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Voice mode: auto-submit on spacebar release (PTT send)

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Description

## Feature Request

### Summary
When using voice mode (push-to-talk with spacebar), automatically submit the transcribed text when the spacebar is released — without requiring a separate Enter key press.

### Current behavior
- Hold Space → records audio
- Release Space → transcription appears in input box
- User must press Enter manually to submit

### Desired behavior
- Hold Space → records audio
- Release Space → transcription appears **and is automatically submitted**

### Why
This would make the voice workflow fully hands-free. Currently the required Enter press breaks the flow, especially when the hands are away from the keyboard during dictation.

### Suggested implementation
Add a setting (e.g. \ oice.autoSubmitOnRelease: true\) that sends Enter immediately after transcription is inserted on spacebar release.

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating the voice-mode spacebar release handler, the transcription insertion flow, and the configuration path for a possible auto-submit setting. Done means released push-to-talk audio inserts its transcription and submits it automatically, while the setting controls that behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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