References

Kitty Term Documentation

Shortcuts

Search

Enter $PAGER (less) mode and allow search on terminal scrollback

ctrl + shift + h

Split Pane Layout

New Pane

cmd + enter

Close Current Pane

cmd + shift + D

Toggle Layout View (default: ctrl + shift + L)

cmd + shift + L

Shift Focus to New Pane (custom command)

cmd + arrow_direction

Move Current Pane to Direction (custom command)

cmd + shift + arrow_direction

Setting a custom starting directory

Create a session file

~/.config/kitty/kitty-startup.session

Placing a cd command in the session file

cd /path/where/I/want/to/start

Define the session file in kitty.conf

startup_session ~/.config/kitty/kitty-startup.session