# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Keyboard navigation keys misbehaving in desktop composer

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #84940: Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+Arrow trap: accidental Ctrl + arrow/page keys switch the view with no visible escape

These issues and fixes address keyboard shortcuts (arrow keys, Page Up/Down with Ctrl) being intercepted to switch views instead of navigating text within the composer. The work aims to restore expected text navigation behavior and improve composer focus usability on desktop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86586. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86586 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #84940: Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+Arrow trap: accidental Ctrl + arrow/page keys switch the view with no visible escape

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86586: fix(desktop): focus & composer usability rollup (salvages #84026, #85736, #84992, #84032, #85734)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/trigger-popover.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/trigger-popover.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hud/click-through.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hud/click-through.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hud/hud-shell.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hud/layout.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hud/layout.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/find-bar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.ts`
- **#84992: fix(desktop): keep text navigation keys in composer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86586`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86586 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`