Using shortcut keys

While getting inline suggestions from Amazon Q, you can use keyboard shortcuts for common actions you take, such as initiating Amazon Q or accepting a recommendation.

Choose the integrated development environment (IDE) where you are developing code to see keyboard shortcuts for your IDE.

Toolkit for Visual Studio

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually initiate Amazon Q AWSToolkit.CodeWhisperer.GetSuggestion in the keybindings	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a recommendation	Tab
Next recommendation Edit.NextSuggestion in the keybindings	MacOS: Option + . Windows: Alt + .
Previous recommendation Edit.PreviousSuggestion in the keybindings	MacOS: Option + , Windows: Alt + ,
Reject a recommendation	ESC, backspace, or keep typing and the recommendation will disappear as soon as there is a character mismatch.

See also Microsoft's Visual Studio default keyboard shortcuts.

To change keybindings in Visual Studio, use Tools -> Options -> Keyboard.

AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually initiate Amazon Q	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a recommendation	Tab
Next recommendation	Right arrow
Previous recommendation	Left arrow
Reject a recommendation	ESC, backspace, or keep typing and the recommendation will disappear as soon as there is a character mismatch.
Accept next word	Option + right arrow

To change keybindings in VS Code, see Key Bindings for Visual Studio Code on the VS Code website.

Note

The inline suggestions toolbar in VS Code is disabled by default. For more information, see Redesigned inline suggestions toolbar on the VS Code website.

AWS Toolkit for JetBrains

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually initiate Amazon Q	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a recommendation	Tab
Next recommendation	Right arrow
Previous recommendation	Left arrow
Reject a recommendation	ESC, backspace, or keep typing and the recommendation will disappear as soon as there is a character mismatch.

To change keybindings in IntelliJ, see IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts on the JetBrains website.

Amazon SageMaker

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually initiate Amazon Q	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a recommendation	Tab
Next recommendation	Down arrow
Previous recommendation	Up arrow
Reject a recommendation	ESC

JupyterLab

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually initiate Amazon Q	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a recommendation	Tab
Next recommendation	Down arrow
Previous recommendation	Up arrow
Reject a recommendation	ESC

AWS Glue Studio Notebook

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually initiate Amazon Q	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a recommendation	Tab
Next recommendation	Down arrow
Previous recommendation	Up arrow
Reject a recommendation	ESC

Lambda

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually fetch a code suggestion	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a suggestion	Tab
Reject a suggestion	ESC, Backspace, scroll in any direction, or keep typing and the recommendation automatically disappears.

To change the key bindings, use the following procedure.

1. While viewing a particular function, choose the gear icon to open the Preferences tab.

2. On the Preferences tab, select Keybindings.

3. In the keybindings search box, enter Amazon Q.

AWS Cloud9

Action	Keyboard shortcut
Manually fetch a code suggestion	MacOS: Option + C Windows: Alt + C
Accept a suggestion	Tab
Reject a suggestion	ESC, Backspace, scroll in any direction, or keep typing and the recommendation automatically disappears.

1. While viewing a particular environment, choose the gear icon to open the Preferences tab.

2. On the Preferences tab, select Keybindings.

3. In the keybindings search box, enter Amazon Q.

4. In the Keystroke column, double-click the space corresponding to the function you're interested in.

5. Enter the keys that you want to bind the function to.