Ghostty Keyboard Shortcuts (Linux)

ghostty.md

Specific for Linux/Ubuntu

These are what works for an out-of-the-box Ubuntu 25.04 setup running an empty-config Ghostty. Included are my most-used keyboard shortcuts and not an exhaustive list.

For a non-Ubuntu specific setup, @hensg maintains a more complete list on this Gist.

Tab Management

Action	Keyboard Shortcuts
New Tab	Ctrl + Shift + t
Delete Tab	Ctrl + Shift + w
Cycle through Tab	Ctrl + Tab
Go to Tab 1-8	Alt + [1-8] Alt + 9 for last tab

Split Management

⌘ = Super key

Action	Keyboard Shortcuts
New Split to Right	Ctrl + Shift + o
New Split to Down	Ctrl + Shift + e
Delete Split	Ctrl + d
Cycle Splits [ to cycle left, ] for right	Ctrl + ⌘ + [ or Ctrl + Super + ]
Resize Split ← ↑ → ↓ to resize	Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift + ←/↑/→/↓

Font & Navigation

Action	Keyboard Shortcuts
Scroll	Shift + pgup / pgdn / home
Go to previous/next prompt	Ctrl + Shift + pgup / pgdn
Increase / Decrease font size	Ctrl + +/-/0

Development

Action	Keyboard Shortcuts
Toggle Inspector	Ctrl + Shift + i