Keybindings

Full keybinding reference for the TUI (Bubble Tea) interface.

Input

Key	Action
Enter	Send message
Alt+Enter	Insert newline
Up	Previous input from history (when cursor at line 0)
Down	Next input from history (when cursor at last line)
Tab	Accept ghost text (directive completion or history suggestion), or cycle to next mode
Right Arrow	Accept ghost text (directive completion or history suggestion) when cursor is at end of input

Navigation

Key	Action
PgUp / PgDn	Scroll viewport up/down by page
Mouse wheel	Scroll viewport
Auto-scroll	Re-enabled when scrolled back to bottom

Control

Key	Action
Ctrl+C	Copy selection → clear input → cancel streaming → quit (priority order)
Esc	Cancel current streaming
Shift+Tab	Cycle to next agent
Ctrl+T	Toggle thinking visibility in UI
Ctrl+R	Toggle thinking off ↔ on (true)
Ctrl+E	Cycle think levels (off → true → low → medium → high → off)
Ctrl+A	Toggle auto mode
Ctrl+S	Toggle sandbox
Ctrl+O	Open full output of last completed tool call in pager

Text Selection

Action	Effect
Click + drag	Select text in viewport
Ctrl+C with selection	Copy to clipboard (OSC 52)

Tool Output

Syntax Highlighting

Tool results are syntax-highlighted in the TUI:

• Read — file content is highlighted using Chroma with language detection based on file extension (Monokai theme)
• Rg — regex pattern matches are highlighted in magenta within search results

Other tools display plain text results.

Full Output Pager

Ctrl+O opens the full output of the last completed tool call in a scrollable pager overlay. Tool result previews in the chat are truncated; the pager shows the complete output with syntax highlighting (for Read/Rg).

Key	Action
Up / Down	Scroll one line
PgUp / PgDn	Scroll one page
Home / End	Jump to top / bottom
Esc, q, Ctrl+C	Close pager

The footer shows scroll position as a percentage when content exceeds the viewport.

Exit Behavior

• First Ctrl+C (no selection, empty input, not streaming): shows “Press Ctrl+C again to quit”
• Second Ctrl+C within 2 seconds: exits

Input History

File-backed history at ~/.aura/history (TUI mode only):

Setting	Value
Max entries	1000
File format	One entry per line; literal \n for embedded newlines
Navigation	Up/Down arrows when cursor at top/bottom
Draft preservation	Current input saved when browsing, restored when returning past newest
Persistence	Best-effort write on each addition