## Summary
- normalize terminal-emitted C0 control characters through configurable
editor keymaps, covering raw control-key fallbacks like
Shift+Enter-as-LF in terminals from #20555 and #20898, plus part of the
modified-Enter behavior in #20580
- add default-unbound keymap actions for toggling Fast mode and killing
the current composer line, giving #20698 users a configurable zsh-style
Ctrl+U option without changing the existing default Ctrl+U behavior
- wire the new actions through gated /keymap picker entries, schema
generation, and snapshot coverage
Fixes#20555.
Fixes#20898.
## Testing
- just write-config-schema
- just fmt
- cargo test -p codex-config
- cargo test -p codex-tui keymap::tests
- cargo test -p codex-tui bottom_pane::textarea::tests
- cargo test -p codex-tui keymap_setup::tests
- cargo insta pending-snapshots
- just fix -p codex-tui
- git diff --check
- just argument-comment-lint
## Why
We constantly get bug reports about keys not being recognized by Codex
when the terminal is not handling the key press. Running `/keymap debug`
or `/keymap` and going to the Debug tab, we can allow the user to either
understand that the key being pressed is not being recognized or to
check what it's being recognized as and report or reassign that key.
| Menu | Inspector | Hint |
|---|---|---|
| <img width="1369" height="796" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-02 at 12 57 12"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/512b6faa-344e-4aee-9c00-b4bdc633a662"
/> | <img width="1261" height="754" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-02 at 12 56
36"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6ddae7d-e174-4ee4-893f-e6bec4fff4ab"
/> | <img width="1369" height="796" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-02 at 12 57
30"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/db507784-f40a-4cff-ac23-a61d9703769b"
/> |
## Summary
- add a Debug tab to `/keymap` and support `/keymap debug` for direct
access
- show what key Codex receives, the config key representation, raw event
details, and matching actions
- add a progressive missing-key hint that escalates after a few seconds
with no detected keypress
## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui keymap_setup::tests::debug_view`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui keymap_setup::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui slash_keymap`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui` (unit tests passed; integration test
`suite::model_availability_nux::resume_startup_does_not_consume_model_availability_nux_count`
failed locally by itself with `codex resume` exiting 1 and terminal
probe escape output)
- `just fix -p codex-tui`
- `just argument-comment-lint`
- `cargo insta pending-snapshots`
- `git diff --check`
Fixes https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/20501
## Summary
- add Alt+Enter to the built-in editor newline aliases
- update keymap tests that used Alt+Enter as a custom submit binding now
that it conflicts with newline
- refresh the keymap action-menu snapshot fixture
## Test Plan
- `just fmt`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui keymap::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui bottom_pane::textarea::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui keymap_setup::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui`
- `cargo insta pending-snapshots`
- `git diff --check`
- `just argument-comment-lint`
## Why
Codex now has configurable TUI keymaps, but the composer still behaves
like a plain text field. Users who prefer modal editing need a way to
keep Vim muscle memory while drafting prompts, and the keymap picker
needs to expose Vim-specific actions if those bindings are configurable
instead of hardcoded.
## What Changed
- Adds composer Vim mode with insert/normal state, common normal-mode
movement and editing commands, `d`/`y` operator-pending flows, and
mode-aware footer and cursor indicators.
- Adds `/vim`, an optional global `toggle_vim_mode` binding, and
`tui.vim_mode_default` so Vim mode can be toggled per session or enabled
as the default composer state.
- Extends runtime and config keymaps with `vim_normal` and
`vim_operator` contexts, exposes those contexts in `/keymap`, refreshes
the config schema, and validates Vim bindings separately.
- Integrates Vim normal mode with existing composer behavior: `/` opens
slash command entry, `!` enters shell mode, `j`/`k` navigate history at
history boundaries, successful submissions reset back to normal mode,
and paste burst handling remains insert-mode only.
- Teaches the TUI render path to apply and restore cursor style so Vim
insert mode can use a bar cursor without leaving the terminal in that
state after exit.
## Validation
- `cargo test -p codex-tui keymap -- --nocapture` on the keymap/Vim
coverage
- `cargo insta pending-snapshots`
## Docs
This introduces user-facing `/vim`, `tui.vim_mode_default`, and Vim
keymap contexts under `tui.keymap`, so the public CLI configuration and
slash-command docs should be updated before the feature ships.
## Why
The TUI currently handles keyboard shortcuts as hard-coded event matches
spread across app, composer, pager, list, approval, and navigation code.
That makes shortcuts hard to customize, makes displayed hints easy to
drift from actual behavior, and makes future keymap work riskier because
there is no central action inventory.
This PR adds the foundation for configurable, action-based keymaps
without adding the interactive remapping UI yet. Onboarding
intentionally stays on fixed startup shortcuts because users cannot
reasonably configure keymaps before completing onboarding.
This is PR1 in the keymap stack:
- PR1: #18593: configurable keymap foundation
- PR2: #18594: `/keymap` picker and guided remapping UI
- PR3: #18595: Vim composer mode and the remap option
## Design Notes
The new model resolves named actions into concrete runtime bindings once
from config, then passes those bindings to the UI surfaces that handle
input or render shortcut hints.
The main concepts are:
- **Context**: a scope where an action is active, such as `global`,
`chat`, `composer`, `editor`, `pager`, `list`, or `approval`.
- **Action**: a named operation inside a context, such as
`global.open_transcript`, `composer.submit`, or `pager.close`.
- **Binding**: one or more single-key shortcuts assigned to an action,
written as config strings such as `ctrl-t`, `alt-backspace`, or
`page-down`. Multi-step sequences such as `ctrl-x ctrl-s`, `g g`, or
leader-key flows are not part of this PR.
- **Resolution order**: context-specific config wins first, supported
global fallbacks come next, and built-in defaults fill in anything
unset.
- **Explicit unbinding**: an empty array removes an action binding in
that scope and does not fall through to a fallback binding.
- **Conflict validation**: a resolved keymap rejects duplicate active
bindings inside the same scope so one keypress cannot dispatch two
actions.
## What Changed
- Added `TuiKeymap` config support under `[tui.keymap]`, including typed
contexts/actions, key alias normalization, generated schema coverage,
and user-facing config errors.
- Added `RuntimeKeymap` resolution in `codex-rs/tui/src/keymap.rs`,
including fallback precedence, built-in defaults, explicit unbinding,
and per-context conflict validation.
- Rewired existing TUI handlers to consume resolved keymap actions
instead of directly matching hard-coded keys in each component.
- Updated key hint rendering and footer/pager/list surfaces so displayed
shortcuts follow the resolved keymap.
- Kept onboarding shortcuts fixed in
`codex-rs/tui/src/onboarding/keys.rs` instead of exposing them through
`[tui.keymap]`.
## Validation
The branch includes focused coverage for config parsing, key
normalization, runtime fallback resolution, explicit unbinding,
duplicate-key conflict validation, default keymap consistency,
onboarding startup key behavior, and UI hint snapshots affected by
resolved key bindings.
Felipe Coury ·