There was no file at that location but when I created one and entered the following:
\n[\n {\n \"key\": \"shift+enter\",\n \"command\": \"workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence\",\n \"args\": {\n \"text\": \"\\u001B\\u000A\"\n },\n \"when\": \"terminalFocus\"\n }\n]I was indeed able to enter multi-line claude code prompts by pressing SHIFT + ENTER
\nI would like to hence credit you with the answer to this question and thank you again for your very helpful input ❤️
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Hello all. I am really amazed by the experience of using One minor issue that I have faced developing remotely like this is while using Claude Code, which allows you to use Agentic AI for development via a command line (CLI) tool. In order to be able to enter long prompts, you need to press Shift+ENTER, but this does not working either in the web or the in the PWA version. Is there a way to make this work? 
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I searched a bit online and found anthropics/claude-code#2754 Adding this to my keybindings seems to work for me: |
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Oh! That is a nice find! I tried to edit the file located at In desperation I also tried to restart YET, after experimenting a little bit more based on what I read in the thread you referred me to, I discovered that Option+ENTER allows me to achieve the desired action with Claude Code (moving to the next line within the prompt without executing it). I changed the contents of the So thank you! This is resolved. |
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Glad you got something working! Just FYI, that looks like the path for native VS Code's keybindings, code-server's default should be |
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@code-asher I would like to thank you, once more, for your input. You were right! The issue is indeed solved by changing the keybindings file at the location you mentioned, which is: There was no file at that location but when I created one and entered the following: [
{
"key": "shift+enter",
"command": "workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence",
"args": {
"text": "\u001B\u000A"
},
"when": "terminalFocus"
}
]I was indeed able to enter multi-line claude code prompts by pressing SHIFT + ENTER I would like to hence credit you with the answer to this question and thank you again for your very helpful input ❤️ |
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For macOS users: Ctrl+J is the actual newline character. Just remap Shift+Enter → Ctrl+J and you're done. |
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@code-asher I would like to thank you, once more, for your input. You were right! The issue is indeed solved by changing the keybindings file at the location you mentioned, which is:
There was no file at that location but when I created one and entered the following:
[ { "key": "shift+enter", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence", "args": { "text": "\u001B\u000A" }, "when": "terminalFocus" } ]I was indeed able to enter multi-line claude code prompts by pressing SHIFT + ENTER
I would like to hence credit you with the answer to this question and thank you again for yo…