diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
index 1464512a403d8208aea669dced2811e3efa4bae8..3042b84c97a528246d4edc11c2a9ead89eb0aa38 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ func (m *editorCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	var cmd tea.Cmd
 	var cmds []tea.Cmd
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.KeyboardEnhancementsMsg:
+		m.keyMap.keyboard = msg
+		return m, nil
 	case chat.SessionSelectedMsg:
 		if msg.ID != m.session.ID {
 			m.session = msg
@@ -245,7 +248,11 @@ func (m *editorCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			m.deleteMode = false
 			return m, nil
 		}
-		// Hanlde Enter key
+		if key.Matches(msg, m.keyMap.Newline) {
+			m.textarea.InsertRune('\n')
+			return m, nil
+		}
+		// Handle Enter key
 		if m.textarea.Focused() && key.Matches(msg, m.keyMap.SendMessage) {
 			value := m.textarea.Value()
 			if len(value) > 0 && value[len(value)-1] == '\\' {
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/keys.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/keys.go
index c64a92d526a1a81e558909fe5500b2bf1d4e3990..aa2ba1ee44ce7fe9928e7e812acea3898a7496e5 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/keys.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/keys.go
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ package editor
 
 import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/v2/key"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/v2"
 )
 
 type EditorKeyMap struct {
 	AddFile     key.Binding
 	SendMessage key.Binding
 	OpenEditor  key.Binding
+	Newline     key.Binding
+
+	keyboard tea.KeyboardEnhancementsMsg
 }
 
 func DefaultEditorKeyMap() EditorKeyMap {
@@ -24,15 +28,27 @@ func DefaultEditorKeyMap() EditorKeyMap {
 			key.WithKeys("ctrl+e"),
 			key.WithHelp("ctrl+e", "open editor"),
 		),
+		Newline: key.NewBinding(
+			key.WithKeys("shift+enter", "ctrl+j"),
+			// "ctrl+j" is a common keybinding for newline in many editors. If
+			// the terminal supports "shift+enter", we substitute the help text
+			// to reflect that.
+			key.WithHelp("ctrl+j", "newline"),
+		),
 	}
 }
 
 // KeyBindings implements layout.KeyMapProvider
 func (k EditorKeyMap) KeyBindings() []key.Binding {
+	newline := k.Newline
+	if k.keyboard.SupportsKeyDisambiguation() {
+		newline.SetHelp("shift+enter", newline.Help().Desc)
+	}
 	return []key.Binding{
 		k.AddFile,
 		k.SendMessage,
 		k.OpenEditor,
+		newline,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go b/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go
index 59b8ac86da3901bfb5a3affe8aeedf27f293a507..5c3a769d23ae085b342d330e4089831179ad43bf 100644
--- a/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go
+++ b/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ func (p *chatPage) cancelTimerCmd() tea.Cmd {
 func (p *chatPage) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	var cmds []tea.Cmd
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.KeyboardEnhancementsMsg:
+		m, cmd := p.layout.Update(msg)
+		p.layout = m.(layout.SplitPaneLayout)
+		return p, cmd
 	case CancelTimerExpiredMsg:
 		p.cancelPending = false
 		return p, nil
diff --git a/internal/tui/tui.go b/internal/tui/tui.go
index dd0d4f9085d92b20aa92c8d2f25227b5e2206816..9efecb2ac9aab48bd24881176b1f1b530c1db658 100644
--- a/internal/tui/tui.go
+++ b/internal/tui/tui.go
@@ -115,7 +115,14 @@ func (a *appModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
 	case tea.KeyboardEnhancementsMsg:
-		return a, nil
+		for id, page := range a.pages {
+			m, pageCmd := page.Update(msg)
+			a.pages[id] = m.(util.Model)
+			if pageCmd != nil {
+				cmds = append(cmds, pageCmd)
+			}
+		}
+		return a, tea.Batch(cmds...)
 	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
 		return a, a.handleWindowResize(msg.Width, msg.Height)