field gets recreated, so the undo stack is lost. That’s why Ctrl+Z can’t restore the text right now. So your request to protect drafts (unbind or remap, a confirmation before clearing long text, or saving a draft) is a valid direction.

About the workaround with remapping in Keyboard Shortcuts: you can try rebinding it, but heads up, there’s a known issue where custom keybindings sometimes don’t work while focus is in the chat input. So it might not help in this case.

I don’t have an ETA for a change yet. If I get an update, I’ll reply in the thread.