keybindings.md

Keybindings

Keyboard shortcuts for Ghostty terminal and tmux.

Ghostty Terminal

Tabs

Action	Keybinding
New tab	Ctrl+Shift+T
Close tab	Ctrl+Shift+W
Next tab	Ctrl+Tab
Previous tab	Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Go to tab 1-9	Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+9

Splits

Action	Keybinding
Split right (vertical)	Ctrl+Shift+D
Split down (horizontal)	Ctrl+Shift+E
Navigate left	Ctrl+Shift+H
Navigate down	Ctrl+Shift+J
Navigate up	Ctrl+Shift+K
Navigate right	Ctrl+Shift+L
Close split	Ctrl+Shift+W

Font Size

Action	Keybinding
Increase font	Ctrl++ or Ctrl+=
Decrease font	Ctrl+-
Reset font	Ctrl+0

Other

Action	Keybinding
Copy	Ctrl+Shift+C
Paste	Ctrl+Shift+V
Clear screen	Ctrl+Shift+K
Open config	Edit ~/.config/ghostty/config

Tmux

Prefix key: Ctrl+b (press this first, then the command key)

Sessions

Action	Keys
New session	:new -s name
Detach	Ctrl+b, d
List sessions	Ctrl+b, s
Rename session	Ctrl+b, $

Windows (Tabs)

Action	Keys
New window	Ctrl+b, c
Next window	Ctrl+b, n
Previous window	Ctrl+b, p
Go to window 0-9	Ctrl+b, 0-9
Rename window	Ctrl+b, ,
Close window	Ctrl+b, &
List windows	Ctrl+b, w

Panes (Splits)

Action	Keys
Split horizontal	Ctrl+b, "
Split vertical	Ctrl+b, %
Navigate panes	Ctrl+b, arrow keys
Toggle layouts	Ctrl+b, Space
Zoom pane (fullscreen)	Ctrl+b, z
Close pane	Ctrl+b, x
Resize pane	Ctrl+b, Ctrl+arrow

Copy Mode (Scroll/Search)

Action	Keys
Enter copy mode	Ctrl+b, [
Exit copy mode	q
Scroll up	Page Up or Ctrl+u
Scroll down	Page Down or Ctrl+d
Search forward	/
Search backward	?
Next match	n
Previous match	N

Useful Commands

# From command line
tmux new -s work        # New session named "work"
tmux ls                 # List sessions
tmux attach -t work     # Attach to session
tmux kill-session -t work  # Kill session

# Inside tmux (prefix + :)
:resize-pane -D 10      # Resize down 10 lines
:resize-pane -R 20      # Resize right 20 cols
:setw synchronize-panes # Type in all panes

Zsh / Shell

Line Editing

Action	Keybinding
Move to start of line	Ctrl+a or Home
Move to end of line	Ctrl+e or End
Move word left	Ctrl+← or Alt+←
Move word right	Ctrl+→ or Alt+→
Delete word backward	Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+w
Delete word forward	Ctrl+Delete
Delete to end of line	Ctrl+k
Delete to start of line	Ctrl+u
Undo	Ctrl+_

History

Action	Keybinding
Search history	Ctrl+r (uses Atuin if installed)
Previous command	↑
Next command	↓
Run last command	!!
Run last command with sudo	sudo !!

Completion

Action	Keybinding
Complete	Tab
Show completions	Tab Tab
Accept autosuggestion	→ (right arrow)
Accept word from suggestion	Ctrl+→

Lazygit

Action	Key
Open	lg (alias)
Stage/unstage file	Space
Stage all	a
Commit	c
Push	P
Pull	p
Fetch	f
Stash	s
Help	?
Quit	q

btop (Resource Monitor)

Action	Key
Open	btop or top (alias)
Quit	q
Help	h
Process menu	Enter
Kill process	k
Filter processes	f
Sort by CPU	c
Sort by memory	m
Tree view	t

ncdu (Disk Usage)

Action	Key
Navigate	Arrow keys
Delete file/dir	d
Info	i
Refresh	r
Quit	q
Sort by size	s
Sort by name	n
Toggle hidden	e