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Kitty Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

Kitty terminal keyboard shortcuts

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Scrolling

Line up
ctrl+s­hift+up
Line down
ctrl+s­hif­t+down
Page Up
ctrl+s­hif­t+p­age_up
Page Down
ctrl+s­hif­t+p­age­_down
Top
ctrl+s­hif­t+home
Bottom
ctrl+s­hif­t+end
Previous shell prompt
ctrl+s­hift+z
Next shell prompt
ctrl+s­hift+x
Browse scrollback in less
ctrl+s­hift+h
Browse last cmd output
ctrl+s­hift+g (see Shell integr­ation)
The scroll actions only take effect when the terminal is in the main screen. When the alternate screen is active (for example when using a full screen program like an editor) the key events are instead passed to program running in the terminal.

Windows

New Windows
ctrl+s­hif­t+enter
New OS windows
ctrl+s­hift+n
Close Windows
ctrl+s­hift+w
Next Windows
ctrl+s­hift+]
Previous Windows
ctrl+s­hift+[
Move window foward
ctrl+s­hift+f
Move windows backward
ctrl+s­hift+b
Move windows to top
ctrl+s­hift+`
Visually focus window
ctrl+s­hift+f7
Visually swap window
ctrl+s­hift+f8
Focus spesific window
ctrl+s­hift+1, ctrl+s­hift+2 … ctrl+s­hift+0

Tabs

New tab
ctrl+s­hift+t
Close Tab
ctrl+s­hift+q
Next layout
ctrl+s­hift+l
Next Tab
ctrl+s­hif­t+right
Previous Tab
ctrl+s­hif­t+left
Move tab Forward
ctrl+s­hift+.
Move tab backward
ctrl+s­hift+,
Set Tab title
ctrl+s­hif­t+alt+t

Other Keyboard shortcuts

Copy to cliboard
ctrl+s­hift+c
Paste from clipboard
ctrl+s­hift+v
Paste from selection
ctrl+s­hift+s
Pass selection to program
ctrl+s­hift+o
Increase font size
ctrl+s­hift+=
Decrease font size
ctrl+s­hif­t+minus
Restore font size
ctrl+s­hif­t+b­ack­space
Toggle fullscreen
ctrl+s­hif­t+f11
Toggde maximized
ctrl+s­hif­t+f10
Input Unicode character
ctrl+s­hift+u
Open URL in web browser
ctrl+s­hift+e
Reset the terminal
ctrl+s­hif­t+d­elete
Edit kitty.conf
ctrl+s­hift+f2
Reload kitty.conf
ctrl+s­hift+f5
Debug kitty.conf
ctrl+s­hift+f6
Open a kitty shell
ctrl+s­hif­t+e­scape
Increase background opacity
ctrl+s­hif­t+alt+i
Decrease background opacity
ctrl+s­hif­t+alt+d
Reset background opacity
ctrl+s­hif­t+alt+r