aws / aws/amazon-q-developer-cli

Q CLI no longer supports ctrl+f to move forward a character (standard readline functionality)

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Description

### Checks

- [x] I have searched [github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues](https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues?q=) and there are no duplicates of my issue
- [x] I have run `q doctor` in the affected terminal session
- [x] I have run `q restart` and replicated the issue again

### Operating system

macOS 15.5.0 (24F74)

### Expected behaviour

Pressing ctrl+f within `q chat` moves forward one character.

### Actual behaviour

Pressing ctrl-f within `q chat` does nothing.

### Steps to reproduce

Open a chat with `q chat`, type some characters, go to the beginning of the line with ctrl+a, press ctrl-f.

### Environment

```yaml

[q-details]
version = "1.12.2"
hash = "b9100eb751546269f095585705a0e7fc3ea55419"
date = "2025-06-30T22:40:01.105251Z (2d ago)"

[system-info]
os = "macOS 15.5.0 (24F74)"
chip = "Apple M1 Pro"
total-cores = 10
memory = "32.00 GB"

[environment]
cwd = "/Users/USER"
cli-path = "/Users/USER"
install-method = "unknown"

[env-vars]
PATH = "/Users/USER/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/bin:/Users/USER/.asdf/shims:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Users/USER/.local/bin:/Users/USER/.toolbox/bin:/Users/USER/.cargo/bin"
QTERM_SESSION_ID = "934d1ae167674bb080ccf2872b08ff03"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
Q_TERM = "1.12.2"
SHELL = "/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
__CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.Terminal"
```

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