diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/StatusBar.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/StatusBar.tsx
index f03f0470e..1d1785275 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/StatusBar.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ function ShortcutItem(props: { shortcut: ShortcutObject }) {
       {/*{!!props.shortcut.altForNonMac && <ShortcutKey onClick={handleClicked}>{_platformAwareModifier('Alt')}</ShortcutKey>}*/}
       <ShortcutKey onClick={handleClicked}>{props.shortcut.key === 'Escape' ? 'Esc' : props.shortcut.key.toUpperCase()}</ShortcutKey>
       &nbsp;<Typography level='body-xs'>{props.shortcut.description}</Typography>
+      {props.shortcut.endDecoratorIcon && <props.shortcut.endDecoratorIcon sx={{ fontSize: 'md' }} />}
     </ShortcutContainer>
   );
 }
@@ -128,7 +129,10 @@ export function StatusBar() {
   // external state
   const labsShowShortcutBar = useUXLabsStore(state => state.labsShowShortcutBar);
   const shortcuts = useGlobalShortcutsStore(useShallow(state => {
-    const visibleShortcuts = !labsShowShortcutBar ? [] : state.getAllShortcuts().filter(shortcut => !!shortcut.description);
+    let visibleShortcuts = !labsShowShortcutBar ? [] : state.getAllShortcuts().filter(shortcut => !!shortcut.description);
+    const maxLevel = Math.max(...visibleShortcuts.map(s => s.level ?? 0));
+    if (maxLevel > 0)
+      visibleShortcuts = visibleShortcuts.filter(s => s.level === maxLevel);
     visibleShortcuts.sort((a, b) => {
       // if they don't have a 'shift', they are sorted first
       if (a.shift !== b.shift)
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
index 412adaf36..d96cd9102 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { supportsScreenCapture } from '~/common/util/screenCaptureUtils';
 import { useAppStateStore } from '~/common/state/store-appstate';
 import { useChatOverlayStore } from '~/common/chats/store-chat-overlay';
 import { useDebouncer } from '~/common/components/useDebouncer';
-import { useGlobalShortcuts } from '~/common/components/shortcuts/useGlobalShortcuts';
+import { ShortcutKey, ShortcutObject, useGlobalShortcuts } from '~/common/components/shortcuts/useGlobalShortcuts';
 import { useUICounter, useUIPreferencesStore } from '~/common/state/store-ui';
 import { useUXLabsStore } from '~/common/state/store-ux-labs';
 
@@ -419,10 +419,28 @@ export function Composer(props: {
 
   // useMediaSessionCallbacks({ play: toggleRecognition, pause: toggleRecognition });
 
-  useGlobalShortcuts('Composer', React.useMemo(() => [
-    ...(browserSpeechRecognitionCapability().mayWork ? [{ key: 'm', ctrl: true, action: () => toggleRecognition(true), description: recognitionState.isActive ? 'Microphone · Stop & Send' : 'Microphone' }] : []),
-    ...(supportsClipboardRead ? [{ key: 'v', ctrl: true, shift: true, action: attachAppendClipboardItems, description: 'Attach Clipboard' }] : []),
-  ], [attachAppendClipboardItems, recognitionState.isActive, toggleRecognition]));
+  useGlobalShortcuts('Composer', React.useMemo(() => {
+    const composerShortcuts: ShortcutObject[] = [];
+    if (supportsClipboardRead)
+      composerShortcuts.push({ key: 'v', ctrl: true, shift: true, action: attachAppendClipboardItems, description: 'Attach Clipboard' });
+    if (recognitionState.isActive) {
+      composerShortcuts.push({ key: 'm', ctrl: true, action: () => toggleRecognition(true), description: 'Mic · Send', disabled: !recognitionState.hasSpeech, endDecoratorIcon: TelegramIcon as any, level: 1 });
+      composerShortcuts.push({
+        key: ShortcutKey.Esc, action: () => {
+          setMicContinuation(false);
+          toggleRecognition(false);
+        }, description: 'Mic · Stop', level: 1,
+      });
+    } else if (browserSpeechRecognitionCapability().mayWork)
+      composerShortcuts.push({
+        key: 'm', ctrl: true, action: () => {
+          // steal focus from the textarea, in case it has - so that enter cannot work against us
+          (document.activeElement as HTMLElement)?.blur?.();
+          toggleRecognition(false);
+        }, description: 'Microphone',
+      });
+    return composerShortcuts;
+  }, [attachAppendClipboardItems, recognitionState.hasSpeech, recognitionState.isActive, toggleRecognition]));
 
   const micIsRunning = !!speechInterimResult;
   const micContinuationTrigger = micContinuation && !micIsRunning && !assistantAbortible && !recognitionState.errorMessage;
diff --git a/src/common/components/shortcuts/globalShortcutsHandler.ts b/src/common/components/shortcuts/globalShortcutsHandler.ts
index 0216d9caa..0552b0124 100644
--- a/src/common/components/shortcuts/globalShortcutsHandler.ts
+++ b/src/common/components/shortcuts/globalShortcutsHandler.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function _handleGlobalShortcutKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
   // Quick-out: either the key is escape/left/right, or we have a modifier key pressed -- otherwise we exit
   const lcEventKey = event.key.toLowerCase();
   if (lcEventKey !== 'escape' && lcEventKey !== 'arrowleft' && lcEventKey !== 'arrowright' &&
-    !event.ctrlKey && !event.shiftKey && !event.altKey)
+    !event.ctrlKey && !event.shiftKey && !event.altKey && lcEventKey !== 'enter')
     return;
 
 
diff --git a/src/common/components/shortcuts/useGlobalShortcuts.ts b/src/common/components/shortcuts/useGlobalShortcuts.ts
index d7455ecc4..24c24d146 100644
--- a/src/common/components/shortcuts/useGlobalShortcuts.ts
+++ b/src/common/components/shortcuts/useGlobalShortcuts.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import { SvgIcon } from '@mui/joy';
+
 import { useGlobalShortcutsStore } from './store-global-shortcuts';
 
 import { ensureGlobalShortcutHandler } from './globalShortcutsHandler';
 
 
 export const ShortcutKey = {
+  Enter: 'Enter',
   Esc: 'Escape',
   Left: 'ArrowLeft',
   Right: 'ArrowRight',
@@ -19,6 +22,8 @@ export interface ShortcutObject {
   disabled?: boolean;
   action: (() => void) | '_specialPrintShortcuts';
   description?: string;
+  endDecoratorIcon?: typeof SvgIcon;
+  level?: number; // if set, it will exclusively show icons at that level of priority and hide the others
 }