ghostty-shortcuts.md

Ghostty Keyboard Shortcuts

Default keyboard shortcuts for Ghostty terminal emulator. Platform-specific differences are noted where applicable.

Window Management

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
New window	Ctrl+Shift+N	Cmd+N
Close window	Alt+F4	Cmd+Shift+W
Close all windows	-	Cmd+Shift+Option+W
Toggle fullscreen	Ctrl+Enter	Cmd+Enter or Cmd+Ctrl+F
Quit application	Ctrl+Shift+Q	Cmd+Q

Tab Management

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
New tab	Ctrl+Shift+T	Cmd+T
Close tab/surface	Ctrl+Shift+W	Cmd+W
Previous tab	Ctrl+Shift+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+Left, Ctrl+Page Up	Cmd+Shift+[
Next tab	Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+Right, Ctrl+Page Down	Cmd+Shift+]
Go to tab 1-8	Alt+[1-8]	Cmd+[1-8]
Go to last tab	Alt+9	Cmd+9
Move tab	-	-

Split Management

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
New split (right)	Ctrl+Shift+O	Cmd+D
New split (down)	Ctrl+Shift+E	Cmd+Shift+D
Focus previous split	Ctrl+Super+[	Cmd+[
Focus next split	Ctrl+Super+]	Cmd+]
Focus split up	Ctrl+Alt+Up	Cmd+Option+Up
Focus split down	Ctrl+Alt+Down	Cmd+Option+Down
Focus split left	Ctrl+Alt+Left	Cmd+Option+Left
Focus split right	Ctrl+Alt+Right	Cmd+Option+Right
Toggle split zoom	Ctrl+Shift+Enter	Cmd+Shift+Enter
Resize split up	Ctrl+Super+Shift+Up	Cmd+Ctrl+Up
Resize split down	Ctrl+Super+Shift+Down	Cmd+Ctrl+Down
Resize split left	Ctrl+Super+Shift+Left	Cmd+Ctrl+Left
Resize split right	Ctrl+Super+Shift+Right	Cmd+Ctrl+Right
Equalize splits	Ctrl+Super+Shift+=	Cmd+Ctrl+=

Copy & Paste

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Copy	Ctrl+Shift+C	Cmd+C
Paste	Ctrl+Shift+V	Cmd+V
Paste from selection	Shift+Insert	-

Text Navigation

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Scroll to top	Shift+Home	Cmd+Home
Scroll to bottom	Shift+End	Cmd+End
Scroll page up	Shift+Page Up	Cmd+Page Up
Scroll page down	Shift+Page Down	Cmd+Page Down
Jump to previous prompt	Ctrl+Shift+Page Up	Cmd+Up
Jump to next prompt	Ctrl+Shift+Page Down	Cmd+Down
Clear screen	-	Cmd+K

Font Size

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Increase font size	Ctrl++/Ctrl+=	Cmd++/Cmd+=
Decrease font size	Ctrl+-	Cmd+-
Reset font size	Ctrl+0	Cmd+0

Configuration

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Open config	Ctrl+,	Cmd+,
Reload config	Ctrl+Shift+,	Cmd+Shift+,

Inspector

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Toggle inspector	Ctrl+Shift+I	Cmd+Option+I

Scrollback

Action	Windows/Linux	macOS
Write scrollback to file (paste)	Ctrl+Shift+J	Cmd+Shift+J
Write scrollback to file (open)	Ctrl+Shift+Alt+J	Cmd+Shift+Option+J

Note: These are the default keybindings. All keybindings can be customized through the configuration file using the keybind option.

I wonder why I found it here and not in official docs.

thanks

Thanks for saving me a headache 👍

thx

I guess they feel they are so "native" they dont really have to add them to their docs hehe

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What is the shortcut to find or search on Mac?

@Samk13 Search is not yet supported. As a temporary solution, I added this line in the config on my macOS:

keybind = "ctrl+f=write_scrollback_file:open"

Pressing Ctrl + F now opens up a textedit file containing the content of the current terminal's output, and you can Cmd + F to search in that file. Not elegant but a fine stopgap solution for me.

@qu8n, cool workaround! I later noticed the limitation too, and I'm currently using tmux to get by while the issue gets sorted out using Ctrl-b [ / foo b n. I’ll give your method a try though. Appreciate you sharing it!

Thanks. This is much helpful.

BTW, how do we close a split?

@jenil777007 Ctrl + Alt + D in linux

@jenil777007 Ctrl + Alt + D in linux

That doesn't work for me. I feel like I've tried many different key combinations and other terminal defaults.
I can not figure out how to close a split, or what to add to the configuration to do this.

Hey folks, for mac to close a split I think Cmd + W works

@jenil777007

Closing a split on macos is Ctrl + D.

Maybe not as nice of formatting, but you can also do it with this: ghostty +list-keybinds --default

tky

@Samk13 Search is not yet supported. As a temporary solution, I added this line in the config on my macOS:

keybind = "ctrl+f=write_scrollback_file:open"

Pressing Ctrl + F now opens up a textedit file containing the content of the current terminal's output, and you can Cmd + F to search in that file. Not elegant but a fine stopgap solution for me.

wild

I wonder why I found it here and not in official docs.

me too!

wow, I just randomly type "Cmd+Shift+" and it showed me all the sessions!

Yooo, someone know how change the cursor style, like block or line?

@jorgeobnd the only thing I've achieved to do is to make it thick: adjust-cursor-thickness = 3
there is this option in settings: https://ghostty.org/docs/config/reference#cursor-style

though, it did not work for me. probably I would need to configure fish for that

How to set a keyboard shortcut for activating the dropdown terminal on macOS, or what is the shortcut?
Nevermind, found it.

UPDATE
@rubywwwilde keybind = global:cmd+grave_accent=toggle_quick_terminal Add this to your config and then use the command plus tilde key combination to toggle the drop-down terminal. Here, the grave accent is the tilde key on the keyboard.

@avinashkanaujiya what is the shortcut?

UPDATE Thank you

Is there really still no Search? I need Search 1000x more than I need splits

thank you! why the hell isn't this found in the Ghostty docs smh