# Kitty Terminal Commands

## Scrolling & Navigation

| Command | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---------|-------------------|
| Line up | `ctrl+shift+up` (also `⌥+⌘+⇞` and `⌘+↑` on macOS) |
| Line down | `ctrl+shift+down` (also `⌥+⌘+⇟` and `⌘+↓` on macOS) |
| Page up | `ctrl+shift+page_up` (also `⌘+⇞` on macOS) |
| Page down | `ctrl+shift+page_down` (also `⌘+⇟` on macOS) |
| Top | `ctrl+shift+home` (also `⌘+↖` on macOS) |
| Bottom | `ctrl+shift+end` (also `⌘+↘` on macOS) |
| Previous shell prompt | `ctrl+shift+z` (see Shell integration) |
| Next shell prompt | `ctrl+shift+x` (see Shell integration) |
| Browse scrollback in less | `ctrl+shift+h` |
| Browse last cmd output | `ctrl+shift+g` (see Shell integration) |

## Tab Management

| Command | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---------|-------------------|
| New tab | `ctrl+shift+t` (also `⌘+t` on macOS) |
| Close tab | `ctrl+shift+q` (also `⌘+w` on macOS) |
| Next tab | `ctrl+shift+right` (also `⇧+⌃+⇥` and `⇧+⌘+]` on macOS) |
| Previous tab | `ctrl+shift+left` (also `⇧+⌃+⇥` and `⇧+⌘+[` on macOS) |
| Move tab forward | `ctrl+shift+.` |
| Move tab backward | `ctrl+shift+,` |
| Set tab title | `ctrl+shift+alt+t` (also `⇧+⌘+i` on macOS) |

## Window Management

| Command | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---------|-------------------|
| New window | `ctrl+shift+enter` (also `⌘+↩` on macOS) |
| New OS window | `ctrl+shift+n` (also `⌘+n` on macOS) |
| Close window | `ctrl+shift+w` (also `⇧+⌘+d` on macOS) |
| Close non-active windows (*) | `F9` |
| Resize window | `ctrl+shift+r` (also `⌘+r` on macOS) |
| Next window | `ctrl+shift+]` |
| Previous window | `ctrl+shift+[` |
| Move window forward | `ctrl+shift+f` |
| Move window backward | `ctrl+shift+b` |
| Move window to top | `ctrl+shift+`` |
| Visually focus window | `ctrl+shift+f7` |
| Visually swap window | `ctrl+shift+f8` |
| Focus specific window | `ctrl+shift+1`, `ctrl+shift+2` … `ctrl+shift+0` (also `⌘+1`, `⌘+2` … `⌘+9` on macOS) (clockwise from the top-left) |
| Next layout | `ctrl+shift+l` |

## Copy & Paste

| Command | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---------|-------------------|
| Copy to clipboard | `ctrl+shift+c` (also `⌘+c` on macOS) |
| Paste from clipboard | `ctrl+shift+v` (also `⌘+v` on macOS) |
| Paste from selection | `ctrl+shift+s` |
| Pass selection to program | `ctrl+shift+o` |

## Font & Display

| Command | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---------|-------------------|
| Increase font size | `ctrl+shift+equal` (also `⌘++` on macOS) |
| Decrease font size | `ctrl+shift+minus` (also `⌘+-` on macOS) |
| Restore font size | `ctrl+shift+backspace` (also `⌘+0` on macOS) |
| Toggle fullscreen | `ctrl+shift+f11` (also `⌃+⌘+f` on macOS) |
| Toggle maximized | `ctrl+shift+f10` |
| Increase background opacity | `ctrl+shift+a>m` |
| Decrease background opacity | `ctrl+shift+a>l` |
| Full background opacity | `ctrl+shift+a>1` |
| Reset background opacity | `ctrl+shift+a>d` |

## Configuration & System

| Command | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---------|-------------------|
| Edit kitty.conf | `ctrl+shift+f2` (also `⌘+,` on macOS) |
| Reload kitty.conf | `ctrl+shift+f5` (also `⌃+⌘+,` on macOS) |
| Debug kitty.conf | `ctrl+shift+f6` (also `⌥+⌘+,` on macOS) |
| Reset the terminal | `ctrl+shift+delete` (also `⌥+⌘+r` on macOS) |
| Open a kitty shell | `ctrl+shift+escape` |
| Show this help | `ctrl+shift+f1` |

## Miscellaneous

| Command | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---------|-------------------|
| Input Unicode character | `ctrl+shift+u` (also `⌃+⌘+space` on macOS) |
| Open URL in web browser | `ctrl+shift+e` |