Kitty Keyboard Shortcuts
Run your terminal with flexible tabs and layouts.
⌘K
51 shortcuts / 6 sections
Scrolling
11Line up
⌃⇧↑Control Shift Up Arrow
Line down
⌃⇧↓Control Shift Down Arrow
Page up
⌃⇧PgUpControl Shift Page Up
Page down
⌃⇧PgDnControl Shift Page Down
Scroll to top
⌃⇧HomeControl Shift Home
Scroll to bottom
⌃⇧EndControl Shift End
Previous shell prompt
⌃⇧ZControl Shift Z
Next shell prompt
⌃⇧XControl Shift X
Browse scrollback in pager
⌃⇧HControl Shift H
Browse last command output
⌃⇧GControl Shift G
Search scrollback
⌃⇧/Control Shift /
Tabs
8New tab
⌃⇧TControl Shift T
Close tab
⌃⇧QControl Shift Q
Next tab
⌃⇧→Control Shift Right Arrow
Previous tab
⌃⇧←Control Shift Left Arrow
Next layout
⌃⇧LControl Shift L
Move tab forward
⌃⇧.Control Shift .
Move tab backward
⌃⇧,Control Shift ,
Set tab title
⌃⇧⌥TControl Shift Option T
Windows
11New window
⌃⇧↩Control Shift Enter
New OS window
⌃⇧NControl Shift N
Close window
⌃⇧WControl Shift W
Resize window
⌃⇧RControl Shift R
Next window
⌃⇧]Control Shift ]
Previous window
⌃⇧[Control Shift [
Move window forward
⌃⇧FControl Shift F
Move window backward
⌃⇧BControl Shift B
Move window to top
⌃⇧`Control Shift `
Visually focus window
⌃⇧F7Control Shift F7
Visually swap window
⌃⇧F8Control Shift F8
Clipboard
5Show help
⌃⇧F1Control Shift F1
Copy to clipboard
⌃⇧CControl Shift C
Paste from clipboard
⌃⇧VControl Shift V
Paste from selection
⌃⇧SControl Shift S
Pass selection to program
⌃⇧OControl Shift O
Font & View
5Increase font size
⌃⇧=Control Shift =
Decrease font size
⌃⇧-Control Shift -
Restore font size
⌃⇧⌫Control Shift Backspace
Toggle fullscreen
⌃⇧F11Control Shift F11
Toggle maximized
⌃⇧F10Control Shift F10
Configuration & Misc
11Input Unicode character
⌃⇧UControl Shift U
Open URL in browser
⌃⇧EControl Shift E
Reset the terminal
⌃⇧DELETEControl Shift DELETE
Edit kitty.conf
⌃⇧F2Control Shift F2
Reload kitty.conf
⌃⇧F5Control Shift F5
Debug kitty.conf
⌃⇧F6Control Shift F6
Open a kitty shell
⌃⇧⎋Control Shift Escape
Increase background opacity
⌃⇧AControl Shift AthenMM
Decrease background opacity
⌃⇧AControl Shift AthenLL
Full background opacity
⌃⇧AControl Shift Athen11
Reset background opacity
⌃⇧AControl Shift AthenDD