[BUG] International Keyboardlayouts do not support all shortcuts in Desktop App

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 22, 2026 by mrh1997 Closed Jun 21, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

The following keyboard shortcuts do not work on german keyboards as they require the AltGr key which is not supported in shortcuts (and probably also not in other non-US keyboard layouts):

  • Ctrl-Shift-[
  • Ctrl-Shift-]
  • Ctrl-'
  • Ctrl-\

This is annoying as especially Ctrl-' (Open Terminal) is needed often and does not work at all via keyboard

What Should Happen?

Provide alternative shortcuts (for other layouts) or make them configurable.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. switch to another keyboard layout
  2. try to press one of the given shortcuts

Claude Model

Not sure / Multiple models

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

1.8555.0

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

_No response_

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