# Up Arrow to fill in Chat with previous message

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/up-arrow-to-fill-in-chat-with-previous-message/34900>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [December 14, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/up-arrow-to-fill-in-chat-with-previous-message/34900 "2024-12-14T14:29:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![the-homeless-god](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/the-homeless-god/32/15931_2.png) [@the-homeless-god](https://forum.cursor.com/u/the-homeless-god)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/up-arrow-to-fill-in-chat-with-previous-message/34900/1 "2024-12-14T14:30:00Z")

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Hey,

Small feature request:

**Arrange:**

- Chat
- Upper arrow button click

**Actual:**

- Write some message into Chat
- Press Send
- Press Up Arrow
- Nothing happens

**Expected:**

- Write some message into Chat
- Press Send
- Press Up Arrow
- Now previous message in the box of Chat

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/up-arrow-to-fill-in-chat-with-previous-message/34900/2 "2024-12-14T17:29:46Z")

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Hey, thanks for the feature request! Could you please try pressing the up arrow while holding down the Alt key? Will that solve the problem?

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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:** [June 18, 2026, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/up-arrow-to-fill-in-chat-with-previous-message/34900/3 "2026-06-18T10:21:50Z")

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