[FEATURE]: Allow to Shift + enter to edit in next line without enter

[jtorrex]

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Describe the enhancement you want to request

Problem: When composing multi-line messages in Opencode, pressing Enter sends the message immediately, making it difficult to write formatted code blocks or multi-line responses without using workarounds.

Requested Feature: Add support for Shift+Enter to insert a new line while keeping Enter as the send command.

Use Cases:

• Writing multi-line code examples
• Formatting markdown with line breaks
• Composing structured explanations with paragraphs
• Pasting code snippets with proper formatting

Expected Behavior:

• Enter → Send message (current behavior)
• Shift+Enter → Insert new line (new behavior)

This pattern is common in CLI tools and chat interfaces (e.g., ChatGPT, Discord, Slack) and would improve the user experience for composing complex multi-line content.

[github-actions]

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• Keyboard shortcuts to edit prompts suck so much! #4938: Keyboard shortcuts to edit prompts suck so much! - Specifically mentions shift+enter not working for new lines
• shift+enter keybinding not working #1505: shift+enter keybinding not working - Documents that shift+enter doesn't insert newlines as expected
• Line breaks do not work any more in the latest version #4189: Line breaks do not work any more in the latest version - Reports shift+enter sending message instead of creating line breaks
• Keybinds #4997: Keybinds - Pinned issue documenting multiline input (shift+enter, ctrl+enter) as a known keybind issue

Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.

For keybind-related issues, please also check our pinned keybinds documentation: #4997

[rekram1-node]

need to know your terminal, this should already work unless:

• your terminal doesnt support it
• your terminal needs to have configured modifiers so the tui can actually intepret it as a shift enter instead of enter

[ImTheDeveloper]

FWIW I upgraded ubuntu to 25.1 and seemingly this keybind broke completely in ghostty. After some digging it needed this added into ghostty config:

keybind = shift+enter=text:\x1b\r

Reload of terminal and opencode and it all worked again. This has been reported a few times on claudecode also with the same changes needed.

[diddletime]

I tried this on multiple different terminals on windows but doesn't work at all. I thought I was going crazy because I thought it was strange that opencode missed a simple and important feature like this but I guess it's just broken or the terminals fault.

[rekram1-node]

@diddletime did u see this?

https://opencode.ai/docs/keybinds/#windows-terminal

[mrt181]

@diddletime did u see this?

https://opencode.ai/docs/keybinds/#windows-terminal

this works for me with windows-terminal -> WSL2 -> tmux -> fish

[bdolewski-intellias]

The Shift+Enter for multiline doesn't work for me. I've got the same issue just like OP. My setup:

• macOS: 26.2 (Build 25C56)
• OpenCode: 1.1.31
• Warp: 0.2026.01.14.08.15.04

[kstepien3]

The Shift+Enter for multiline doesn't work for me. I've got the same issue just like OP. My setup:

* **macOS**: 26.2 (Build 25C56)

* **OpenCode**: 1.1.31

* **Warp**: 0.2026.01.14.08.15.04

same here. I don’t see any issue in implementing it, or even adding an option for users to test it.

[u1pns]

Same issue on OnMacOS. I have to use CTRL+J.

[kstepien3]

Same issue on OnMacOS. I have to use CTRL+J.

I wasn’t aware of that. Thanks.