diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 32818939..87dd0ac9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2885,6 +2885,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "globset",
  "indexmap",
  "ratatui",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
  "toml",
  "validator",
diff --git a/yazi-config/Cargo.toml b/yazi-config/Cargo.toml
index 7800ed27..fe08e566 100644
--- a/yazi-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yazi-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ crossterm = "0.27.0"
 globset   = "0.4.14"
 indexmap  = "2.2.6"
 ratatui   = "0.27.0"
+regex     = "1.10.5"
 serde     = { version = "1.0.204", features = [ "derive" ] }
 toml      = { version = "0.8.15", features = [ "preserve_order" ] }
 validator = { version = "0.18.1", features = [ "derive" ] }
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs b/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs
index 85c6e906..456cc7fa 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::VecDeque};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::VecDeque, sync::OnceLock};
 
+use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use yazi_shared::event::Cmd;
 
 use super::Key;
 
+static RE: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Control {
 	#[serde(deserialize_with = "super::deserialize_on")]
@@ -20,23 +23,24 @@ impl Control {
 }
 
 impl Control {
-	#[inline]
 	pub fn on(&self) -> String { self.on.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect() }
 
-	#[inline]
 	pub fn run(&self) -> String {
-		self.run.iter().map(|c| c.to_string()).collect::<Vec<_>>().join("; ")
+		RE.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(r"\s+").unwrap())
+			.replace_all(&self.run.iter().map(|c| c.to_string()).collect::<Vec<_>>().join("; "), " ")
+			.into_owned()
 	}
 
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn desc_or_run(&self) -> Cow<str> {
-		if let Some(ref s) = self.desc { Cow::Borrowed(s) } else { self.run().into() }
+	pub fn desc(&self) -> Option<Cow<str>> {
+		self.desc.as_ref().map(|s| RE.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(r"\s+").unwrap()).replace_all(s, " "))
 	}
 
+	pub fn desc_or_run(&self) -> Cow<str> { self.desc().unwrap_or_else(|| self.run().into()) }
+
 	#[inline]
 	pub fn contains(&self, s: &str) -> bool {
 		let s = s.to_lowercase();
-		self.desc.as_ref().map(|d| d.to_lowercase().contains(&s)) == Some(true)
+		self.desc().map(|d| d.to_lowercase().contains(&s)) == Some(true)
 			|| self.run().to_lowercase().contains(&s)
 			|| self.on().to_lowercase().contains(&s)
 	}
diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/help/bindings.rs b/yazi-fm/src/help/bindings.rs
index 8e9ebec2..99b61e49 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/help/bindings.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/help/bindings.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl Widget for Bindings<'_> {
 		// Desc
 		let col3: Vec<_> = bindings
 			.iter()
-			.map(|c| ListItem::new(c.desc.as_deref().unwrap_or("-")).style(THEME.help.desc))
+			.map(|c| ListItem::new(c.desc().unwrap_or("-".into())).style(THEME.help.desc))
 			.collect();
 
 		let chunks = layout::Layout::horizontal([