From 37fa7ae5ed46d5eb5a75851462d26408acce1da8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matei-Paul Trandafir <matei_trand@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:42:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Show multichoice hint for keys

---
 packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts b/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts
index 9c016f0a50..0473e2e432 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ export const multiselect = <Value>(opts: MultiSelectOptions<Value>) => {
     );
   };
   const required = opts.required ?? true;
+  const hint = '  ' + color.reset(
+      color.dim(
+          `Press ${color.gray(color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' space ')))} to select, ${color.gray(
+              color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' enter ')),
+          )} to submit`,
+      ),
+  )
 
   return new MultiSelectPrompt({
     options: opts.options,
@@ -131,13 +138,7 @@ export const multiselect = <Value>(opts: MultiSelectOptions<Value>) => {
     cursorAt: opts.cursorAt,
     validate(selected: Value[] | undefined) {
       if (required && (selected === undefined || selected.length === 0)) {
-        return `Please select at least one option.\n${color.reset(
-          color.dim(
-            `Press ${color.gray(color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' space ')))} to select, ${color.gray(
-              color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' enter ')),
-            )} to submit`,
-          ),
-        )}`;
+        return `Please select at least one option.\n${hint}`;
       }
       return undefined;
     },
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export const multiselect = <Value>(opts: MultiSelectOptions<Value>) => {
             columnPadding: prefix.length,
             rowPadding: titleLineCount + footerLineCount,
             style: styleOption,
-          }).join(`\n${prefix}`)}\n${footer}\n`;
+          }).join(`\n${prefix}`)}\n${hint}\n${footer}\n`;
         }
         default: {
           const prefix = hasGuide ? `${color.blue(S_BAR)} ` : nestedPrefix;
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ export const multiselect = <Value>(opts: MultiSelectOptions<Value>) => {
             columnPadding: prefix.length,
             rowPadding: titleLineCount + footerLineCount,
             style: styleOption,
-          }).join(`\n${prefix}`)}\n${hasGuide ? color.blue(S_BAR_END) : ''}\n`;
+          }).join(`\n${prefix}`)}\n${hint}\n${hasGuide ? color.blue(S_BAR_END) : ''}\n`;
         }
       }
     },

From 2e539099f4dc927ee67268f481ffd092352928bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matei-Paul Trandafir <matei_trand@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:51:02 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Format

---
 packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts b/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts
index 0473e2e432..cc8128e8c0 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts
@@ -120,13 +120,15 @@ export const multiselect = <Value>(opts: MultiSelectOptions<Value>) => {
     );
   };
   const required = opts.required ?? true;
-  const hint = '  ' + color.reset(
+  const hint =
+    '  ' +
+    color.reset(
       color.dim(
-          `Press ${color.gray(color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' space ')))} to select, ${color.gray(
-              color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' enter ')),
-          )} to submit`,
+        `Press ${color.gray(color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' space ')))} to select, ${color.gray(
+          color.bgWhite(color.inverse(' enter ')),
+        )} to submit`,
       ),
-  )
+    );
 
   return new MultiSelectPrompt({
     options: opts.options,

From 5365e20a0790659b3b7f3f2d43dee2f62e397fc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matei-Paul Trandafir <matei_trand@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:24:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update test snapshot

---
 packages/prompts/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.spec.ts.snap | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/packages/prompts/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.spec.ts.snap b/packages/prompts/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.spec.ts.snap
index 05af0a6b43..91ace046ec 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/prompts/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.spec.ts.snap
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ exports[`prompt renderers > renders multiselect with cursor marker plus checkbox
       Second line
   › ◼ Beta
     ◻ Gamma
+  Press  space  to select,  enter  to submit
 
 "
 `;