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Google Chat

Focus the main reply box

CmdS

Mac Web app Google Chat on a computer

Practice this

To focus the main reply box in Google Chat, press Ctrl + S. On a Mac, press Cmd + S instead. It works in the browser version.

Where it works: Conversation open

In a direct message the letter R does the same thing.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System Environment Keys
Mac Web app CmdS
Windows Web app CtrlS

Where this comes from

Use Google Chat keyboard shortcuts

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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