# vim:fileencoding=utf-8:ft=conf:foldmethod=marker #: Keyboard shortcuts {{{ #: For a list of key names, see: GLFW keys #: . The name to #: use is the part after the GLFW_KEY_ prefix. For a list of modifier #: names, see: GLFW mods #: #: On Linux you can also use XKB key names to bind keys that are not #: supported by GLFW. See XKB keys #: for a list of key names. The name to use is the part #: after the XKB_KEY_ prefix. Note that you should only use an XKB key #: name for keys that are not present in the list of GLFW keys. #: Finally, you can use raw system key codes to map keys. To see the #: system key code for a key, start kitty with the kitty --debug- #: keyboard option. Then kitty will output some debug text for every #: key event. In that text look for ``native_code`` the value of that #: becomes the key name in the shortcut. For example: #: .. code-block:: none #: on_key_input: glfw key: 65 native_code: 0x61 action: PRESS mods: 0x0 text: 'a' #: Here, the key name for the A key is 0x61 and you can use it with:: #: map ctrl+0x61 something #: to map ctrl+a to something. #: You can use the special action no_op to unmap a keyboard shortcut #: that is assigned in the default configuration:: #: map kitty_mod+space no_op #: You can combine multiple actions to be triggered by a single #: shortcut, using the syntax below:: #: map key combine action1 action2 action3 ... #: For example:: #: map kitty_mod+e combine : new_window : next_layout #: this will create a new window and switch to the next available #: layout #: You can use multi-key shortcuts using the syntax shown below:: #: map key1>key2>key3 action #: For example:: #: map ctrl+f>2 set_font_size 20 kitty_mod ctrl+shift #: The value of kitty_mod is used as the modifier for all default #: shortcuts, you can change it in your kitty.conf to change the #: modifiers for all the default shortcuts. clear_all_shortcuts yes #: You can have kitty remove all shortcut definition seen up to this #: point. Useful, for instance, to remove the default shortcuts. # kitten_alias hints hints --hints-offset=0 #: You can create aliases for kitten names, this allows overriding the #: defaults for kitten options and can also be used to shorten #: repeated mappings of the same kitten with a specific group of #: options. For example, the above alias changes the default value of #: kitty +kitten hints --hints-offset to zero for all mappings, #: including the builtin ones. #: Clipboard {{{ #map kitty_mod+c copy_to_clipboard map super+0x63 copy_to_clipboard #: There is also a copy_or_interrupt action that can be optionally #: mapped to Ctrl+c. It will copy only if there is a selection and #: send an interrupt otherwise. #map kitty_mod+v paste_from_clipboard map super+0x76 paste_from_clipboard map super+0x73 paste_from_selection #map kitty_mod+s paste_from_selection # map shift+insert paste_from_selection map kitty_mod+o pass_selection_to_program #: You can also pass the contents of the current selection to any #: program using pass_selection_to_program. By default, the system's #: open program is used, but you can specify your own, the selection #: will be passed as a command line argument to the program, for #: example:: #: map kitty_mod+o pass_selection_to_program firefox #: You can pass the current selection to a terminal program running in #: a new kitty window, by using the @selection placeholder:: #: map kitty_mod+y new_window less @selection #: }}} #: Scrolling {{{ #map kitty_mod+up scroll_line_up #map kitty_mod+k scroll_line_up #map kitty_mod+down scroll_line_down #map kitty_mod+j scroll_line_down #map kitty_mod+page_up scroll_page_up #map kitty_mod+page_down scroll_page_down #map kitty_mod+home scroll_home #map kitty_mod+end scroll_end #map kitty_mod+h show_scrollback map shift+up scroll_line_up map kitty_mod+k scroll_line_up map shift+down scroll_line_down map kitty_mod+j scroll_line_down map shift+page_up scroll_page_up map shift+page_down scroll_page_down map shift+home scroll_home map shift+end scroll_end map kitty_mod+h show_scrollback #: You can pipe the contents of the current screen + history buffer as #: STDIN to an arbitrary program using the ``pipe`` function. For #: example, the following opens the scrollback buffer in less in an #: overlay window:: #: map f1 pipe @ansi overlay less +G -R #: For more details on piping screen and buffer contents to external #: programs, see pipe. #: }}} #: Window management {{{ map super+enter new_window map super+shift+enter new_os_window #map kitty_mod+enter new_window #: You can open a new window running an arbitrary program, for #: example:: #: map kitty_mod+y new_window mutt #: You can open a new window with the current working directory set to #: the working directory of the current window using:: #: map ctrl+alt+enter new_window_with_cwd #: You can open a new window that is allowed to control kitty via the #: kitty remote control facility by prefixing the command line with @. #: Any programs running in that window will be allowed to control #: kitty. For example:: #: map ctrl+enter new_window @ some_program #: You can open a new window next to the currently active window or as #: the first window, with:: #: map ctrl+n new_window !neighbor some_program #: map ctrl+f new_window !first some_program #: map kitty_mod+n new_os_window #: Works like new_window above, except that it opens a top level OS #: kitty window. In particular you can use new_os_window_with_cwd to #: open a window with the current working directory. map kitty_mod+w close_window #map kitty_mod+] next_window #map kitty_mod+[ previous_window map ctrl+0xff56 next_window map ctrl+0xff55 previous_window #map kitty_mod+f move_window_forward #map kitty_mod+b move_window_backward map ctrl+shift+page_down move_window_forward map ctrl+shift+page_up move_window_backward #map kitty_mod+` move_window_to_top map kitty_mod+home move_window_to_top map kitty_mod+r start_resizing_window map kitty_mod+1 first_window map kitty_mod+2 second_window map kitty_mod+3 third_window map kitty_mod+4 fourth_window map kitty_mod+5 fifth_window map kitty_mod+6 sixth_window map kitty_mod+7 seventh_window map kitty_mod+8 eighth_window map kitty_mod+9 ninth_window map kitty_mod+0 tenth_window #: }}} #: Tab management {{{ map kitty_mod+right next_tab map kitty_mod+left previous_tab map kitty_mod+t new_tab map kitty_mod+q close_tab map kitty_mod+. move_tab_forward map kitty_mod+, move_tab_backward map kitty_mod+alt+t set_tab_title #: You can also create shortcuts to go to specific tabs, with 1 being #: the first tab, 2 the second tab and -1 being the previously active #: tab:: #: map ctrl+alt+1 goto_tab 1 #: map ctrl+alt+2 goto_tab 2 #: Just as with new_window above, you can also pass the name of #: arbitrary commands to run when using new_tab and use #: new_tab_with_cwd. Finally, if you want the new tab to open next to #: the current tab rather than at the end of the tabs list, use:: #: map ctrl+t new_tab !neighbor [optional cmd to run] #: }}} #: Layout management {{{ map kitty_mod+l next_layout #: You can also create shortcuts to switch to specific layouts:: #: map ctrl+alt+t goto_layout tall #: map ctrl+alt+s goto_layout stack #: Similarly, to switch back to the previous layout:: #: map ctrl+alt+p last_used_layout #: }}} #: Font sizes {{{ #: You can change the font size for all top-level kitty OS windows at #: a time or only the current one. map kitty_mod+equal change_font_size all +2.0 map kitty_mod+minus change_font_size all -2.0 map kitty_mod+backspace change_font_size all 0 #: To setup shortcuts for specific font sizes:: #: map kitty_mod+f6 change_font_size all 10.0 #: To setup shortcuts to change only the current OS window's font #: size:: #: map kitty_mod+f6 change_font_size current 10.0 #: }}} #: Select and act on visible text {{{ #: Use the hints kitten to select text and either pass it to an #: external program or insert it into the terminal or copy it to the #: clipboard. map kitty_mod+e kitten hints #: Open a currently visible URL using the keyboard. The program used #: to open the URL is specified in open_url_with. map kitty_mod+p>f kitten hints --type path --program - #: Select a path/filename and insert it into the terminal. Useful, for #: instance to run git commands on a filename output from a previous #: git command. map kitty_mod+p>shift+f kitten hints --type path #: Select a path/filename and open it with the default open program. map kitty_mod+p>l kitten hints --type line --program - #: Select a line of text and insert it into the terminal. Use for the #: output of things like: ls -1 map kitty_mod+p>w kitten hints --type word --program - #: Select words and insert into terminal. map kitty_mod+p>h kitten hints --type hash --program - #: Select something that looks like a hash and insert it into the #: terminal. Useful with git, which uses sha1 hashes to identify #: commits #: The hints kitten has many more modes of operation that you can map #: to different shortcuts. For a full description see kittens/hints. #: }}} #: Miscellaneous {{{ map kitty_mod+f11 toggle_fullscreen map kitty_mod+f10 toggle_maximized map kitty_mod+u kitten unicode_input map kitty_mod+f2 edit_config_file map kitty_mod+escape kitty_shell window #: Open the kitty shell in a new window/tab/overlay/os_window to #: control kitty using commands. map kitty_mod+a>m set_background_opacity +0.1 map kitty_mod+a>l set_background_opacity -0.1 map kitty_mod+a>1 set_background_opacity 1 map kitty_mod+a>d set_background_opacity default map kitty_mod+delete clear_terminal reset active #: You can create shortcuts to clear/reset the terminal. For example:: #: # Reset the terminal #: map kitty_mod+f9 clear_terminal reset active #: # Clear the terminal screen by erasing all contents #: map kitty_mod+f10 clear_terminal clear active #: # Clear the terminal scrollback by erasing it #: map kitty_mod+f11 clear_terminal scrollback active #: # Scroll the contents of the screen into the scrollback #: map kitty_mod+f12 clear_terminal scroll active #: If you want to operate on all windows instead of just the current #: one, use all instead of active. #: It is also possible to remap Ctrl+L to both scroll the current #: screen contents into the scrollback buffer and clear the screen, #: instead of just clearing the screen:: #: map ctrl+l combine : clear_terminal scroll active : send_text normal,application \x0c #: You can tell kitty to send arbitrary (UTF-8) encoded text to the #: client program when pressing specified shortcut keys. For example:: #: map ctrl+alt+a send_text all Special text #: This will send "Special text" when you press the ctrl+alt+a key #: combination. The text to be sent is a python string literal so you #: can use escapes like \x1b to send control codes or \u21fb to send #: unicode characters (or you can just input the unicode characters #: directly as UTF-8 text). The first argument to send_text is the #: keyboard modes in which to activate the shortcut. The possible #: values are normal or application or kitty or a comma separated #: combination of them. The special keyword all means all modes. The #: modes normal and application refer to the DECCKM cursor key mode #: for terminals, and kitty refers to the special kitty extended #: keyboard protocol. #: Another example, that outputs a word and then moves the cursor to #: the start of the line (same as pressing the Home key):: #: map ctrl+alt+a send_text normal Word\x1b[H #: map ctrl+alt+a send_text application Word\x1bOH #: }}} # }}}