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Keyboard shortcuts

terminux follows the platform convention for the app modifier:

  • Linux and Windows: Ctrl+Shift+<key> for everything, including digit jumps. A raw Ctrl+<letter> chord flows to the shell unchanged, matching GNOME Terminal, Konsole, Alacritty, Ghostty, kitty and Windows Terminal. The zoom keys also work without Shift, as in GNOME Terminal and Windows Terminal.
  • macOS: Cmd+<key>. Raw Ctrl is left alone so terminal/Emacs chords (tmux prefix, fish/zsh history, readline editing) flow straight to the shell.

All shortcuts keep working while the terminal has focus.

Action Linux & Windows macOS
Jump to workspace 1–9 Ctrl+Shift+1 … Ctrl+Shift+9 Cmd+1 … Cmd+9
Quick switcher (fuzzy, workspaces & tabs) Ctrl+Shift+O Cmd+P
Command palette (commands + actions) Ctrl+Shift+P or F1 Cmd+Shift+P
Previous / next tab Ctrl+Shift+[ / Ctrl+Shift+] Cmd+Shift+[ / Cmd+Shift+]
Previous / next workspace Ctrl+Shift+Up / Ctrl+Shift+Down Shift+Cmd+Up / Shift+Cmd+Down

The quick switcher fuzzy-matches across every workspace and tab:

The fuzzy quick switcher overlay listing workspaces and tabs

Workspace & tab lifecycle

Action Linux & Windows macOS
New tab Ctrl+Shift+T Cmd+T
New workspace Ctrl+Shift+N Cmd+N
Close tab / workspace Ctrl+Shift+W Cmd+W

Closing the last tab of a workspace closes the workspace and activates another one rather than quitting the app.

View

Action Linux & Windows macOS
Toggle sidebar Ctrl+Shift+B Cmd+B
Find in terminal Ctrl+Shift+F Cmd+F
Zoom terminal font in / out Ctrl++ / Ctrl+- (Shift optional) Cmd++ / Cmd+-
Reset font size Ctrl+0 (Shift optional) Cmd+0

Editing

  • macOS line-editing chords are supported.
  • Shift+Cmd + arrow keys for navigation.
  • Shift+Enter inserts a newline (works with Claude Code and similar tools).
Action Linux & Windows macOS
Copy the selection Ctrl+Shift+C Cmd+C
Paste Ctrl+Shift+V Cmd+V
Select all Ctrl+Shift+A Cmd+A
Toggle auto-copy on select (iTerm2-style) Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C Cmd+Alt+C
Open URL under cursor ++ctrl+click++ ++cmd+click++

On Windows, plain Ctrl+C also copies while text is selected (and interrupts the running program otherwise), and plain Ctrl+V pastes, as in Windows Terminal. The Edit menu has the same commands on Windows and Linux.

Auto-copy is off by default; toggling persists the preference across restarts. Linux users who rely on middle-click paste can leave it off.