Start with these shortcuts
A focused selection from 30 documented actions. Switch to All to browse the reference.
- New terminal tab⌘T
- Close terminal tab⌘W
- Next terminal tabCtrlShift→
- Previous terminal tabCtrlShift←
- Next window layoutCtrlShiftL
- Move tab forwardCtrlShift.
- Move tab backwardCtrlShift,
- New terminal pane⌘Enter
- New OS window⌘N
- Close terminal paneCtrlShiftW
Tabs and layout
7Terminal and OS windows
7Scrollback
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CtrlShiftPageDown
macOSCtrlShiftPageDownLinuxCtrlShiftPageDown
Ctrl+Shift+PageDown
Clipboard and settings
9FAQ
Which shortcuts are covered?
Default kitty bindings on macOS and Linux. A kitty window is a terminal pane; an OS window is separate. Custom kitty.conf mappings may override these keys.
Which operating systems are included for kitty?
This reference includes shortcuts for macOS · Linux. Availability depends on the action and app version.