Kitty keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 42 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Kitty 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top shortcuts

  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Scroll line up
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Scroll line down
  • Ctrl+Shift+PageUp — Scroll page up
  • Ctrl+Shift+PageDown — Scroll page down
  • Ctrl+Shift+Home — Scroll to top
  • Ctrl+Shift+End — Scroll to bottom
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Previous shell prompt
  • Ctrl+Shift+X — Next shell prompt
  • Ctrl+Shift+H — Browse scrollback
  • Ctrl+Shift+G — Browse last output
  • Ctrl+Shift+Slash — Search scrollback
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — New tab
  • Ctrl+Shift+Q — Close tab
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Next tab
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Previous tab
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Next layout
  • Ctrl+Shift+Period — Move tab forward
  • Ctrl+Shift+Comma — Move tab backward
  • Ctrl+Shift+Enter — New window
  • Ctrl+Shift+N — New OS window
  • Ctrl+Shift+W — Close window
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Resize window
  • Ctrl+Shift+BracketRight — Next window
  • Ctrl+Shift+BracketLeft — Previous window
  • Ctrl+Shift+F — Move window forward
  • Ctrl+Shift+B — Move window backward
  • Ctrl+Shift+F1 — Show help
  • Ctrl+Shift+C — Copy to clipboard
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste from clipboard
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Paste from selection

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