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Kitty 0.25.0 (MacOS) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 5/3/2022 on
https://defkey.com/kitty-0-25-0-macos-shortcuts

Kitty is a free and open-source terminal emulator for Linux and macOS. It
provides GPU support and focuses on performance and features.

Kitty 0.25.0 (MacOS) has 74 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Tabs and windows
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Scrolling

Option + Command + Page Up Line up
Option + Cmd + Up arrow Line up
Option + Command + Page Down Line down
Option + Cmd + Down arrow Line down
Command + Page Up       Page up
Command + Page Down     Page down
Cmd + Home              Top
Cmd + End               Bottom
Control + Shift + Z     Previous shell prompt
Control + Shift + X     Next shell prompt
Control + Shift + H     Browse scrollback in less
Control + Shift + G     Browse last cmd output

Tabs

Control + Shift + T     New tab
Cmd + T                 New tab
Control + Shift + Q     Close tab
Cmd + W                 Close tab
Control + Shift + Right arrow Next tab
Control + Tab           Next tab
Shift + Cmd + ]         Next tab
Control + Shift + Left arrow Previous tab
Shift + Control + Tab   Previous tab
Shift + Cmd + [         Previous tab
Control + Shift + L     Next layout
Control + Shift + .     Move tab forward
Control + Shift + ,     Move tab backward
Shift + Cmd + I         Set tab title

Windows

Control + Shift + Enter New window
Cmd + Enter             New window
Control + Shift + N     New OS window
Cmd + N                 New OS window
Control + Shift + W     Close window
Shift + Cmd + D         Close window
Control + Shift + ]     Next window
Control + Shift + [     Previous window
Control + Shift + F     Move window forward
Control + Shift + B     Move window backward
Control + Shift + `     Move window to top
Control + Shift + F7    Visually focus window
Control + Shift + F8    Visually swap window
Control + Shift + [0 - 9] Focus specific window
Cmd + [1 - 9]           Focus specific window

Keyboard shortcuts can be defined for neightboring windows and moving
windows around in kitty.conf. Example:

map ctrl+left neighboring_window left

map shift+left move_window right

map ctrl+down neighboring_window down

map shift+down move_window up

More information can be found in the documentation.



Misc.
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Control + Shift + C     Copy to clipboard
Cmd + C                 Copy to clipboard
Control + Shift + V     Paste from clipboard
Cmd + V                 Paste from clipboard
Control + Shift + S     Paste from selection
Control + Shift + =     Increase font size
Cmd + +                 Increase font size
Control + Shift + -     Decrease font size
Cmd + -                 Decrease font size
Control + Shift + Backspace Restore font size
Cmd + 0                 Restore font size
Control + Shift + F11   Toggle fullscreen
Control + Cmd + F       Toggle fullscreen
Control + Shift + F10   Toggle maximized
Control + Shift + U     Input unicode character
Control + Cmd + Space   Input unicode character
Control + Shift + E     Open URL in web browser
Control + Shift + Del   Reset the terminal
Option + Cmd + R        Reset the terminal
Control + Shift + F5    Reload kitty.conf
Control + Cmd + ,       Reload kitty.conf
Control + Shift + F6    Debug kitty.conf
Option + Cmd + ,        Debug kitty.conf
Control + Shift + O     Pass current selection to program
Control + Shift + F2    Edit kitty config file
Cmd + ,                 Edit kitty config file
Control + Shift + Esc   Open a kitty shell
Control + Shift + A then M Increase background opacity
Control + Shift + A then L Decrease background opacity
Control + Shift + A then 1 Full background opacity
Control + Shift + A then D Reset background opacity


Mouse
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Selecting text will automatically copy it to the primary clipboard.

Control + Shift + Right click Open the output of the clicked on command in a pager (requires shell
integration)
Shift                   Select text even when a terminal program has grabbed the mouse)

Source: sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview


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