Keyboard Shortcuts

Use Shift+Tab to switch between Plan mode and Accept Edits mode. Plan mode is ideal for starting new features.

Plan mode lets you iterate on approach before executing. The author uses plan mode almost exclusively when starting new features — verifying assumptions about the codebase and direction before committing to code generation.

Press Escape to stop Claude mid-generation. Don't be afraid to interrupt — Claude handles queued prompts gracefully.

Watch Claude's thinking output during plan mode. If it's going off-track, just hit Escape. You can then press Up to resume or type a course correction. Claude deduplicates and queues prompts logically, so interrupting is safe and recommended.

Double-tap Escape to quickly clear whatever you've typed in the input field.

Useful when you've pasted something large or started typing a prompt you want to discard. Much faster than selecting all and deleting.

When the input is already empty, double-tapping Escape lets you rewind to a previous conversation checkpoint.

This is part of Claude Code's context management toolkit. You can restore to a previous context point, which is invaluable when you've gone down a wrong path and want to backtrack.

Take a screenshot and drag it directly into the Claude Code terminal for visual context.

Essential for UI work. Take a screenshot of a design, bug, or reference and drop it into Claude Code. Combine with Figma MCPs or other visual tools for the best UI development workflow.

Always include a text description along with your screenshot to give Claude better context about what to do.

A screenshot alone is ambiguous. Adding a prompt like "This is the current login page — match this layout but use our new color scheme" gives Claude clear direction alongside the visual reference.