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.

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

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