Codex Desktop browser annotations: Ctrl+Enter queues comments, but the shortcut is undiscoverable
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 21, 2026 by Sapientropic Closed May 21, 2026
Summary
In Codex Desktop's in-app browser annotation mode, clicking the arrow / pressing Enter now sends the annotation immediately. This made it look like the old multi-comment batch workflow was removed.
After testing, I found that Ctrl+Enter on Windows queues/adds the annotation instead of sending it immediately. On macOS this appears to be Cmd+Enter.
Why this is confusing
- The arrow button sends immediately.
- Hovering the button did not show a tooltip in my setup.
- Settings do not expose a toggle for "direct send" vs "add/queue comment".
- The official in-app browser docs mention immediate-send behavior, but do not clearly document
Ctrl+Enter/Cmd+Enteras the way to queue multiple annotations. - Other users have reported similar confusion: https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1tfpk58/codex_annotations_runs_after_each_comment_while/
Expected behavior
Please consider one or more of:
- Show a tooltip for the annotation submit button:
Enter: SendCtrl+Enter: Add / queue annotation- Document the shortcut in the in-app browser docs.
- Add a setting to choose the default annotation submit mode:
- Add / queue annotations
- Send immediately
- Restore the previous multi-comment workflow as the default, or make the current mode visually explicit.
Environment
- Codex Desktop
- Windows
- App version observed:
26.513.4821.0
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