Support Ctrl+N / Ctrl+P for list navigation

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#58 opened on Apr 21, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 2/5
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness: 72/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Clearly specified
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: go
Domain: cli

Research direction

Start in the gh stack CLI's stack and prompt navigation entry points, tracing where arrow-key selection movement is handled. Add Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P navigation with the same direction and behavior as the arrow keys, then verify both bindings move selection correctly.

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Description

feature request topic: cli - general

Summary

When navigating stacks and prompts, only the arrow keys work for moving the selection up and down. Ctrl+N / Ctrl+P do not work as alternatives.

Expected behavior

Support Unix / editor-style navigation so that:

Ctrl+N moves to the next item (down)
Ctrl+P moves to the previous item (up)

This matches common behavior in Vim, Emacs, VS Code, and many terminal UIs, and lets users keep their hands on the home row while working with gh stack.

Optionally, supporting Ctrl+J / Ctrl+K for down/up (or allowing these to be configured) would make the experience even more familiar for Vim users.

Actual behavior

Arrow keys move the selection, but Ctrl+N / Ctrl+P have no effect.

Environment

gh version: 2.90.0
gh stack version: 0.0.2

Dominant language: Go
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