[FEATURE]: Make App prompt action shortcuts configurable

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The current web/Desktop App on dev has a Keyboard Shortcuts editor, but prompt submit, newline, and alternate delivery are still hardcoded and cannot be rebound. I want these actions exposed through the existing shortcut UI while preserving the current defaults:

prompt.submit: Enter
prompt.newline: Shift+Enter
prompt.submit.alternate: Ctrl/Cmd+Enter — queue or steer opposite the configured follow-up behavior

This would allow configurations such as Enter for newline and Ctrl/Cmd+Enter for submit, with a separate customizable alternate-delivery shortcut, without adding another settings model. Each action should support disabling and restoring its default, and shortcut hints should reflect the effective bindings.

This request targets the current App implementation promoted from v2 to dev. Related historical work does not cover the current implementation:

[FEATURE]: Allow to Shift + enter to edit in next line without enter #9836 concerns TUI terminal handling.
[FEATURE]: Support modifying newline and submit keybinds in TUI/GUI #11898 was closed as a Question issue with instructions to open a proper feature request.
[FEATURE]: Setting to send prompt only with send button, not hitting enter. #16226 and fix(app): make prompt submit and newline rebindable #23430 targeted the V1 App architecture.
feat(app): add "Send with Ctrl+Enter" option #13637 targets the V1 App, uses a boolean setting, and does not support the current composer.

The proposed implementation registers all three actions in the App command catalog but keeps dispatch editor-local so suggestions, IME composition, selection replacement, and key-repeat behavior remain correct in the current Composer used by both new-session and session surfaces.

feat(app): make prompt action keybinds configurable

chore(casual): merge prompt keybinds (anomalyco#43088)

feat(app): make prompt action keybinds configurable

@bergerx

@bergerx it was closed due to lack of reactions lol - #43128

feat(app): make prompt action keybinds configurable

@CasualDeveloper

Adding some supporting data from the desktop side (2.0.28, macOS arm64).

The TUI already supports the requested layout today:

{
  "keybinds": {
    "input.submit": "super+return",
    "input.newline": "return"
  }
}

But cli.json is terminal-only and is not read by the desktop app. I verified this against the shipped bundle: the composer handles keydown with a hardcoded rule (Enter submits, Shift+Enter inserts a newline, Cmd/Ctrl+Enter is the alternate steer/queue submit), and the desktop settings screen exposes no keyboard section at all.

Two notes:

Since feat(app): make prompt action keybinds configurable #43128 states "App and TUI settings remain separate", the TUI keybind config would still not apply to the app once that lands. Reading the same keybinds entries in both clients would let a single config work everywhere — that is the part [FEATURE] Desktop app: support custom keybinds for input newline (Ctrl+Enter) #43897 asks for.
feat(app): make prompt action keybinds configurable #43128 appears to be closed only by automated cleanup rather than rejection, and @CasualDeveloper is maintaining the implementation on their fork. Reopening it against dev would unblock this. Added a 👍 there as well.

feat(app): make prompt action keybinds configurable

Thanks for the detailed request! In short, you'd like the App's prompt submit (Enter), newline (Shift+Enter) and alternate-delivery (Ctrl/Cmd+Enter) keys added as configurable actions in the existing Keyboard Shortcuts editor. Each would keep its current default, support disabling and resetting, and have hints that show the effective bindings. That would allow setups like Enter for newline and Ctrl/Cmd+Enter for submit.

I checked the current composer: these keys are handled directly in the editor's key handler and aren't registered as rebindable commands, so this is a new capability rather than a bug. The maintainers will consider it.

Related issues, as you noted:

feat(app): add "Send with Ctrl+Enter" option #13637: V1 App, boolean setting approach
[FEATURE]: Setting to send prompt only with send button, not hitting enter. #16226 and fix(app): make prompt submit and newline rebindable #23430: V1 App architecture
[FEATURE]: Allow to Shift + enter to edit in next line without enter #9836: TUI terminal handling
[FEATURE]: Support modifying newline and submit keybinds in TUI/GUI #11898: earlier question about the same need

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