useful-docs/kitty-commands-table.md

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