Shift+Enter and Ctrl+Enter submit instead of newline on VTE/xterm

“In a terminal, if I'm running claud, then shift-enter submits the command.”

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Shift+Enter and Ctrl+Enter submit instead of newline on VTE/xterm. Modified Enter arrives as plain CR because modifyOtherKeys is enabled only for allowlisted or kitty-protocol terminals; VS Code extension unaffected.

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Where: terminal input
Versions: 2.1.281 to 2.1.283
Platforms: Linux
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Part of: Prompt newline/send key bindings misbehave3 bugs

Ctrl+Enter doesn't send queued messages8 people
Ctrl+J newline can't be unbound2 people

Original reports2, newest first

Sep 26, 2026Shift-Enter submits command instead of creating newline in CLI#97355
Sep 23, 2026modifyOtherKeys is only enabled for kitty-protocol/allowlisted terminals, so ctrl+enter can't be bound on xterm/VTE#96526