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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

mousemodsaction
"Right""ExpandSelection"
"Right""Control""ExpandSelection"
"Middle""~Vi""PasteSelection"

Key Bindings

keymodsmodeaction / 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

keymodsmodeaction
"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"
"Y""Shift""Vi|~Search""ToggleNormalSelection"
"Y""Shift""Vi|~Search""Last"
"Y""Shift""Vi|~Search""Copy"
"Y""Shift""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"
"*""Shift""Vi|~Search""SemanticSearchForward"
"#""Shift""Vi|~Search""SemanticSearchBackward"
"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"
"{""Shift""Vi|~Search""ParagraphUp"
"}""Shift""Vi|~Search""ParagraphDown"
"/""Vi|~Search""SearchForward"
"?""Shift""Vi|~Search""SearchBackward"
"N""Vi|~Search""SearchNext"
"N""Shift""Vi|~Search""SearchPrevious"

Search Mode

keymodsmodeaction
"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

keymodsmodeaction
"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

keymodsmodeaction
"Enter""Alt""ToggleFullscreen"

macOS only

keymodsmodeaction / 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

Referenced By

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

2025-11-10