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ALACRITTY-BINDINGS(5) File Formats Manual ALACRITTY-BINDINGS(5)

NAME

alacritty-bindings - Default configuration file bindings.

SYNOPSIS

This page documents all key and mouse bindings for the default Alacritty configuration. See alacritty(5) for full configuration format documentation.

MOUSE BINDINGS

mouse mods action
"Right" "ExpandSelection"
"Right" "Control" "ExpandSelection"
"Middle" "~Vi" "PasteSelection"

KEY BINDINGS

key mods mode action / chars
"Paste" "Paste"
"Copy" "Copy"
"L" "Control" "ClearLogNotice"
"Paste" "Vi|Search" "Paste"
"L" "Control" "~Vi|~Search" chars: "\u000c"
"PageUp" "Shift" "~Alt" "ScrollPageUp"
"PageDown" "Shift" "~Alt" "ScrollPageDown"
"Home" "Shift" "~Alt" "ScrollToTop"
"End" "Shift" "~Alt" "ScrollToBottom"

Vi Mode

key mods mode action
"Space" "Shift|Control" "~Search" "ToggleViMode"
"Space" "Shift|Control" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollToBottom"
"Escape" "Vi|~Search" "ClearSelection"
"I" "Vi|~Search" "ToggleViMode"
"I" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollToBottom"
"C" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ToggleViMode"
"Y" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollLineUp"
"E" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollLineDown"
"G" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollToTop"
"G" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollToBottom"
"B" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollPageUp"
"F" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollPageDown"
"U" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollHalfPageUp"
"D" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ScrollHalfPageDown"
"Y" "Vi|~Search" "Copy"
"Y" "Vi|~Search" "ClearSelection"
"Copy" "Vi|~Search" "ClearSelection"
"V" "Vi|~Search" "ToggleNormalSelection"
"V" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "ToggleLineSelection"
"V" "Control" "Vi|~Search" "ToggleBlockSelection"
"V" "Alt" "Vi|~Search" "ToggleSemanticSelection"
"Enter" "Vi|~Search" "Open"
"Z" "Vi|~Search" "CenterAroundViCursor"
"F" "Vi|~Search" "InlineSearchForward"
"F" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "InlineSearchBackward"
"T" "Vi|~Search" "InlineSearchForwardShort"
"T" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "InlineSearchBackwardShort"
";" "Vi|~Search" "InlineSearchNext"
"," "Vi|~Search" "InlineSearchPrevious"
"K" "Vi|~Search" "Up"
"J" "Vi|~Search" "Down"
"H" "Vi|~Search" "Left"
"L" "Vi|~Search" "Right"
"ArrowUp" "Vi|~Search" "Up"
"ArrowDown" "Vi|~Search" "Down"
"ArrowLeft" "Vi|~Search" "Left"
"ArrowRight" "Vi|~Search" "Right"
"0" "Vi|~Search" "First"
"$" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "Last"
"Home" "Vi|~Search" "First"
"End" "Vi|~Search" "Last"
"^" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "FirstOccupied"
"H" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "High"
"M" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "Middle"
"L" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "Low"
"B" "Vi|~Search" "SemanticLeft"
"W" "Vi|~Search" "SemanticRight"
"E" "Vi|~Search" "SemanticRightEnd"
"B" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "WordLeft"
"W" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "WordRight"
"E" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "WordRightEnd"
"%" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "Bracket"
"/" "Vi|~Search" "SearchForward"
"?" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "SearchBackward"
"N" "Vi|~Search" "SearchNext"
"N" "Shift" "Vi|~Search" "SearchPrevious"

Search Mode

key mods mode action
"Enter" "Search|Vi" "SearchConfirm"
"Escape" "Search" "SearchCancel"
"C" "Control" "Search" "SearchCancel"
"U" "Control" "Search" "SearchClear"
"W" "Control" "Search" "SearchDeleteWord"
"P" "Control" "Search" "SearchHistoryPrevious"
"N" "Control" "Search" "SearchHistoryNext"
"ArrowUp" "Search" "SearchHistoryPrevious"
"ArrowDown" "Search" "SearchHistoryNext"
"Enter" "Search|~Vi" "SearchFocusNext"

Windows, Linux, and BSD only

key mods mode action
"V" "Control|Shift" "~Vi" "Paste"
"V" "Control|Shift" "Vi|Search" "Paste"
"C" "Control|Shift" "Copy"
"F" "Control|Shift" "~Search" "SearchForward"
"B" "Control|Shift" "~Search" "SearchBackward"
"C" "Control|Shift" "Vi|~Search" "ClearSelection"
"Insert" "Shift" "PasteSelection"
"0" "Control" "ResetFontSize"
"=" "Control" "IncreaseFontSize"
"+" "Control" "IncreaseFontSize"
"NumpadAdd" "Control" "IncreaseFontSize"
"-" "Control" "DecreaseFontSize"
"NumpadSubtract" "Control" "DecreaseFontSize"

Windows only

key mods mode action
"Enter" "Alt" "ToggleFullscreen"

macOS only

key mods mode action / chars
"K" "Command" "~Vi|~Search" chars: "\u000c"
"K" "Command" "~Vi|~Search" "ClearHistory"
"0" "Command" "ResetFontSize"
"=" "Command" "IncreaseFontSize"
"+" "Command" "IncreaseFontSize"
"NumpadAdd" "Command" "IncreaseFontSize"
"-" "Command" "DecreaseFontSize"
"NumpadSubtract" "Command" "DecreaseFontSize"
"V" "Command" "~Vi" "Paste"
"V" "Command" "Vi|Search" "Paste"
"C" "Command" "Copy"
"C" "Command" "Vi|~Search" "ClearSelection"
"H" "Command" "Hide"
"H" "Command|Alt" "HideOtherApplications"
"M" "Command" "Minimize"
"Q" "Command" "Quit"
"W" "Command" "Quit"
"N" "Command" "CreateNewWindow"
"T" "Command" "CreateNewTab"
"F" "Command|Control" "ToggleFullscreen"
"F" "Command" "~Search" "SearchForward"
"B" "Command" "~Search" "SearchBackward"
"]" "Command|Shift" "SelectNextTab"
"[" "Command|Shift" "SelectPreviousTab"
"Tab" "Command" "SelectNextTab"
"Tab" "Command|Shift" "SelectPreviousTab"
"1" "Command" "SelectTab1"
"2" "Command" "SelectTab2"
"3" "Command" "SelectTab3"
"4" "Command" "SelectTab4"
"5" "Command" "SelectTab5"
"6" "Command" "SelectTab6"
"7" "Command" "SelectTab7"
"8" "Command" "SelectTab8"
"9" "Command" "SelectLastTab"

SEE ALSO

alacritty(1), alacritty-msg(1), alacritty(5)

BUGS

Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.

MAINTAINERS

  • Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
  • Kirill Chibisov <contact@kchibisov.com>
2025-04-28