Problem

When composing a long multi-line prompt in the TUI, there's no quick way to clear the entire input buffer at once. Currently, users must repeatedly use Ctrl+U (kill to beginning of line) or Ctrl+K (kill to end of line) multiple times to clear a multi-line prompt, which is tedious.

This is a common workflow when:

• You've drafted a long prompt but want to start fresh
• You've pasted content that you want to discard entirely
• You want to quickly switch context without submitting

Proposed solution

Add a keyboard shortcut to clear the entire input buffer in one action. Suggested bindings (pick one or make configurable):

The killed text should be added to the kill buffer so Ctrl+Y can restore it if needed (consistent with existing kill/yank behavior).

Alternatives considered

1. Repeatedly pressing Ctrl+U – Current workaround, tedious for multi-line input
2. Using /new – Clears input but also resets the entire conversation (too destructive)
3. Esc to exit and re-enter – Doesn't clear the buffer, text persists

Implementation notes

The textarea.rs already has kill_to_beginning_of_line() and kill_to_end_of_line(). A new method like kill_all() could:

1. Set cursor to end of buffer
2. Kill from cursor to position 0
3. Add entire content to kill buffer

Reference: codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/textarea.rs

Priority

Low (quality-of-life improvement)

Category

Interactive mode (TUI)