Add backslash newline

Author: gergesh

packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx

@@ -530,6 +530,17 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
     if (props.disabled) return
     if (autocomplete?.visible) return
     if (!store.prompt.input) return
+    const cursorOffset = input.cursorOffset
+    const before = cursorOffset > 0 ? input.plainText[cursorOffset - 1] : ""
+    if (sync.data.config.experimental?.backslash_newline !== false && before === "\\") {
+      input.cursorOffset = cursorOffset - 1
+      const start = input.logicalCursor
+      input.cursorOffset = cursorOffset
+      const end = input.logicalCursor
+      input.deleteRange(start.row, start.col, end.row, end.col)
+      input.insertText("\n")
+      return
+    }
     const trimmed = store.prompt.input.trim()
     if (trimmed === "exit" || trimmed === "quit" || trimmed === ":q") {
       exit()
@@ -916,6 +927,7 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
                     return
                   }
                 }
+
                 if (store.mode === "normal") autocomplete.onKeyDown(e)
                 if (!autocomplete.visible) {
                   if (

packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts

@@ -1262,6 +1262,10 @@ export namespace Config {
       experimental: z
         .object({
           disable_paste_summary: z.boolean().optional(),
+          backslash_newline: z
+            .boolean()
+            .optional()
+            .describe("Enable backslash+enter to insert newline instead of submitting (default: true)"),
           batch_tool: z.boolean().optional().describe("Enable the batch tool"),
           openTelemetry: z
             .boolean()

packages/sdk/js/src/gen/types.gen.ts

@@ -1389,6 +1389,10 @@ export type Config = {
      */
     chatMaxRetries?: number
     disable_paste_summary?: boolean
+    /**
+     * Enable backslash+enter to insert newline instead of submitting (default: true)
+     */
+    backslash_newline?: boolean
     /**
      * Enable the batch tool
      */

packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts

@@ -1958,6 +1958,10 @@ export type Config = {
   }
   experimental?: {
     disable_paste_summary?: boolean
+    /**
+     * Enable backslash+enter to insert newline instead of submitting (default: true)
+     */
+    backslash_newline?: boolean
     /**
      * Enable the batch tool
      */