# Shift+Enter not working in the latest version of Cursor IDE(Claude Code Extension)

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/shift-enter-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-cursor-ide-claude-code-extension/133740>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/shift-enter-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-cursor-ide-claude-code-extension/133740 "2025-09-17T08:58:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![jchase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jchase/32/1533_2.png) [@jchase](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jchase)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/shift-enter-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-cursor-ide-claude-code-extension/133740/21 "2025-09-26T15:53:48Z")

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FYI: Tested on VSCode 1.104.2 and does not happen in either the integrated terminal (bottom pane) nor if the terminal is in Editor area. So does seem to be a Cursor issue.  
In Cursor, with “Developer: Toggle Keyboard Shortcuts Troubleshooting” enabled, I can see that  
if the terminal is in the editor area or new window, a keybinding match is never met and instead get this line:

`2025-09-26 08:56:16.639 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: + Ignoring single modifier shift due to it being pressed together with other keys.`

BUT, when it does work (in the native terminal pane at the bottom), there is such line and I do get a keybinding match:

`2025-09-26 08:57:57.707 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: \ From 18 keybinding entries, matched workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence, when: no when condition, source: user.`

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**Author:** ![FMD\_Labs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@FMD\_Labs](https://forum.cursor.com/u/FMD_Labs)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/shift-enter-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-cursor-ide-claude-code-extension/133740/22 "2025-10-04T19:51:35Z")

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I also had the issue and it always worked on `first` but never on any subsequent terminal session.

I installed [Karabiner Elements](https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/) (free) and then defined this `custom` `Complex Modification Rule` which finally fixed it:

```json
{
    "description": "Remap Shift+Enter to Option+Enter in Cursor for Claude Code",
    "manipulators": [
        {
            "conditions": [
                {
                    "bundle_identifiers": [
                        "^com\\.todesktop\\.230313mzl4w4u92$"
                    ],
                    "type": "frontmost_application_if"
                }
            ],
            "from": {
                "key_code": "return_or_enter",
                "modifiers": {
                    "mandatory": ["shift"],
                    "optional": ["any"]
                }
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "return_or_enter",
                    "modifiers": ["option"]
                }
            ],
            "type": "basic"
        }
    ]
}

```

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**Author:** ![jchase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jchase/32/1533_2.png) [@jchase](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jchase)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/shift-enter-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-cursor-ide-claude-code-extension/133740/23 "2025-10-09T16:50:28Z")

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Fixed in Cursor v 1.7.40  
so glad to see!!

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**Author:** ![JC21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@JC21](https://forum.cursor.com/u/JC21)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/shift-enter-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-cursor-ide-claude-code-extension/133740/24 "2025-10-11T23:08:46Z")

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Hi team, I think this is coming back, really painful tried all fixed but can’t work : /

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/shift-enter-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-cursor-ide-claude-code-extension/133740/25 "2025-11-02T23:09:09Z")

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