Windows Terminal cheat sheet

39 shortcuts in 7 lessons

Reading a list won't make them stick. ShortcutFoo has you type each shortcut, then brings it back just before you'd forget it.

Essentials I

7 shortcuts
  • ^⇧SPACE
    Open the new tab dropdown
  • ^⇧!
    Open a new tab with profile 1
  • ^⇧@
    Open a new tab with profile 2
  • ^⇧D
    Duplicate the tab
  • ^⌥1
    Switch to tab 1
  • ^⌥2
    Switch to tab 2
  • ^⇧F
    Find

Essentials II

7 shortcuts
  • ^⇧C
    Copy the selection
  • ^⇧V
    Paste
  • ^⇧A
    Select all
  • ^⇧M
    Enter mark mode
  • ⌥↵
    Toggle full screen
  • ^,
    Open the settings
  • ^⇧<
    Open settings.json

Split panes

4 shortcuts
  • ⌥⇧D
    Duplicate the pane in a new split
  • ⌥⇧_
    Split the pane down
  • ⌥⇧+
    Split the pane right
  • ^⌥,
    Open the default settings file

Move between panes

5 shortcuts
  • ⌥UP
    Focus the pane above
  • ⌥DOWN
    Focus the pane below
  • ⌥LEFT
    Focus the pane on the left
  • ⌥RIGHT
    Focus the pane on the right
  • ^⌥LEFT
    Focus the previous pane

Resize panes

4 shortcuts
  • ⌥⇧UP
    Resize the pane up
  • ⌥⇧DOWN
    Resize the pane down
  • ⌥⇧LEFT
    Resize the pane left
  • ⌥⇧RIGHT
    Resize the pane right

Scrollback

6 shortcuts
  • ^⇧UP
    Scroll up a line
  • ^⇧DOWN
    Scroll down a line
  • ^⇧PAGEUP
    Scroll up a page
  • ^⇧PAGEDOWN
    Scroll down a page
  • ^⇧HOME
    Scroll to the top
  • ^⇧END
    Scroll to the bottom

Tabs and font size

6 shortcuts
  • ^⌥3
    Switch to tab 3
  • ^⌥8
    Switch to tab 8
  • ^⇧#
    Open a new tab with profile 3
  • ^=
    Increase the font size
  • ^-
    Decrease the font size
  • ^0
    Reset the font size
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