---
name: "alacritty-bindings"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "alacritty"
version: "0.17.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alacritty-bindings"
---

# alacritty-bindings(5)

Default configuration file bindings.

## NAME

alacritty-bindings - Default configuration file bindings.

## SYNOPSIS

This page documents all key and mouse bindings for the default Alacritty configuration. See [**alacritty**(5)](/alacritty/5.md) 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"* |
| *"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

| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **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/1.md), [**alacritty-msg**(1)](/alacritty-msg/1.md), [**alacritty**(5)](/alacritty/5.md), **alacritty-escapes**(7)

## 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\>