What is the feature request?
Please add a Codex app setting to customize the Enter-key behavior for in-app browser comments/annotations.
This follows #22719, where the immediate-send behavior was clarified as intentional. The request here is not only to revert the default, but to make the behavior configurable.
Current behavior
In the in-app browser annotation editor:
Enter sends the current browser comment immediately to the conversation.Cmd+Enter commits/saves the current annotation and allows continuing to add more annotations before sending the final message.
For users whose main chat composer is configured to use Cmd+Enter to send, this creates an inverted shortcut model inside the same app:
- Main chat composer:
Cmd+Enter = send.
- Browser annotation editor:
Enter = send, Cmd+Enter = keep batching annotations.
That is hard to build muscle memory around.
Why this matters
A common workflow is to review a page, leave multiple precise annotations on different UI elements, and then send them as one batch to the agent. The new default makes this workflow more error-prone because a single Enter sends prematurely and exits the annotation collection flow.
At the same time, some users may prefer the new immediate-send behavior. That is exactly why this should be a user preference rather than a single fixed behavior.
Suggested setting
Add a setting such as:
In-app browser annotation Enter behavior
Options:
Enter sends immediatelyEnter saves annotation / Cmd+Enter sends final message
Or phrase it around “single-comment mode” vs “batch annotation mode”.
The important part is that users who rely on multi-annotation batching can restore the previous workflow, while users who prefer immediate sending can keep the new default.
Environment
- Codex desktop app on macOS
- Observed after updating to
26.513.31313 / build 2867
What is the feature request?
Please add a Codex app setting to customize the Enter-key behavior for in-app browser comments/annotations.
This follows #22719, where the immediate-send behavior was clarified as intentional. The request here is not only to revert the default, but to make the behavior configurable.
Current behavior
In the in-app browser annotation editor:
Entersends the current browser comment immediately to the conversation.Cmd+Entercommits/saves the current annotation and allows continuing to add more annotations before sending the final message.For users whose main chat composer is configured to use
Cmd+Enterto send, this creates an inverted shortcut model inside the same app:Cmd+Enter= send.Enter= send,Cmd+Enter= keep batching annotations.That is hard to build muscle memory around.
Why this matters
A common workflow is to review a page, leave multiple precise annotations on different UI elements, and then send them as one batch to the agent. The new default makes this workflow more error-prone because a single
Entersends prematurely and exits the annotation collection flow.At the same time, some users may prefer the new immediate-send behavior. That is exactly why this should be a user preference rather than a single fixed behavior.
Suggested setting
Add a setting such as:
In-app browser annotation Enter behavior
Options:
Enter sends immediatelyEnter saves annotation / Cmd+Enter sends final messageOr phrase it around “single-comment mode” vs “batch annotation mode”.
The important part is that users who rely on multi-annotation batching can restore the previous workflow, while users who prefer immediate sending can keep the new default.
Environment
26.513.31313/ build2867