kitty

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Default shortcuts

Scrolling

Tabs management

Other keyboard shortcuts

Shell integration

Windows management

Mappable actions

Copy/Paste

• copy_and_clear_or_interrupt: Copy the selected text from the active window to the clipboard and clear selection, if no selection, send Ctrl-C
• copy_or_interrupt: Copy the selected text from the active window to the clipboard, if no selection, send Ctrl-C
• copy_to_clipboard: Copy the selected text from the active window to the clipboard. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+c
• pass_selection_to_program: Pass selected text from active window to specified program. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+o
• paste: Paste the specified text into the current window
• show_scrollback: Show scrollback in a pager like less. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+h
• copy_to_buffer: Copy the selection from the active window to the specified buffer.
• paste_from_buffer: Paste from the specified buffer to the active window.
• paste_from_clipboard: Paste from the clipboard to the active window. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+v
• paste_from_selection: Paste from the clipboard to the active window. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+s

Mouse actions

• mouse_click_url: Click the URL under the mouse
• mouse_click_url_or_select: Click the URL under the mouse only if the screen has no selection
• mouse_selection: Manipulate the selection based on the current mouse position
• paste_selection: Paste the current primary selection
• paste_selection_or_clipboard: Paste the current primary selection or the clipboard if no selection is present

Scrolling

• scroll_end: Scroll to the bottom of the scrollback buffer. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+end
• scroll_home: Scroll to the top of the scrollback buffer. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+home
• scroll_line_down: Scroll down by one line. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+down
• scroll_line_up: Scroll up by one line. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+up
• scroll_page_down: Scroll down by one page. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+page_down
• scroll_page_up: Scroll up by one page. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+page_up

Windows management

• close_other_windows_in_tab: Close all windows in the tab other than the currently active window.
• close_window: Close the currently active window. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+w
• move_window: Move the window in the specified direction. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+b
• move_window_forward: Move active window forward (swap it with the next window). Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+f
• move_window_to_top: Move active window to the top (make it the first window). Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+`
• neighboring_window: Focus the neighboring window in the current tab. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+]
• nth_window: Focus the nth window if positive or the previously active windows if negative. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+[
• reset_window_sizes: Reset window sizes undoing any dynamic resizing of windows.
• resize_window: Resize the active window by the specified amount.
• change_font_size: Change the font size for the current or all OS Windows. Default shortcuts using this action: ctrl+shift+minus, ctrl+shift+equal, ctrl+shift+backspace
• close_os_window: Close the currently active OS Window. Default shortcut: shift+cmd+w
• detach_window: Detach a window, moving it to another tab or OS Window.
• new_os_window_with_cwd: New OS Window with the same working directory as the currently active window.
• new_window: Create a new window. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+enter
• new_window_with_cwd: Create a new window with working directory same as that of the active window.
• quit: Quit, closing all windows
• set_background_opacity: Set the background opacity for the active OS Window. Default shortcuts using this action: ctrl+shift+a>l, ctrl+shift+a>1, ctrl+shift+a>m, ctrl+shift+a>d
• start_resizing_window: Resize the active window interactively. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+r
• toggle_fullscreen: Toggle the fullscreen status of the active OS Window. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+f11
• toggle_maximized: Toggle the maximized status of the active OS Window. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+f10

Marks

• remove_marker: Remove a previously created marker
• scroll_to_mark: Scroll to the next or previous mark of the specified type
• toggle_marker: Toggle the current marker on/off
• create_marker: Create a new marker

Tab management

• detach_tab: Detach a tab, moving it to another OS Window
• goto_tab: Go to the specified tab, by number, starting with 1. Zero and negative numbers go to previously active tabs
• move_tab_backward: Move the active tab backward. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+,
• move_tab_forward: Move the active tab forward. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+.
• new_tab: Create a new tab. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+t
• new_tab_with_cwd: Create a new tab with working directory for the window in it set to the same as the active window.
• next_tab: Make the next tab active. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+right
• previous_tab: Make the previous tab active. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+left
• select_tab: Interactively select a tab to switch to
• set_tab_title: Change the title of the active tab. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+alt+t

Miscellaneous

• send_text: Send the specified text to the active window. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+alt+h
• signal_child: Send the specified SIGNAL to the foreground process in the active window.
• clear_terminal: Clear the terminal. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+delete
• combine: Combine multiple actions and map to a single keypress. The syntax is: map key combine separator action1 separator action2 separator action3 ...
• disable_ligatures_in: Turn on/off ligatures in the specified window.
• discard_event: Discard this event completely ignoring it.
• edit_config_file: Edit the kitty.conf config file in your favorite text editor. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+f2
• input_unicode_character: Input an arbitrary unicode character.
• kitten: Run the specified kitten. Default shortcuts using this action: ctrl+shift+p>n, ctrl+shift+u, ctrl+shift+p>h, ctrl+shift+p>l, ctrl+shift+p>f, ctrl+shift+p>w, ctrl+shift+p>y, ctrl+shift+p>shift+f
• kitty_shell: Run the kitty shell to control kitty with commands. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+escape
• launch: Launch the specified program in a new window/tab/etc.
• load_config_file: Reload the config file. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+f5
• open_url_with_hints: Click a URL using the keyboard. Default shortcut: ctrl+shift+e
• remote_control: Run a remote control command.
• set_colors: Change colors in the specified windows.
• show_kitty_env_vars: Show the environment variables that the kitty process sees.