VSCode extension: hotkeys for navigation

Open 💬 7 comments Opened Jun 23, 2025 by jeffomatic

This is a feature request. I'd like the ability to use keyboard shortcuts for the following:

  • switching from the main text editor group to the Claude Code extension terminal. cmd+esc doesn't work, because it will re-launch a new session.
  • minimizing the Claude Code terminal/group and switching back to the main text editor group.

I can sort of simulate this with the following:

  • go to Claude Code if open: cmd+2
  • go to main text editor group: cmd+1
  • "hide" Claude Code without closing: switch to main text editor group, then maximize via cmd+k cmd+m

But it would be nice to toggle Claude Code on and off without terminating the session.

Here's a strawman:

  • cmd-esc opens a new Claude Code editor group if there is none already, or opens and focuses a pre-existing Claude Code editor group
  • cmd-esc in the Claude Code editor group minimizes the group and switches back to the main text editing group
  • For partial backward compatibility, the pre-existing cmd-esc action is bound to cmd-shift-esc

Thanks!

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