keybindings.md

Key Bindings

Default prefix: Ctrl+b (same as tmux)

Prefix Keys

Key	Action
Prefix + c	Create new window
Prefix + %	Split pane left/right
Prefix + "	Split pane top/bottom
Prefix + x	Kill current pane
Prefix + &	Kill current window
Prefix + z	Toggle pane zoom
Prefix + n	Next window
Prefix + p	Previous window
Prefix + 0-9	Select window by number
Prefix + d	Detach from session
Prefix + ,	Rename current window
Prefix + t	Show clock
Prefix + s	Session chooser/switcher
Prefix + o	Select next pane
Prefix + w	Window/pane chooser
Prefix + [	Enter copy/scroll mode
Prefix + {	Swap pane up
Prefix + ]	Paste from buffer
Prefix + q	Display pane numbers
Prefix + Arrow	Navigate between panes
Ctrl+q	Quit

Copy/Scroll Mode

Enter copy mode with Prefix + [ to scroll through terminal history with 53 vim-style keybindings:

Key	Action
↑ / k	Move cursor / scroll up
↓ / j	Move cursor / scroll down
h / l	Move cursor left / right
w / b / e	Next word / prev word / end of word
W / B / E	WORD variants (whitespace-delimited)
0 / $ / ^	Start / end / first non-blank of line
g / G	Jump to top / bottom of scrollback
H / M / L	Top / middle / bottom of screen
Ctrl+u / Ctrl+d	Scroll half page up / down
Ctrl+b / Ctrl+f	Scroll full page up / down
f{char} / F{char}	Find char forward / backward
t{char} / T{char}	Till char forward / backward
%	Jump to matching bracket
{ / }	Previous / next paragraph
/ / ?	Search forward / backward
n / N	Next / previous match
v	Begin selection
V	Line selection
Ctrl+v	Rectangle selection
o	Swap selection ends
y / Enter	Yank (copy) selection
D	Copy to end of line
"a–"z	Named registers
1–9	Count prefix for motions
Mouse drag	Select text → copies to clipboard on release
Esc / q	Exit copy mode

When in copy mode:

• The pane border turns yellow
• [copy mode] appears in the title
• A scroll position indicator shows in the top-right corner
• Mouse selection in copy mode is copied to the Windows clipboard on release