Devin Desktop

Devin Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts

A searchable cheat sheet of Devin Desktop keyboard shortcuts for Mac, Windows and Linux, checked against Devin Desktop 3.11.216 (24 October 2026). The new Agent Window uses Enter to steer a running turn and Command+Enter (Ctrl+Enter on Windows and Linux) to queue it. Pair it with the Windsurf cheat sheet for the older editor keymap, and with Cursor and VS Code if you imported those keybindings.

Verified against docs.devin.ai changelog, Command, Tab, and Cascade docs (v3.11.212–3.11.216) · Last checked 25 October 2026

What's in this Devin Desktop cheat sheet

Devin Desktop is Cognition's agent editor, documented as Devin Desktop (Windsurf). On 23 October 2026 version 3.11.212 rebuilt the Agent Window so it matches app.devin.ai, including a command palette on Command+K (Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux). Version 3.11.216 followed on 24 October. Devin does not publish one shortcut reference for the desktop app. This page collects the keys from the changelog and the Command, Tab, and Cascade docs.

Two palettes, and two jobs for Command+Enter

The Agent Window palette is Command+K / Ctrl+K. The editor palette is still Command+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P, the same chord as VS Code. Command+Enter also means two things. In the Agent Window it queues a message. In the editor it accepts an inline Command edit. Read the group title before you memorize a row.

Cascade, the previous agent, was removed in version 3.9.19 on 8 September 2026. Devin Local is the agent in the editor. Devin CLI has its own shortcut list and is not on this page. The editor still inherits a VS Code keymap, which you can reopen from the editor palette. That full list lives on the VS Code page and the Windsurf page.

Windows and Linux share one keyset unless a row says otherwise. Ctrl+Enter queues a message in the Agent Window and accepts an inline Command edit in the editor. The JetBrains group is the plugin, not the desktop app. Rows marked Not documented are keys Devin has not published for this platform.

Agent Window — steer, queue and palette

Steer the running turn while Devin is working
Enter
Queue the next message until the turn ends
CtrlEnter
Open the Agent Window command palette
CtrlK
Cycle the agent mode
Ctrl.
Go back
Ctrl[
Go forward
Ctrl]
Copy a link to this session
CtrlShiftL
Mark this session done
CtrlShiftE
Focus the composer from anywhere in the Agent Window
Any key
Mention a file, rule, plan, or MCP server
@
Open the slash-command menu
/
Open the bang trigger menu
!

Sessions, files and review

Open a local file in the Agent Window
CtrlO
Search the text of the session's files
CtrlShiftF
Quote selected code, or selected transcript text, into the chat
CtrlL
Find in Devin Review or an embedded web page
CtrlF
Switch between Agent mode and Editor mode
CtrlG
Close the agent panel when it is the last tab
CtrlW
Quick Open in the Agent Command Center
CtrlP
Go to line and column
CtrlShiftG
Copy in the integrated terminal
CtrlShiftC
Send the terminal selection to chat
Shown in the app
Confirm an edited permission command
Enter
Insert a new line in an edited permission command
ShiftEnter
Cancel editing a permission command
Esc
Approve, always-allow, or reject a permission request
On the button
View up to 8 sessions side by side
Drag
Rename a sidebar session
Double-click
Open the sidebar session menu
Right-click

Inline Command in the editor

Open Command for an inline edit
CtrlI
Submit the Command instruction
CtrlEnter
Accept the generated code
CtrlEnter
Reject the generated edit
CtrlShiftBackspace
Accept from the code lens
AltA
Reject from the code lens
AltR
Follow up from the code lens
AltF
Open Command in the terminal
CtrlI

Tab suggestions

Accept a Tab suggestion
Tab
Cancel a Tab suggestion
Esc
Accept the next word of a suggestion
Ctrl→
Show the next suggestion
Alt]
Show the previous suggestion
Alt[
Trigger a suggestion
Alt\
Jump to the next predicted edit (Tab to Jump)
Tab
Add the suggested import (Tab to Import)
Tab

Editor modes and command palette

Cycle Code, Plan, and Ask
Ctrl.
Cycle mode from the empty editor welcome panel
Ctrl.
Open the editor command palette
CtrlShiftP
Force a deeper plan from the message box
megaplan

JetBrains plugin only

Also open Command when Ctrl+I is taken
CtrlShiftI
Also open Command (second alternate)
Ctrl\
Cancel the Command popup and undo its edits
Esc
Accept the Command generation
CtrlEnter
Undo the Command generation and keep the popup
CtrlBackspace
Accept the next word of autocomplete
Ctrl→
Accept the current line of autocomplete
End
Trigger an autocomplete suggestion
Alt\

Mac uses Command where Windows uses Ctrl, and Option where Windows uses Alt. Command+Enter queues a message in the Agent Window and accepts an inline Command edit in the editor. Go to Line and terminal copy are published for Windows and Linux only, so those rows stay unmarked here. The JetBrains group is the plugin, not the desktop app.

Agent Window — steer, queue and palette

Steer the running turn while Devin is working
↩
Queue the next message until the turn ends
⌘↩
Open the Agent Window command palette
⌘K
Cycle the agent mode
⌘.
Go back
⌘[
Go forward
⌘]
Copy a link to this session
⇧⌘L
Mark this session done
⇧⌘E
Focus the composer from anywhere in the Agent Window
Any key
Mention a file, rule, plan, or MCP server
@
Open the slash-command menu
/
Open the bang trigger menu
!

Sessions, files and review

Open a local file in the Agent Window
⌘O
Search the text of the session's files
⇧⌘F
Quote selected code, or selected transcript text, into the chat
⌘L
Find in Devin Review or an embedded web page
⌘F
Switch between Agent mode and Editor mode
⌘G
Close the agent panel when it is the last tab
⌘W
Quick Open in the Agent Command Center
⌘P
Go to line and column
Not documented
Copy in the integrated terminal
Not documented
Send the terminal selection to chat
Shown in the app
Confirm an edited permission command
↩
Insert a new line in an edited permission command
⇧↩
Cancel editing a permission command
Esc
Approve, always-allow, or reject a permission request
On the button
View up to 8 sessions side by side
Drag
Rename a sidebar session
Double-click
Open the sidebar session menu
Right-click

Inline Command in the editor

Open Command for an inline edit
⌘I
Submit the Command instruction
⌘↩
Accept the generated code
⌘↩
Reject the generated edit
⇧⌘⌫
Accept from the code lens
⌥A
Reject from the code lens
⌥R
Follow up from the code lens
⌥F
Open Command in the terminal
⌘I

Tab suggestions

Accept a Tab suggestion
Tab
Cancel a Tab suggestion
Esc
Accept the next word of a suggestion
⌘→
Show the next suggestion
⌥]
Show the previous suggestion
⌥[
Trigger a suggestion
⌥\
Jump to the next predicted edit (Tab to Jump)
Tab
Add the suggested import (Tab to Import)
Tab

Editor modes and command palette

Cycle Code, Plan, and Ask
⌘.
Cycle mode from the empty editor welcome panel
⌘.
Open the editor command palette
⇧⌘P
Force a deeper plan from the message box
megaplan

JetBrains plugin only

Also open Command when Command+I is taken
⇧⌘I
Also open Command (second alternate)
⌘\
Cancel the Command popup and undo its edits
Esc
Accept the Command generation
⌘↩
Undo the Command generation and keep the popup
⌘⌫
Accept the next word of autocomplete
⌥→
Accept the current line of autocomplete
⌘→
Trigger an autocomplete suggestion
⌥\

Enter steers. Command+Enter queues.

In Devin Desktop 3.11.212, pressing Enter while Devin is working steers the running turn. Command+Enter on Mac, or Ctrl+Enter on Windows and Linux, holds the message until the turn ends. Cloud sessions use that same chord to queue on the server. When Devin is idle, Enter still sends.

  1. Type the correction in the composer. Typing anywhere in the Agent Window focuses it.
  2. Press Enter to fold the message into the turn that is already running.
  3. Press Command+Enter or Ctrl+Enter if it should wait.
  4. Press Command+. or Ctrl+. to cycle the agent mode before you send.

Command+K is not the editor palette

The Agent Window command palette is Command+K / Ctrl+K, the same key as app.devin.ai. It searches the content of Local sessions, not only their titles. The editor window still opens its palette with Command+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P. From that palette, type "Devin" for commands such as Open Devin User Settings, or type VS Code or Cursor to import those keybindings after onboarding.

Code, Plan, and Ask

Command+. / Ctrl+. cycles Code, Plan, and Ask from the mode selector under the input, and from the empty editor welcome panel. Code edits and runs commands. Plan writes a Markdown plan under ~/.devin/plans (or ~/.windsurf/plans) and waits. Ask only searches. Typing megaplan, ultraplan, or masterplan in the message forces a deeper plan and asks at least one question first. Command+G / Ctrl+G is separate: it switches the whole window between Agent mode and Editor mode.

Command, Tab, and quoting code

Command (Command+I / Ctrl+I) edits the current file, or the terminal command line, from a natural-language instruction. Submit and accept with Command+Enter / Ctrl+Enter. Reject with Command+Shift+Backspace / Ctrl+Shift+Backspace. A second doc still lists the code-lens keys Option+A / Alt+A, Option+R / Alt+R, and Option+F / Alt+F. Command does not spend premium model credits. Tab accepts with Tab, cancels with Escape, and takes the next word with Command+Right / Ctrl+Right. Select code and press Command+L / Ctrl+L to quote it into the chat.

Also see: Windsurf • Cursor • VS Code • Claude Code • Codex • Tesseract • GitHub Copilot

Devin Desktop Shortcuts — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Enter and Command+Enter in Devin Desktop?

While Devin is working in the Agent Window, Enter steers the running turn and Command+Enter on Mac (Ctrl+Enter on Windows and Linux) queues the message until that turn ends. This changed in Devin Desktop 3.11.212 on October 23, 2026. The same Command+Enter or Ctrl+Enter accepts an inline Command edit in the editor, so the key depends on which surface has focus.

How do I open the command palette in Devin Desktop?

The Agent Window, which matches app.devin.ai as of October 23, 2026, opens its command palette with Command+K on Mac or Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux. The editor, the VS Code-based window, still opens its command palette with Command+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+P.

How do I switch agent modes in Devin Desktop?

Press Command+. on Mac or Ctrl+. on Windows and Linux. In the editor this cycles Code, Plan, and Ask. The same key cycles the agent mode in the Agent Window, and it also works from the empty editor welcome panel. Command+G or Ctrl+G is a different shortcut: it switches the window between Agent mode and Editor mode.

How do I mark a Devin session done?

Press Command+Shift+E on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+E on Windows and Linux. Devin added this with the October 23, 2026 Agent Window. The same key is documented as marking the session done or not done. Command+Shift+L or Ctrl+Shift+L copies a link to the session.

How do I quote code into the Devin chat?

Select code in an editor tab and press Command+L on Mac or Ctrl+L on Windows and Linux. The same key adds selected transcript text to the chat input. To attach context without a selection, type @ and pick a file, a rule, a plan, or a configured MCP server.

What does Command+I do in Devin Desktop?

Command+I on Mac or Ctrl+I on Windows and Linux opens Command, the inline edit. Type an instruction and press Command+Enter or Ctrl+Enter to submit it. That same key accepts the generated code. Command+Shift+Backspace or Ctrl+Shift+Backspace rejects it. The published code-lens keys are Option+A or Alt+A to accept, Option+R or Alt+R to reject, and Option+F or Alt+F to follow up. Highlight code first if you want Command to edit that selection. With no selection, it writes at the cursor. Command does not use premium model credits.

How do Tab suggestions work in Devin Desktop?

Press Tab to accept a suggestion, Escape to cancel it, and Command+Right or Ctrl+Right to accept the next word. Option+] or Alt+] shows the next suggestion, Option+[ or Alt+[ the previous one, and Option+\ or Alt+\ triggers one. Tab also jumps to the next predicted edit and inserts a suggested import when that hint is showing. Turn suggestions off under Devin Tab settings by setting completion mode to Off.

Is Devin Desktop the same as Windsurf?

Devin Desktop is the editor Cognition documents as Devin Desktop (Windsurf). Cascade, the previous agent, was removed in version 3.9.19 on September 8, 2026, and Devin Local is the agent in the editor. The October 23, 2026 Agent Window is a newer surface that matches the Devin web app, with its own command palette on Command+K. The older editor keymap remains on the Windsurf page. Devin CLI has a separate shortcut list and is not covered here.

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