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⤢ CURSOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 37 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W ⌘ Close Chat E ⌘ Toggle Ag… R ⌘ Open Key… T ⌘ New Chat… Y U I ⌘ Toggle Sid… O P ⌘ ⇧ Command… A S D F G H J ⌘ ⇧ Cursor Set… K ⌘ Open Inlin… L ⌘ Toggle Sid… Z X C ⌘ Add Copie… V ⌘ Add Clipb… B N ⌘ New Chat M MORE SHORTCUTS Accept Tab Sug… ⇥ Queue Message ↵ Force Send Mes… ⌘ ↵ Add Selected C… ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Chan… ⌘ ↵ Add Selection to… ⌘ ⇧ L Open Terminal P… ⌘ K Cancel Generati… ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Reject All Chang… ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Rotate Between… ⇧ ⇥ Toggle Input Foc… ⌘ ⇧ K Submit Inline Edit ↵ Add Selection to… ⌘ ⇧ K Add Selection to… ⌘ L Accept Next Wo… ⌘ → Accept Next Wo… ⌘ → Run Generated… ⌘ ↵ Mode Menu ⌘ . Loop Between A… ⌘ / General Settings ⌘ , Add Clipboard t… ⌘ ⇧ V Cancel Inline Edit ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Ask Quick Quest… ⌥ ↵ Search Codebas… ⌘ ↵ Accept Command ⎋ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CURSOR · MAC CURSOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 37 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A Z E ⌘ Toggle Ag… R ⌘ Open Key… T ⌘ New Chat… Y U I ⌘ Toggle Sid… O P ⌘ ⇧ Command… Q S D F G H J ⌘ ⇧ Cursor Set… K ⌘ Open Inlin… L ⌘ Toggle Sid… M W ⌘ Close Chat X C ⌘ Add Copie… V ⌘ Add Clipb… B N ⌘ New Chat MORE SHORTCUTS Accept Tab Sug… ⇥ Queue Message ↵ Force Send Mes… ⌘ ↵ Add Selected C… ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Chan… ⌘ ↵ Add Selection to… ⌘ ⇧ L Open Terminal P… ⌘ K Cancel Generati… ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Reject All Chang… ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Rotate Between… ⇧ ⇥ Toggle Input Foc… ⌘ ⇧ K Submit Inline Edit ↵ Add Selection to… ⌘ ⇧ K Add Selection to… ⌘ L Accept Next Wo… ⌘ → Accept Next Wo… ⌘ → Run Generated… ⌘ ↵ Mode Menu ⌘ . Loop Between A… ⌘ / General Settings ⌘ , Add Clipboard t… ⌘ ⇧ V Cancel Inline Edit ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Ask Quick Quest… ⌥ ↵ Search Codebas… ⌘ ↵ Accept Command ⎋ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CURSOR · MAC ⤢ GENERAL Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ I Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ L Command Palette ⌘ ⇧ P Toggle Agent Layout ⌘ E Mode Menu ⌘ . Loop Between AI Models ⌘ / Cursor Settings ⌘ ⇧ J General Settings ⌘ , Toggle Voice Mode ⌘ ⇧ ␣ Open Keyboard Shortcuts ⌘ R › ⌘ S TERMINAL Open Terminal Prompt Bar ⌘ K Run Generated Command ⌘ ↵ Accept Command ⎋ INLINE EDIT Open Inline Edit ⌘ K Toggle Input Focus ⌘ ⇧ K Submit Inline Edit ↵ Cancel Inline Edit ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Ask Quick Question ⌥ ↵ CONTEXT Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L Add Selection to Edit ⌘ ⇧ K Add Selection to New Chat ⌘ L Accept Next Word of Suggestion ⌘ → Search Codebase in Chat ⌘ ↵ Shortcut Commands / Add Copied Reference Code as… ⌘ C › ⌘ V Add Copied Code as Text Context ⌘ C › ⌘ ⇧ V TAB Accept Tab Suggestion ⇥ Accept Next Word ⌘ → CHAT Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code as Context ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ New Chat ⌘ N Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Reject All Changes ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Rotate Between Agent Modes ⇧ ⇥ Add Clipboard as Context ⌘ V Add Clipboard to Input Box ⌘ ⇧ V New Chat Tab ⌘ T Cycle to Next Message ⇥ Model Toggle ⌘ ⌥ / Previous Chat ⌘ [ Next Chat ⌘ ] Close Chat ⌘ W Unfocus Field ⎋ Cursor KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CURSOR · MAC ⤢ GENERAL 10 Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ I Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ L Command Palette ⌘ ⇧ P Toggle Agent Layout ⌘ E Mode Menu ⌘ . Loop Between AI Models ⌘ / Cursor Settings ⌘ ⇧ J General Settings ⌘ , Toggle Voice Mode ⌘ ⇧ ␣ Open Keyboard Shortcuts ⌘ R › ⌘ S TERMINAL 03 Open Terminal Prompt Bar ⌘ K Run Generated Command ⌘ ↵ Accept Command ⎋ INLINE EDIT 05 Open Inline Edit ⌘ K Toggle Input Focus ⌘ ⇧ K Submit Inline Edit ↵ Cancel Inline Edit ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Ask Quick Question ⌥ ↵ CONTEXT 08 Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L Add Selection to Edit ⌘ ⇧ K Add Selection to New Chat ⌘ L Accept Next Word of Sugge… ⌘ → Search Codebase in Chat ⌘ ↵ Shortcut Commands / Add Copied Reference Code… ⌘ C › ⌘ V Add Copied Code as Text C… ⌘ C › ⌘ ⇧ V TAB 02 Accept Tab Suggestion ⇥ Accept Next Word ⌘ → CHAT 17 Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code as Cont… ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ New Chat ⌘ N Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Reject All Changes ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Rotate Between Agent Modes ⇧ ⇥ Add Clipboard as Context ⌘ V Add Clipboard to Input Box ⌘ ⇧ V New Chat Tab ⌘ T Cycle to Next Message ⇥ Model Toggle ⌘ ⌥ / Previous Chat ⌘ [ Next Chat ⌘ ] Close Chat ⌘ W Unfocus Field ⎋ Cursor KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CURSOR · MAC ⤢ CURSOR · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 6 SETS · No.01 CURSOR TOTAL 45 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS GENERAL 10 INLINE EDIT 05 TAB 02 CHAT 17 CONTEXT 08 TERMINAL 03 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ I Toggle Sidepanel (alternate binding) ⌘ L Command Palette ⌘ ⇧ P Toggle Agent Layout ⌘ E Mode Menu ⌘ . Loop Between AI Models ⌘ / Cursor Settings ⌘ ⇧ J General Settings ⌘ , Toggle Voice Mode ⌘ ⇧ ␣ Open Keyboard Shortcuts ⌘ R › ⌘ S Open Inline Edit ⌘ K Toggle Input Focus ⌘ ⇧ K Submit Inline Edit ↵ Cancel Inline Edit ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Ask Quick Question ⌥ ↵ Accept Tab Suggestion ⇥ Accept Next Word ⌘ → Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code as Context ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ New Chat ⌘ N Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Reject All Changes ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Rotate Between Agent Modes ⇧ ⇥ Add Clipboard as Context ⌘ V Add Clipboard to Input Box ⌘ ⇧ V New Chat Tab ⌘ T Cycle to Next Message ⇥ Model Toggle ⌘ ⌥ / Previous Chat ⌘ [ Next Chat ⌘ ] Close Chat ⌘ W Unfocus Field ⎋ Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L Add Selection to Edit ⌘ ⇧ K Add Selection to New Chat ⌘ L Accept Next Word of Suggestion ⌘ → Search Codebase in Chat ⌘ ↵ Shortcut Commands / Add Copied Reference Code as Context ⌘ C › ⌘ V Add Copied Code as Text Context ⌘ C › ⌘ ⇧ V Open Terminal Prompt Bar ⌘ K Run Generated Command ⌘ ↵ Accept Command ⎋ CURSOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E ⌘ Toggle Ag… R T Y U I ⌘ Toggle Sid… O P ⌘ ⇧ Command… A S D F G H J K ⌘ Open Inlin… L ⌘ Toggle Sid… Z X C V B N ⌘ New Chat M MORE SHORTCUTS Accept Tab Suggesti… ⇥ Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code a… ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L Open Terminal Promp… ⌘ K Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CURSOR · MAC Keyboard map INLINE EDIT Open Inline Edit ⌘ K TAB Accept Tab Suggestion ⇥ CONTEXT Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L TERMINAL Open Terminal Prompt Bar ⌘ K GENERAL Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ I Toggle Sidepanel (alternate binding) ⌘ L Command Palette ⌘ ⇧ P Toggle Agent Layout ⌘ E CHAT Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code as Context ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ New Chat ⌘ N Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Cursor KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CURSOR · MAC Isometric INLINE EDIT 01 Open Inline Edit ⌘ K TAB 01 Accept Tab Suggestion ⇥ CONTEXT 01 Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L TERMINAL 01 Open Terminal Prompt Bar ⌘ K GENERAL 04 Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ I Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ L Command Palette ⌘ ⇧ P Toggle Agent Layout ⌘ E CHAT 06 Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code as Con… ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ New Chat ⌘ N Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Cursor KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CURSOR · MAC Typewriter CURSOR · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 6 SETS · No.01 CURSOR TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS GENERAL 04 INLINE EDIT 01 TAB 01 CHAT 06 CONTEXT 01 TERMINAL 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ I Toggle Sidepanel (alternate binding) ⌘ L Command Palette ⌘ ⇧ P Toggle Agent Layout ⌘ E Open Inline Edit ⌘ K Accept Tab Suggestion ⇥ Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code as Context ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ New Chat ⌘ N Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L Open Terminal Prompt Bar ⌘ K Editorial Cursor is an AI-first code editor built on a fork of VS Code, pairing familiar editor keybindings with AI features like inline edits, an agentic Composer, and Tab completion. Knowing its shortcuts lets you trigger AI generation, accept or reject suggestions, and move through code without breaking flow.
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17 Action Shortcut Queue Message ↵ Force Send Message ⌘ ↵ Add Selected Code as Context ⌘ ⇧ L Accept All Changes ⌘ ↵ New Chat ⌘ N Cancel Generation ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Reject All Changes ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Rotate Between Agent Modes ⇧ ⇥ Add Clipboard as Context ⌘ V Add Clipboard to Input Box ⌘ ⇧ V New Chat Tab ⌘ T Cycle to Next Message ⇥ Model Toggle ⌘ ⌥ / Previous Chat ⌘ [ Next Chat ⌘ ] Close Chat ⌘ W Unfocus Field ⎋
10 Action Shortcut Toggle Sidepanel ⌘ I Toggle Sidepanel (alternate binding) ⌘ L Command Palette ⌘ ⇧ P Toggle Agent Layout ⌘ E Mode Menu ⌘ . Loop Between AI Models ⌘ / Cursor Settings ⌘ ⇧ J General Settings ⌘ , Toggle Voice Mode ⌘ ⇧ ␣ Open Keyboard Shortcuts ⌘ R then ⌘ S
8 Action Shortcut Add Selection to Chat ⌘ ⇧ L Add Selection to Edit ⌘ ⇧ K Add Selection to New Chat ⌘ L Accept Next Word of Suggestion ⌘ → Search Codebase in Chat ⌘ ↵ Shortcut Commands / Add Copied Reference Code as Context ⌘ C then ⌘ V Add Copied Code as Text Context ⌘ C then ⌘ ⇧ V
5 Action Shortcut Open Inline Edit ⌘ K Toggle Input Focus ⌘ ⇧ K Submit Inline Edit ↵ Cancel Inline Edit ⌘ ⇧ ⌫ Ask Quick Question ⌥ ↵
3 Action Shortcut Open Terminal Prompt Bar ⌘ K Run Generated Command ⌘ ↵ Accept Command ⎋
2 Action Shortcut Accept Tab Suggestion ⇥ Accept Next Word ⌘ →
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Frequently asked questions
Does the poster include every Cursor shortcut? Cursor has 45 keyboard shortcuts on macOS — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home? Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
Does it cover both Mac and Windows? We sell a separate edition per platform so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the macOS edition.
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