fix(ui): add keyboard shortcut hints toggle

Hide shortcut hints in WebUI and allow toggling in native desktop apps.

packages/ui/src/App.tsx

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const App: Component = () => {
     preferences,
     recordWorkspaceLaunch,
     toggleShowThinkingBlocks,
+    toggleKeyboardShortcutHints,
     toggleShowTimelineTools,
     toggleAutoCleanupBlankSessions,
     toggleUsageMetrics,
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ const App: Component = () => {
   const [remoteAccessOpen, setRemoteAccessOpen] = createSignal(false)
   const [instanceTabBarHeight, setInstanceTabBarHeight] = createSignal(0)
 
+  createEffect(() => {
+    if (typeof document === "undefined") return
+    const shouldShow =
+      runtimeEnv.host !== "web" && runtimeEnv.platform !== "mobile" && (preferences().showKeyboardShortcutHints ?? true)
+    document.documentElement.dataset.keyboardHints = shouldShow ? "show" : "hide"
+  })
+
   const updateInstanceTabBarHeight = () => {
     if (typeof document === "undefined") return
     const element = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".tab-bar-instance")
@@ -293,6 +301,7 @@ const App: Component = () => {
     preferences,
     toggleAutoCleanupBlankSessions,
     toggleShowThinkingBlocks,
+    toggleKeyboardShortcutHints,
     toggleShowTimelineTools,
     toggleUsageMetrics,
     togglePromptSubmitOnEnter,

packages/ui/src/components/command-palette.tsx

@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ const CommandPalette: Component<CommandPaletteProps> = (props) => {
 
   const groupedCommandList = () => processedCommands().groups
   const orderedCommands = () => processedCommands().ordered
+
+  const isCommandDisabled = (command: Command) => {
+    return command.disabled ? Boolean(resolveResolvable(command.disabled)) : false
+  }
   const selectedIndex = createMemo(() => {
     const ordered = orderedCommands()
     if (ordered.length === 0) return -1
@@ -138,10 +142,11 @@ const CommandPalette: Component<CommandPaletteProps> = (props) => {
       }
       return
     }
- 
+
     const currentId = selectedCommandId()
     if (!currentId || !ordered.some((cmd) => cmd.id === currentId)) {
-      setSelectedCommandId(ordered[0].id)
+      const firstEnabled = ordered.find((cmd) => !isCommandDisabled(cmd))
+      setSelectedCommandId((firstEnabled || ordered[0])?.id ?? null)
     }
   })
 
@@ -195,12 +200,14 @@ const CommandPalette: Component<CommandPaletteProps> = (props) => {
       if (index < 0 || index >= ordered.length) return
       const command = ordered[index]
       if (!command) return
+      if (isCommandDisabled(command)) return
       props.onExecute(command)
       props.onClose()
     }
   }
 
   function handleCommandClick(command: Command) {
+    if (isCommandDisabled(command)) return
     props.onExecute(command)
     props.onClose()
   }
@@ -265,11 +272,13 @@ const CommandPalette: Component<CommandPaletteProps> = (props) => {
                       <For each={group.commands}>
                         {(command, localIndex) => {
                           const commandIndex = group.startIndex + localIndex()
+                          const disabled = isCommandDisabled(command)
                           return (
                             <button
                               type="button"
                               data-command-index={commandIndex}
                               onClick={() => handleCommandClick(command)}
+                              disabled={disabled}
                               class={`modal-item ${selectedCommandId() === command.id ? "modal-item-highlight" : ""}`}
                               onPointerMove={(event) => {
                                 if (event.movementX === 0 && event.movementY === 0) return

packages/ui/src/components/filesystem-browser-dialog.tsx

@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ const FileSystemBrowserDialog: Component<FileSystemBrowserDialogProps> = (props)
               </Show>
             </div>
 
-            <div class="panel-footer">
+            <div class="panel-footer keyboard-hints">
               <div class="panel-footer-hints">
                 <div class="flex items-center gap-1.5">
                   <kbd class="kbd">↑</kbd>

packages/ui/src/components/folder-selection-view.tsx

@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {
                           : t("folderSelection.browse.button")}
                       </span>
                     </div>
-                    <Kbd shortcut="cmd+n" class="ml-2" />
+                    <Kbd shortcut="cmd+n" class="ml-2 kbd-hint" />
                   </button>
                 </div>
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {
 
             </div>
 
-            <div class="panel panel-footer shrink-0 hidden sm:block">
+            <div class="panel panel-footer shrink-0 hidden sm:block keyboard-hints">
               <div class="panel-footer-hints">
                 <Show when={folders().length > 0}>
                   <div class="flex items-center gap-1.5">
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {
                   </div>
                 </Show>
                 <div class="flex items-center gap-1.5">
-                  <Kbd shortcut="cmd+n" />
+                  <Kbd shortcut="cmd+n" class="kbd-hint" />
                   <span>{t("folderSelection.hints.browse")}</span>
                 </div>
               </div>

packages/ui/src/components/hint-row.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ interface HintRowProps {
 
 const HintRow: Component<HintRowProps> = (props) => {
   return (
-    <span aria-hidden={props.ariaHidden} class={`text-xs text-muted ${props.class || ""}`}>
+    <span aria-hidden={props.ariaHidden} class={`keyboard-hints text-xs text-muted ${props.class || ""}`}>
       {props.children}
     </span>
   )

packages/ui/src/components/instance-welcome-view.tsx

@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ const InstanceWelcomeView: Component<InstanceWelcomeViewProps> = (props) => {
                     )}
                     <span>{t("instanceWelcome.new.createButton")}</span>
                   </div>
-                  <Kbd shortcut={newSessionShortcutString()} class="ml-2" />
+                  <Kbd shortcut={newSessionShortcutString()} class="ml-2 kbd-hint" />
                 </button>
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ const InstanceWelcomeView: Component<InstanceWelcomeViewProps> = (props) => {
         </div>
       </Show>
 
-      <div class="panel-footer hidden sm:block">
+      <div class="panel-footer hidden sm:block keyboard-hints">
 
         <div class="panel-footer-hints">
           <div class="flex items-center gap-1.5">

packages/ui/src/components/instance/instance-shell2.tsx

@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ const InstanceShell2: Component<InstanceShellProps> = (props) => {
                       >
                         {t("instanceShell.commandPalette.button")}
                       </button>
-                      <span class="connection-status-shortcut-hint">
+                      <span class="connection-status-shortcut-hint kbd-hint">
                         <Kbd shortcut="cmd+shift+p" />
                       </span>
                     </div>
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ const InstanceShell2: Component<InstanceShellProps> = (props) => {
               </div>
 
               <div class="session-toolbar-right flex-1 flex items-center gap-3">
-                <span class="connection-status-shortcut-hint">
+                <span class="connection-status-shortcut-hint kbd-hint">
                   <Kbd shortcut="cmd+shift+p" />
                 </span>
 

packages/ui/src/components/message-list-header.tsx

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default function MessageListHeader(props: MessageListHeaderProps) {
             {t("messageListHeader.commandPalette.button")}
           </button>
           <span class="connection-status-shortcut-hint">
-            <Kbd shortcut="cmd+shift+p" />
+            <Kbd shortcut="cmd+shift+p" class="kbd-hint" />
           </span>
         </div>
       </div>

packages/ui/src/components/message-section.tsx

@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ export default function MessageSection(props: MessageSectionProps) {
                   <ul>
                     <li>
                       <span>{t("messageSection.empty.tips.commandPalette")}</span>
-                      <Kbd shortcut="cmd+shift+p" class="ml-2" />
+                      <Kbd shortcut="cmd+shift+p" class="ml-2 kbd-hint" />
                     </li>
                     <li>{t("messageSection.empty.tips.askAboutCodebase")}</li>
                     <li>

packages/ui/src/components/prompt-input.tsx

@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ export default function PromptInput(props: PromptInputProps) {
                 </Show>
               </div>
               <Show when={shouldShowOverlay()}>
-                <div class={`prompt-input-overlay ${mode() === "shell" ? "shell-mode" : ""}`}>
+                <div class={`prompt-input-overlay keyboard-hints ${mode() === "shell" ? "shell-mode" : ""}`}>
                   <Show
                     when={props.escapeInDebounce}
                     fallback={

packages/ui/src/components/session-picker.tsx

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ const SessionPicker: Component<SessionPickerProps> = (props) => {
                         </span>
                       </Show>
                     </div>
-                    <kbd class="kbd ml-2">
+                    <kbd class="kbd ml-2 kbd-hint">
                       Cmd+Enter
                     </kbd>
                   </button>

packages/ui/src/lib/commands.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface Command {
   description: Resolvable<string>
   keywords?: Resolvable<string[]>
   shortcut?: KeyboardShortcut
+  disabled?: Resolvable<boolean>
   action: () => void | Promise<void>
   category?: Resolvable<string>
 }

packages/ui/src/lib/hooks/use-commands.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { getLogger } from "../logger"
 import { requestData } from "../opencode-api"
 import { emitSessionSidebarRequest } from "../session-sidebar-events"
 import { tGlobal } from "../i18n"
+import { runtimeEnv } from "../runtime-env"
 
 const log = getLogger("actions")
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ function splitKeywords(key: string): string[] {
 export interface UseCommandsOptions {
   preferences: Accessor<Preferences>
   toggleShowThinkingBlocks: () => void
+  toggleKeyboardShortcutHints: () => void
   toggleShowTimelineTools: () => void
   toggleUsageMetrics: () => void
   toggleAutoCleanupBlankSessions: () => void
@@ -454,6 +456,26 @@ export function useCommands(options: UseCommandsOptions) {
       action: options.toggleShowTimelineTools,
     })
 
+    commandRegistry.register({
+      id: "keyboard-shortcut-hints",
+      label: () =>
+        tGlobal(
+          options.preferences().showKeyboardShortcutHints
+            ? "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.hide"
+            : "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.show",
+        ),
+      description: () =>
+        tGlobal(
+          runtimeEnv.host === "web"
+            ? "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description.disabledWeb"
+            : "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description",
+        ),
+      category: "System",
+      keywords: () => splitKeywords("commands.keyboardShortcutHints.keywords"),
+      disabled: () => runtimeEnv.host === "web",
+      action: options.toggleKeyboardShortcutHints,
+    })
+
     commandRegistry.register({
       id: "thinking-default-visibility",
       label: () => {

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en/commands.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ export const commandMessages = {
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.description": "Toggle tool call entries in the message timeline",
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.keywords": "timeline, tool, toggle",
 
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.show": "Show Keyboard Shortcut Hints",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.hide": "Hide Keyboard Shortcut Hints",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description": "Show or hide keyboard shortcut hints across the UI",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description.disabledWeb": "Disabled in WebUI (shortcut hints are always hidden)",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.keywords": "shortcut, shortcuts, keyboard, keybind, hints",
+
   "commands.common.expanded": "Expanded",
   "commands.common.collapsed": "Collapsed",
   "commands.common.visible": "Visible",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es/commands.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ export const commandMessages = {
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.description": "Alternar entradas de llamadas de herramienta en la línea de tiempo de mensajes",
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.keywords": "línea de tiempo, herramienta, alternar",
 
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.show": "Mostrar atajos de teclado",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.hide": "Ocultar atajos de teclado",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description": "Mostrar u ocultar sugerencias de atajos de teclado en la interfaz",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description.disabledWeb": "Desactivado en WebUI (los atajos siempre se ocultan)",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.keywords": "atajo, atajos, teclado, keybind, pistas",
+
   "commands.common.expanded": "Expandido",
   "commands.common.collapsed": "Colapsado",
   "commands.common.visible": "Visible",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr/commands.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ export const commandMessages = {
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.description": "Afficher/masquer les entrées d'appel d'outil dans la timeline des messages",
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.keywords": "timeline, outil, basculer",
 
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.show": "Afficher les raccourcis clavier",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.hide": "Masquer les raccourcis clavier",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description": "Afficher ou masquer les indices de raccourcis clavier dans l'interface",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description.disabledWeb": "Désactivé en WebUI (les raccourcis sont toujours masqués)",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.keywords": "raccourci, raccourcis, clavier, keybind, indices",
+
   "commands.common.expanded": "Développé",
   "commands.common.collapsed": "Réduit",
   "commands.common.visible": "Visible",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja/commands.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ export const commandMessages = {
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.description": "メッセージタイムラインのツールコール表示を切り替え",
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.keywords": "タイムライン, ツール, 切り替え, timeline, tool, toggle",
 
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.show": "キーボードショートカットのヒントを表示",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.hide": "キーボードショートカットのヒントを非表示",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description": "UI 全体のキーボードショートカットヒントを表示/非表示",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description.disabledWeb": "WebUI では無効（ヒントは常に非表示）",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.keywords": "ショートカット, キーボード, ヒント, shortcuts, keyboard, hints",
+
   "commands.common.expanded": "展開",
   "commands.common.collapsed": "折りたたみ",
   "commands.common.visible": "表示",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ru/commands.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ export const commandMessages = {
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.description": "Переключить отображение вызовов инструментов в таймлайне сообщений",
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.keywords": "таймлайн, tool, переключить",
 
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.show": "Показать подсказки сочетаний",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.hide": "Скрыть подсказки сочетаний",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description": "Показать или скрыть подсказки сочетаний клавиш в интерфейсе",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description.disabledWeb": "Отключено в WebUI (подсказки всегда скрыты)",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.keywords": "shortcut, shortcuts, keyboard, keybind, подсказки",
+
   "commands.common.expanded": "Развернуто",
   "commands.common.collapsed": "Свернуто",
   "commands.common.visible": "Видимо",

packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-Hans/commands.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ export const commandMessages = {
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.description": "切换消息时间轴中的工具调用条目",
   "commands.timelineToolCalls.keywords": "timeline, tool, toggle, 时间轴, 工具, 切换",
 
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.show": "显示键盘快捷键提示",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.label.hide": "隐藏键盘快捷键提示",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description": "显示或隐藏界面中的键盘快捷键提示",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.description.disabledWeb": "WebUI 中已禁用（提示始终隐藏）",
+  "commands.keyboardShortcutHints.keywords": "shortcuts, keyboard, hints, 快捷键, 键盘, 提示",
+
   "commands.common.expanded": "展开",
   "commands.common.collapsed": "折叠",
   "commands.common.visible": "可见",

packages/ui/src/stores/preferences.tsx

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export type ListeningMode = "local" | "all"
 
 export interface Preferences {
   showThinkingBlocks: boolean
+  showKeyboardShortcutHints: boolean
   thinkingBlocksExpansion: ExpansionPreference
   showTimelineTools: boolean
   promptSubmitOnEnter: boolean
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ const MAX_FAVORITE_MODELS = 50
 
 const defaultPreferences: Preferences = {
   showThinkingBlocks: false,
+  showKeyboardShortcutHints: true,
   thinkingBlocksExpansion: "expanded",
   showTimelineTools: true,
   promptSubmitOnEnter: false,
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ function normalizePreferences(pref?: Partial<Preferences> & { agentModelSelectio
 
   return {
     showThinkingBlocks: sanitized.showThinkingBlocks ?? defaultPreferences.showThinkingBlocks,
+    showKeyboardShortcutHints: sanitized.showKeyboardShortcutHints ?? defaultPreferences.showKeyboardShortcutHints,
     thinkingBlocksExpansion: sanitized.thinkingBlocksExpansion ?? defaultPreferences.thinkingBlocksExpansion,
     showTimelineTools: sanitized.showTimelineTools ?? defaultPreferences.showTimelineTools,
     promptSubmitOnEnter: sanitized.promptSubmitOnEnter ?? defaultPreferences.promptSubmitOnEnter,
@@ -393,6 +396,10 @@ function toggleShowThinkingBlocks(): void {
   updatePreferences({ showThinkingBlocks: !preferences().showThinkingBlocks })
 }
 
+function toggleKeyboardShortcutHints(): void {
+  updatePreferences({ showKeyboardShortcutHints: !preferences().showKeyboardShortcutHints })
+}
+
 function toggleShowTimelineTools(): void {
   updatePreferences({ showTimelineTools: !preferences().showTimelineTools })
 }
@@ -511,6 +518,7 @@ interface ConfigContextValue {
   setThemePreference: typeof setThemePreference
   updateConfig: typeof updateConfig
   toggleShowThinkingBlocks: typeof toggleShowThinkingBlocks
+  toggleKeyboardShortcutHints: typeof toggleKeyboardShortcutHints
   toggleShowTimelineTools: typeof toggleShowTimelineTools
   toggleUsageMetrics: typeof toggleUsageMetrics
   toggleAutoCleanupBlankSessions: typeof toggleAutoCleanupBlankSessions
@@ -548,6 +556,7 @@ const configContextValue: ConfigContextValue = {
   setThemePreference,
   updateConfig,
   toggleShowThinkingBlocks,
+  toggleKeyboardShortcutHints,
   toggleShowTimelineTools,
   toggleUsageMetrics,
   toggleAutoCleanupBlankSessions,
@@ -608,6 +617,7 @@ export {
   updateConfig,
   updatePreferences,
   toggleShowThinkingBlocks,
+  toggleKeyboardShortcutHints,
   toggleShowTimelineTools,
   toggleAutoCleanupBlankSessions,
   toggleUsageMetrics,

packages/ui/src/styles/panels/modal.css

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
   color: var(--text-primary);
 }
 
+.modal-item:disabled {
+  opacity: 0.55;
+  cursor: not-allowed;
+}
+
 .modal-list-container[data-pointer-mode="pointer"] .modal-item:hover {
   background-color: var(--surface-hover);
 }

packages/ui/src/styles/utilities.css

@@ -153,6 +153,19 @@
   @apply opacity-50;
 }
 
+/*
+  Shortcut hints are useful on desktop native apps, but are noisy/irrelevant on
+  touch-first devices and in WebUI where browser shortcuts often conflict.
+*/
+html[data-runtime-host="web"] .keyboard-hints,
+html[data-runtime-host="web"] .kbd-hint,
+html[data-runtime-platform="mobile"] .keyboard-hints,
+html[data-runtime-platform="mobile"] .kbd-hint,
+html[data-keyboard-hints="hide"] .keyboard-hints,
+html[data-keyboard-hints="hide"] .kbd-hint {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
 /* Truncate from the start (keeps end visible; good for paths) */
 .truncate-start {
   overflow: hidden;