# Keyboard shortcuts

> Keys and gestures for the chat screen and its menus.

Source: https://reverie.im/en/docs/reference/keyboard-shortcuts
Language: en

Everything the chat screen responds to: keys in the composer and its menus, and the taps, holds and drags that do the same jobs on a touch device.

## Keyboard \[#keyboard]

These need a physical keyboard, so in practice they are desktop shortcuts — the arrow, **Tab** and ⌘/Ctrl combinations especially.

| Keys                                           | What it does                                                               | Where                                                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Enter**                                      | Sends the message                                                          | Composer. Ignored while a reply is streaming, and while an input method editor is composing text |
| **Shift + Enter**                              | New line                                                                   | Composer                                                                                         |
| **Esc**                                        | Clears the quoted message                                                  | Composer, when something is quoted                                                               |
| **Backspace** with the caret at the very start | Removes the last slash-command chip, or the custom directive               | Composer                                                                                         |
| **↑** / **↓**                                  | Moves the highlight                                                        | Slash-command menu and `@` mention menu                                                          |
| **Enter** or **Tab**                           | Picks the highlighted entry                                                | Slash-command menu and mention menu                                                              |
| **←** / **→**                                  | Cycles the highlighted command's values — Short, Medium, Long and the like | Slash-command menu only                                                                          |
| **Esc**                                        | Dismisses the menu                                                         | Slash-command menu and mention menu                                                              |
| **Enter**                                      | Submits the directive                                                      | The **Custom** box in the slash-command menu                                                     |
| **Shift + Enter**                              | New line                                                                   | The **Custom** box                                                                               |
| **Esc**                                        | Cancels                                                                    | The **Custom** box                                                                               |
| **⌘ / Ctrl + Enter**                           | Saves                                                                      | **Edit message** dialog, **Manual Edit** tab                                                     |
| **⌘ / Ctrl + Enter**                           | Generates the rewrite                                                      | **Edit message** dialog, **AI Rewrite** tab                                                      |
| **⌘ / Ctrl + Enter**                           | Submits the instruction                                                    | The **Custom** box in **Enhance First Response**                                                 |

The dialogs show the Mac spelling (**⌘ + Enter**) and accept **Ctrl + Enter** everywhere else.

## Touch and pointer gestures \[#touch-and-pointer-gestures]

| Gesture                                        | Hold  | What it does                                                                                                |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Tap a message                                  | —     | Reveals the message toolbar. On desktop, hover the message instead                                          |
| Tap a suggestion chip                          | —     | Sends that suggestion immediately                                                                           |
| Press and hold a suggestion chip               | 0.5 s | Drops the text into the composer instead of sending it                                                      |
| Press and hold **Regenerate**                  | 1 s   | Opens **Regenerate with…** to pick a model for this one retry                                               |
| Press and hold the play button on a message    | —     | Opens voice settings for that character. The button's own label says so: **Play (Long press for settings)** |
| Hold the microphone                            | —     | Records while held; releasing sends the transcript                                                          |
| Drag left while holding the microphone         | —     | **Release to cancel** — the recording is thrown away                                                        |
| Drag right or up while holding the microphone  | —     | **Release to edit** — the transcript lands in the composer instead of sending                               |
| Tap the character's avatar during a voice call | —     | Interrupts the character mid-sentence                                                                       |

On desktop the microphone is tap-to-record rather than hold-to-talk: click to start, click again to stop. The drag gestures are a touch behaviour.

Dictation stops on its own after 60 seconds, or after 5 seconds of silence.

## Related \[#related]

**[The chat screen](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting)**

Every control on the screen and the page that explains it.

**[Slash commands](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/slash-commands)**

The one-turn directives the menu keys navigate.

**[Voice calls](https://reverie.im/en/docs/media/voice-calls)**

Starting a call, interrupting, and hanging up.

**[Limits](https://reverie.im/en/docs/reference/limits)**

Every numeric limit in the product.