diff --git a/packages/tui/src/config/keybind.ts b/packages/tui/src/config/keybind.ts
index 0ebc2f3b73..a5bcbc4aa1 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/config/keybind.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/config/keybind.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export const Definitions = {
   session_toggle_timestamps: keybind("none", "Toggle message timestamps"),
   session_toggle_generic_tool_output: keybind("none", "Toggle generic tool output"),
   session_queued_prompts: keybind("<leader>q", "Manage queued prompts"),
-  session_child_first: keybind("down", "Toggle subagent picker"),
+  session_child_first: keybind("down,<leader>down", "Toggle subagent picker"),
   session_child_cycle: keybind("right", "Go to next child session"),
   session_child_cycle_reverse: keybind("left", "Go to previous child session"),
   session_parent: keybind("up", "Go to parent session"),
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/config.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/config.test.tsx
index 56c7df66eb..782aa55623 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/config.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/test/config.test.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ test("resolves a session move keybind", () => {
 test("opens the subagent picker with down", () => {
   const config = resolve({}, { terminalSuspend: true })
 
-  expect(config.keybinds.get("session.child.first")).toMatchObject([{ key: "down" }])
+  expect(config.keybinds.get("session.child.first")).toMatchObject([{ key: "down,<leader>down" }])
 })
 
 test("disables suspend and assigns ctrl+z to undo when unsupported", () => {