keybinds

Keyboard shortcuts

Reference for all active keybindings across Ghostty, tmux, and zsh.

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Ghostty

No custom keybinds are defined; these are all defaults. Since Ghostty starts tmux on launch, native split/tab commands go through tmux in practice, but Ghostty-level window management still works.

How to list keybinds

Open the command palette with Cmd+Shift+P and search for actions, or see the full reference at https://ghostty.org/docs/config/keybind/reference.

How to modify keybinds

Edit the source file, then apply:

# Source file (chezmoi-managed)
~/.local/share/chezmoi/home/dot_config/ghostty/config

# After editing:
chezmoi apply

Format: keybind = trigger=action (e.g. keybind = cmd+k=clear_screen). See https://ghostty.org/docs/config/keybind.

Clipboard

Key	Action
Cmd+C	Copy to clipboard
Cmd+V	Paste from clipboard
Cmd+Shift+V	Paste from selection
Cmd+A	Select all

Windows & tabs

Key	Action
Cmd+N	New window
Cmd+W	Close surface (split/tab/window)
Cmd+Alt+W	Close tab
Cmd+Shift+W	Close window
Cmd+T	New tab
Cmd+Shift+[	Previous tab
Cmd+Shift+]	Next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Previous tab
Ctrl+Tab	Next tab
Cmd+1-Cmd+8	Go to tab 1-8
Cmd+9	Go to last tab

Splits (native Ghostty splits, not tmux)

Key	Action
Cmd+D	New split right
Cmd+Shift+D	New split down
Cmd+[	Previous split
Cmd+]	Next split
Cmd+Alt+Up/Down/Left/Right	Go to split in direction
Cmd+Ctrl+Up/Down/Left/Right	Resize split
Cmd+Ctrl+=	Equalize splits
Cmd+Shift+Enter	Toggle split zoom
Cmd+Enter	Toggle fullscreen
Cmd+Ctrl+F	Toggle fullscreen (alternate)

Font & display

Key	Action
Cmd+= / Cmd++	Increase font size
Cmd+-	Decrease font size
Cmd+0	Reset font size
Cmd+K	Clear screen

Search

Key	Action
Cmd+F	Start search
Cmd+G	Next search result
Cmd+Shift+G	Previous search result
Cmd+Shift+F / Escape	End search
Cmd+E	Search selection

Scrollback

Key	Action
Cmd+Home	Scroll to top
Cmd+End	Scroll to bottom
Cmd+Page Up	Scroll page up
Cmd+Page Down	Scroll page down
Cmd+J	Scroll to selection
Cmd+Up / Cmd+Shift+Up	Jump to previous prompt
Cmd+Down / Cmd+Shift+Down	Jump to next prompt

Screen capture

Key	Action
Cmd+Shift+J	Write screen to file and paste
Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+J	Write screen to file and copy
Cmd+Alt+Shift+J	Write screen to file and open

Config

Key	Action
Cmd+,	Open config
Cmd+Shift+,	Reload config
Cmd+Shift+P	Command palette
Cmd+Alt+I	Toggle inspector

Line editing (passthrough to shell)

Key	Action
Cmd+Right	Move to end of line (^E)
Cmd+Left	Move to beginning of line (^A)
Cmd+Backspace	Delete to beginning of line (^U)
Alt+Right	Forward word
Alt+Left	Backward word

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tmux

Prefix: Ctrl-a

Stock tmux bindings (Ctrl-b) are disabled. All bindings below require the prefix unless marked (no prefix).

How to list keybinds

# In a tmux session:
Ctrl-a ?          # interactive list (press q to exit)

# From the shell:
tmux list-keys
tmux list-keys -T copy-mode-vi

How to modify keybinds

Edit the local override file, then reload config (Ctrl-a r):

# Source file (chezmoi-managed)
~/.local/share/chezmoi/home/dot_config/tmux/tmux.conf.local

# After editing:
chezmoi apply
# Config is reloaded automatically on apply; or reload manually:
tmux source ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf.local

Do not modify ~/.tmux.conf (oh-my-tmux base) or ~/.tmux.conf.local directly; they are symlinked/managed by chezmoi. All custom bindings go in tmux.conf.local.

Sessions

Key	Action
Ctrl-a Ctrl-c	New session
Ctrl-a Ctrl-f	Find/switch session by name
Ctrl-a Shift-Tab	Switch to last session
Ctrl-a s	Interactive session/window tree
Ctrl-a $	Rename session
Ctrl-a d	Detach
Ctrl-a (	Previous client
Ctrl-a )	Next client
Ctrl-a D	Choose client to detach
Ctrl-a C-z	Suspend client

Windows

Key	Action
Ctrl-a c	New window
Ctrl-a Tab	Last active window
Ctrl-a Ctrl-h	Previous window (repeatable)
Ctrl-a Ctrl-l	Next window (repeatable)
Ctrl-a Ctrl-Shift-H	Swap window left (repeatable)
Ctrl-a Ctrl-Shift-L	Swap window right (repeatable)
Ctrl-a 0-9	Go to window by number
Ctrl-a '	Go to window by number (prompt)
Ctrl-a ,	Rename window
Ctrl-a .	Move window (prompt for target)
Ctrl-a f	Find window by content
Ctrl-a w	Interactive window/session tree
Ctrl-a &	Kill window (with confirmation)
Ctrl-a M-n	Next window with alert
Ctrl-a M-p	Previous window with alert
Ctrl-a M-o	Rotate windows
Ctrl-a C-o	Rotate panes in window

Panes

Key	Action
Ctrl-a -	Split pane top/bottom
Ctrl-a _	Split pane left/right
Ctrl-a h/j/k/l	Select pane left/down/up/right
Ctrl-a Up/Down/Left/Right	Select pane in direction (repeatable)
Ctrl-a H/J/K/L	Resize pane by 2 (repeatable)
Ctrl-a C-Up/Down/Left/Right	Resize pane by 1 (repeatable)
Ctrl-a M-Up/Down/Left/Right	Resize pane by 5 (repeatable)
Ctrl-a o	Cycle to next pane
Ctrl-a ;	Last active pane
Ctrl-a >	Swap pane with next
Ctrl-a <	Swap pane with previous
Ctrl-a {	Swap pane with previous (stock)
Ctrl-a }	Swap pane with next (stock)
Ctrl-a +	Maximize/restore pane
Ctrl-a z	Toggle pane zoom
Ctrl-a !	Break pane into new window
Ctrl-a q	Display pane numbers
Ctrl-a x	Kill pane (with confirmation)
Ctrl-a M	Toggle marked pane
Ctrl-a Space	Cycle to next layout
Ctrl-a E	Equalize pane sizes
Ctrl-a M-1	Layout: even-horizontal
Ctrl-a M-2	Layout: even-vertical
Ctrl-a M-3	Layout: main-horizontal
Ctrl-a M-4	Layout: main-vertical
Ctrl-a M-5	Layout: tiled
Ctrl-a i	Show pane info

Copy mode (vi bindings)

Enter with Ctrl-a Enter. Uses copy-mode-vi key table.

Navigation

Key	Action
h/j/k/l	Cursor left/down/up/right
w/W	Next word start (word/WORD)
b/B	Previous word start (word/WORD)
e/E	Next word end (word/WORD)
0 / ^	Start of line / first non-blank
$	End of line
H	Start of line (oh-my-tmux: remapped from top-of-screen)
L	End of line (oh-my-tmux: remapped from bottom-of-screen)
M	Middle line on screen
g / G	Top / bottom of history
:	Go to line (prompt)
{ / }	Previous / next paragraph
%	Jump to matching bracket
f<c> / F<c>	Jump forward/backward to character
t<c> / T<c>	Jump forward/backward before character
; / ,	Repeat last jump / reverse last jump
C-u / C-d	Half page up/down
C-b / C-f	Page up/down
C-e / C-y	Scroll down/up one line
J / K	Scroll down/up (oh-my-tmux bindings)
z	Centre view on cursor
PPage / NPage	Page up/down

Selection & copy

Key	Action
v / Space	Begin selection
V	Select entire line
Ctrl-v	Toggle rectangle selection
o	Move to other end of selection
y / Enter	Copy selection and exit copy mode
C-j	Copy selection (stay in copy mode)
A	Append selection and exit copy mode
D	Copy from cursor to end of line and exit
Escape / q	Cancel / exit copy mode

Search

Key	Action
/	Search forward (prompt)
?	Search backward (prompt)
n / N	Next / previous match
*	Search forward for word under cursor
#	Search backward for word under cursor
C-r	Incremental search backward (copy-mode only)
C-s	Incremental search forward (copy-mode only)

Marks

Key	Action
X	Set mark
M-x	Jump to mark

Paste buffers

Key	Action
Ctrl-a p / Ctrl-a ]	Paste from top buffer
Ctrl-a P	Choose buffer to paste (basic list)
Ctrl-a =	Choose buffer to paste (interactive)
Ctrl-a b / Ctrl-a #	List paste buffers
Ctrl-a y	Yank top buffer to system clipboard

Utilities

Key	Action
Ctrl-a r	Reload tmux config
Ctrl-a e	Open file in nvim in a split (prompts for filename)
Ctrl-a /	Open man page in a split (prompts for page name)
Ctrl-a m	Toggle mouse mode
Ctrl-a F	Launch fpp (file path picker)
Ctrl-a t	Show clock
Ctrl-a :	Command prompt
Ctrl-a ?	List all keybindings
Ctrl-a ~	Show message log
Ctrl-a C-a	Send prefix through to shell (pass-through Ctrl-a)
Ctrl-L (no prefix)	Clear screen and scrollback history

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zsh

How to list keybinds

# List all keymaps
bindkey -l

# List bindings in a specific keymap
bindkey -M vicmd   # normal mode
bindkey -M viins   # insert mode
bindkey -M menuselect  # completion menu

# List all ZLE widgets (including custom ones)
zle -al

# Show what a specific key is bound to
bindkey -M vicmd 'e'

How to modify keybinds

Edit the keybinds file, then reload zsh or source the file:

# Source file (chezmoi-managed)
~/.local/share/chezmoi/home/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc.d/keybinds.zsh

# After editing:
chezmoi apply
source ~/.config/zsh/.zshrc.d/keybinds.zsh  # or open a new shell

Format: bindkey -M <keymap> '<keys>' <widget>. Custom widgets must be defined with zle -N <widget> <function> before binding. See man zshzle.

vi mode

zsh runs in vi mode (from oh-my-zsh/vi-mode). Press Esc to enter normal mode; i or a to return to insert.

Normal mode (vicmd)

Key	Action
vv	Edit command in $EDITOR (see note below)
e	Edit command in vim (custom)
Standard vi motions	h/l move cursor, w/b/e word movement, 0/$ line start/end, etc.
p / P	Paste from clipboard
y + motion	Yank to clipboard
d + motion	Delete to clipboard
c + motion	Change to clipboard

Note on vv: This requires two v keypresses within $KEYTIMEOUT milliseconds (zsh default: 40ms). With the default timeout it is nearly impossible to trigger reliably because the first v dispatches immediately to visual-mode. Raising KEYTIMEOUT to 15+ makes it usable. The e binding is provided as a single-keystroke alternative that avoids this issue entirely.

Insert mode

Key	Action
Ctrl-P	Previous history entry
Ctrl-N	Next history entry
Ctrl-R	Incremental history search backward
Ctrl-S	Incremental history search forward
Ctrl-A	Move to beginning of line
Ctrl-E	Move to end of line
Ctrl-W	Delete word backward
Ctrl-H / Backspace	Delete character backward

History substring search (oh-my-zsh plugin)

Searches only within history entries that match what you've already typed.

Key	Action
Up	Search history backward (substring match)
Down	Search history forward (substring match)

zsh-autosuggestions

Suggestions appear greyed out as you type, based on history.

Key	Action
Right or End	Accept full suggestion
Alt+Right or word-forward motion	Accept suggestion up to next word
Any history navigation key	Clear suggestion

Completion menu

Active when a completion menu is open (Tab to open).

Key	Action
Space	Accept and infer next history entry
Backspace	Undo last completion
Arrow keys	Navigate menu
Tab	Next completion
Shift+Tab	Previous completion

Custom bindings (keybinds.zsh)

Key	Action
Alt+Left	Backward word
Alt+Right	Forward word