Z Shell Keyboard Shortcuts

Introduction¶

Default Z shell keyboard shortcuts, tailored for MacOS and Kitty.

I have been on a minimal configuration kick lately and don't want to customize things heavily.

Use bindkey to see current configuration settings. More details available in the zshzle man page.

Description	Shortcut
Switch between enabled window layouts	`ctrl-shift-l`
New window	`cmd-enter`
Close window	`cmd-shift-d`
Next window	`ctrl-shift-]`
Previous window	`ctrl-shift-[`
Move window forward	`ctrl-shift-f`
Move window backward	`ctrl-shift-b`
New tab	`cmd-t`
Close tab	`cmd-w`
Next tab	`cmd-shift-]`
Previous tab	`cmd-shift-[`
Move tab forward	`ctrl-shift-.`
Move tab backward	`ctrl-shift-,`

Description	Mapping	Shortcut
Move one character backwards	`backward-char`	`leftArrow` `ctrl-b`
Move one character forwards	`forward-char`	`rightArrow` `ctrl-f`
Move one word backwards	`backward-word`	`ctrl-[b`
Move one word forwards	`forward-word`	`ctrl-[f`
Move to the beginning of the line	`beginning-of-line`	`ctrl-a`
Move to the end of the line	`end-of-line`	`ctrl-e`

Description	Mapping	Shortcut
Delete the character before the cursor	`backward-delete-char`	`delete` `ctrl-h`
Delete the character under the cursor	`delete-char-or-list`	`ctrl-d`
Delete the word before the cursor	`backward-kill-word`	`ctrl-w` `ctrl-[,ctrl-h`
Delete the word after the cursor	`kill-word`	`ctrl-[d`
Delete the line after the cursor	`kill-line`	`ctrl-k`
Delete the whole line	`kill-whole-line`	`ctrl-u`
Transpose the two characters before the cursor	`transpose-chars`	`ctrl-t`
Transpose the two words before the cursor	`transpose-words`	`ctrl-[t`
Make a word lowercase	`down-case-word`	`ctrl-[l`
Make a word uppercase	`up-case-word`	`ctrl-[u`
Quote line	`quote-line`	`ctrl-['`
Push line onto buffer	`push-line`	`ctrl-[q`
Get line from buffer	`get-line`	`ctrl-[g`
Delete buffer	`kill-buffer`	`ctrl-x,ctrl-k`
Undo the last change	`undo`	`ctrl-xu` `ctrl-x,ctrl-u`
Execute line	`accept-line`	`enter` `ctrl-j` `ctrl-m`

Description	Mapping	Shortcut
Clear screen, leaving current line intact	`clear-screen`	`ctrl-l`
Halt output to screen	?	`ctrl-s`
Resume output to screen	?	`ctrl-q`

Description	Shortcut
Terminate/kill current foreground process	`ctrl-c`
Suspend/stop current foreground process	`ctrl-z`
Execute last command in history	`!!`
Execute last command in history that starts with abc	`!abc`
Print last command in history beginning with abc	`!abc:p`

Description	Mapping	Shortcut
Previous history line	`up-line-or-history`	`upArrow` `ctrl-p`
Next history line	`down-line-or-history`	`downArrow` `ctrl-n`
Search history backwards	`history-incremental-search-backward`	`ctrl-r`
Search history forwards	`history-incremental-search-forward`	`ctrl-s`
Exit history search	`send-break`	`ctrl-g`