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Kitty 0.25.0 (Linux) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 5/2/2022 on
https://defkey.com/kitty-0-25-linux-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 (Linux) has 53 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Tabs and windows
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Scrolling

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

Tabs

Ctrl + Shift + T        New tab
Ctrl + Shift + Q        Close tab
Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Previous tab
Ctrl + Shift + L        Next layout
Ctrl + Shift + .        Move tab forward
Ctrl + Shift + ,        Move tab backward
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + T  Set tab title

Windows

Ctrl + Shift + Enter    New window
Ctrl + Shift + N        New OS window
Ctrl + Shift + W        Close window
Ctrl + Shift + ]        Next window
Ctrl + Shift + [        Previous window
Ctrl + Shift + F        Move window forward
Ctrl + Shift + B        Move window backward
Ctrl + Shift + `        Move window to top
Ctrl + Shift + F7       Visually focus window
Ctrl + Shift + F8       Visually swap window
Ctrl + Shift + [0 - 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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Ctrl + Shift + C        Copy to clipboard
Ctrl + Shift + V        Paste from clipboard
Ctrl + Shift + S        Paste from selection
Ctrl + Shift + =        Increase font size
Ctrl + Shift + -        Decrease font size
Ctrl + Shift + Backspace Restore font size
Ctrl + Shift + F11      Toggle fullscreen
Ctrl + Shift + F10      Toggle maximized
Ctrl + Shift + U        Input unicode character
Ctrl + Shift + E        Open URL in web browser
Ctrl + Shift + Del      Reset the terminal
Ctrl + Shift + F5       Reload kitty.conf
Ctrl + Shift + F6       Debug kitty.conf
Ctrl + Shift + O        Pass current selection to program
Ctrl + Shift + F2       Edit kitty config file
Ctrl + Shift + Esc      Open a kitty shell
Ctrl + Shift + A then M Increase background opacity
Ctrl + Shift + A then L Decrease background opacity
Ctrl + Shift + A then 1 Full background opacity
Ctrl + Shift + A then D Reset background opacity


Mouse
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Ctrl + Alt + Click three times (rapidly) Select from clicked point to end of line
Ctrl + Alt + Left click + Move the mouse (drag with the mouse) Select in columns

Selecting text will automatically copy it to the primary clipboard.

Ctrl + 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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