Default keyboard shortcuts for Ghostty terminal emulator
Note: These are the default keybindings. All keybindings can be customized through the configuration file using the keybind option.
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| New window | Ctrl+⇧+N | ⌘+N |
| Close window | Alt+F4 | ⌘+⇧+W |
| Close all windows | - | ⌘+⇧+⌥+W |
| Toggle fullscreen | Ctrl+Enter | ⌘+Enter or ⌘+Ctrl+F |
| Quit application | Ctrl+⇧+Q | ⌘+Q |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| New tab | Ctrl+⇧+T | ⌘+T |
| Close tab/surface | Ctrl+⇧+W | ⌘+W |
| Previous tab | Ctrl+⇧+Tab, Ctrl+⇧+←, Ctrl+Page Up | ⌘+⇧+[ |
| Next tab | Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+⇧+→, Ctrl+Page Down | ⌘+⇧+] |
| Go to tab 1-8 | Alt+[1-8] | ⌘+[1-8] |
| Go to last tab | Alt+9 | ⌘+9 |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| New split (right) | Ctrl+⇧+O | ⌘+D |
| New split (down) | Ctrl+⇧+E | ⌘+⇧+D |
| Focus previous split | Ctrl+Super+[ | ⌘+[ |
| Focus next split | Ctrl+Super+] | ⌘+] |
| Focus split up | Ctrl+Alt+Up | ⌘+⌥+Up |
| Focus split down | Ctrl+Alt+Down | ⌘+⌥+Down |
| Focus split left | Ctrl+Alt+← | ⌘+⌥+← |
| Focus split right | Ctrl+Alt+→ | ⌘+⌥+→ |
| Toggle split zoom | Ctrl+⇧+Enter | ⌘+⇧+Enter |
| Resize split up | Ctrl+Super+⇧+Up | ⌘+Ctrl+Up |
| Resize split down | Ctrl+Super+⇧+Down | ⌘+Ctrl+Down |
| Resize split left | Ctrl+Super+⇧+← | ⌘+Ctrl+← |
| Resize split right | Ctrl+Super+⇧+→ | ⌘+Ctrl+→ |
| Equalize splits | Ctrl+Super+⇧+= | ⌘+Ctrl+= |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Copy | Ctrl+⇧+C | ⌘+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+⇧+V | ⌘+V |
| Paste from selection | ⇧+Insert | - |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Scroll to top | ⇧+Home | ⌘+Home |
| Scroll to bottom | ⇧+End | ⌘+End |
| Scroll page up | ⇧+Page Up | ⌘+Page Up |
| Scroll page down | ⇧+Page Down | ⌘+Page Down |
| Jump to previous prompt | Ctrl+⇧+Page Up | ⌘+Up |
| Jump to next prompt | Ctrl+⇧+Page Down | ⌘+Down |
| Clear screen | - | ⌘+K |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Increase font size | Ctrl++/Ctrl+= | ⌘++/⌘+= |
| Decrease font size | Ctrl+- | ⌘+- |
| Reset font size | Ctrl+0 | ⌘+0 |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Open config | Ctrl+, | ⌘+, |
| Reload config | Ctrl+⇧+, | ⌘+⇧+, |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Toggle inspector | Ctrl+⇧+I | ⌘+⌥+I |
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Write scrollback to file (paste) | Ctrl+⇧+J | ⌘+⇧+J |
| Write scrollback to file (open) | Ctrl+⇧+Alt+J | ⌘+⇧+⌥+J |