Info

Default keyboard shortcuts for the ghostty terminal emulator. Platform-specific differences are noted where applicable. Based on a cheatsheet by hensg on GitHub.

Tips

Every keybind can be remapped through the config file using the keybind option — see the Ghostty configuration guide.

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

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
Select all	Ctrl+Shift+A	Cmd+A
Start search	Ctrl+Shift+F	Cmd+F
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+,
Toggle command palette	Ctrl+Shift+P	[unconfirmed — check docs]

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

Contributors

aier9500

Changelog

7/21/26, 5:12 PM

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• dfe76-one assets folder,, ghostty migrationon 7/21/26
• 7150e-1. Fresh Editor → editors-choice.md. Verified as getfresh.dev (sinelaw/fresh) — Rust terminal editor, VS Code-feel. Install tabs: AUR fresh-editor-bin + official script. Several GitHub lookalikes exist; agent confirmed canonical project across independent sources. 2. Focus changer → aiers-gnome.md under Others, next to Tiling Shell. Link verified, plain 2-sentence description, no screenshot (none available). 3. Ghostty GNOME fix simplified — dropped alt+shift+arrow rebinds and the duplicate GNOME quick-append block. One master quick append now; GNOME section teaches clearing "Switch to workspace above/below" in Settings, gsettings fallback in :::details. Schema keys source-verified from gschema XML. 4. New keyd settings propagated — your root default.conf moved to resources/key-remapping-with-keyd/, stale header comment fixed (said double-shift→caps; body actually uses [shift] layer capslock = capslock). Guide example, mapping table, and keyd-setup.sh heredoc all synced; folder got first README.on 7/4/26
• 47a19-Ghostty approved.on 6/22/26
• 87203-Updated configs from canonical setup aierNix.on 6/19/26