These directives apply to all input. They are in effect whenever TCC requests input from the keyboard, including during command line editing and the DESCRIBE, ESET, INPUT, LIST, QUERYBOX, and SELECT commands. You can redefine the keys using the TCC OPTION / Keyboard dialog. The key directives are saved in the [Keys] section in TCMD.INI.
| Directive | Default Description |
| ArgLeft | Alt-Shift-Left Move the cursor left to the previous argument |
| ArgRight | Alt-Shift-Right Move the cursor right to the next argument |
| Backspace | Backspace Delete the character to the left of the cursor |
| BeginLine | Home Move the cursor to the start of the line |
| CommandEscape | Alt-255 Do not interpret the next keystroke as an editing key |
| Copy | Ctrl-Y Copy the highlighted text to the clipboard |
| Del | Del Delete the character at the cursor |
| DelArgLeft | Ctrl-Alt-L Delete the argument to the left of the cursor |
| DelArgRight | Ctrl-Alt-R Delete the argument to the right of the cursor |
| DelToBeginning | Ctrl-Home Delete from the cursor to the start of the line |
| DelToEnd | Ctrl-End Delete from the cursor to the end of the line |
| DelWordLeft | Ctrl-L Delete the word to the left of the cursor |
| DelWordRight | Ctrl-R Delete the word to the right of the cursor |
| EndLine | End Move the cursor to the end of the line |
| EraseLine | Esc Delete the entire line |
| ExecLine | Enter Execute or accept a line |
| Ins | Ins Toggle insert / overstrike mode |
| Left | Left Move the cursor left one character on the input line |
| LineToEnd | Ctrl-Enter Copy the current command line to the end of the history list, then execute it |
| Paste | Ctrl-V or Shift-Ins Paste line from clipboard |
| PrevArgument | Ctrl-B Recall the last argument from the previous command line |
| PrevFile | F8 or Shift-Tab Get the previous matching filename |
| PrevDirHistory | Shift-PgUp Get the previous directory from the directory history |
| Redo | Alt-Y Redo the last Undo |
| Regex | Ctrl-F7 Display the regular expression analyzer dialog |
| Right | Right Move the cursor right one character on the input line |
| SelectFromHome | Shift-Home Mark from the beginning of the line to the cursor |
| SelectLeft | Shift-Left Add the character on the left to the selection |
| SelectRight | Shift-Right Add the character on the right to the selection |
| SelectToEnd | Shift-End Mark from the cursor to the end of the line |
| SelectWordLeft | Ctrl-Shift-Left Add the word on the left to the selection) |
| SelectWordRight | Ctrl-Shift-Right Add the word on the right to the selection |
| Undo | Alt-Z Undo the last edit |
| WordLeft | Ctrl-Left Move the cursor left one word |
| WordRight | Ctrl-Right Move the cursor right one word |