configuring_zed__key_bindings.md

Zed can be configured via a simple JSON file located at ~/.config/zed/keymap.json.

Predefined keymaps

We have a growing collection of pre-defined keymaps in zed repository's keymaps folder.

A selection of base keymaps is available in the welcome screen under the "Choose a keymap" option.

Additionally, you can change the base keymap from the command palette - ⌘-Shift-P - by selecting the "welcome: toggle base keymap selector" command.

Custom key bindings

Accessing custom key bindings

You can open keymap.json via ⌘ + K, ⌘ + S, the command palette, or the Zed > Settings > Open Key Bindings application menu item.

Adding a custom key binding

To customize key bindings, specify a context and the list of bindings to set. Re-mapping an existing binding will clobber the existing binding in favor of the custom one.

An example of adding a set of custom key bindings:

[
  {
    "context": "Editor",
    "bindings": {
      "ctrl-w": "editor::SelectLargerSyntaxNode",
      "ctrl-shift-W": "editor::SelectSmallerSyntaxNode",
      "ctrl-c": "editor::Cancel"
    }
  }
]

You can see more examples in Zed's default.json

There are some key bindings that can't be overridden; we are working on an issue surrounding this.

Special Keyboard Layouts

Some people have unique and custom keyboard layouts.

For example, @TomPlanche having a French keyboard, had to type Shift-Alt-( in order to have a simple [ so he made a simple layout with those 'rules': ù -> [, backtick -> ], Alt-[ (where [ is the old ù) -> {, Alt-] -> }. But, it was impossible to take into account the { and } when he was typing so now, in order to ignore a binding, he can add null to the binding:

[
  {
    "context": "Editor",
    "bindings": {
      "alt-[": null,
      "alt-]": null
    }
  }
]

All key bindings

Global

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Open recent	Branches	`Alt` + `⌘` + `B`
Toggle focus	Collab Panel	`⌘` + `Shift` + `C`
Toggle inlay hints	Editor	`Control` + `:`
Cancel	Menu	`Control` + `C`
Cancel	Menu	`Escape`
Confirm	Menu	`Enter`
Secondary confirm	Menu	`⌘` + `Enter`
Select first	Menu	`⌘` + `Up`
Select first	Menu	`Page Up`
Select first	Menu	`Shift` + `Page Down`
Select first	Menu	`Shift` + `Page Up`
Select last	Menu	`⌘` + `Down`
Select last	Menu	`Page Down`
Select next	Menu	`Control` + `N`
Select next	Menu	`Down`
Select prev	Menu	`Control` + `P`
Select prev	Menu	`Up`
Show context menu	Menu	`Control` + `Enter`
Activate next item	Pane	`Alt` + `⌘` + `Right`
Activate next item	Pane	`⌘` + `}`
Activate prev item	Pane	`Alt` + `⌘` + `Left`
Activate prev item	Pane	`⌘` + `{`
Close active item	Pane	`⌘` + `W`
Close all items	Pane	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `W`
Close clean items	Pane	`⌘` + `K`, `U`
Close inactive items	Pane	`Alt` + `⌘` + `T`
Open recent	Projects	`Alt` + `⌘` + `O`
Toggle focus	Terminal Panel	`Control` + `
Activate pane in direction down	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `Down`
Activate pane in direction left	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `Left`
Activate pane in direction right	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `Right`
Activate pane in direction up	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `Up`
Close inactive tabs and panes	Workspace	`Control` + `Alt` + `⌘` + `W`
Close window	Workspace	`⌘` + `Shift` + `W`
Follow next collaborator	Workspace	`Control` + `Alt` + `⌘` + `F`
New file	Workspace	`⌘` + `N`
New terminal	Workspace	`Control` + `~`
New window	Workspace	`⌘` + `Shift` + `N`
Open	Workspace	`⌘` + `O`
Save	Workspace	`⌘` + `S`
Save as	Workspace	`⌘` + `Shift` + `S`
Swap pane in direction	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `Shift` + `Down`
Swap pane in direction	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `Shift` + `Left`
Swap pane in direction	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `Shift` + `Right`
Swap pane in direction	Workspace	`⌘` + `K`, `Shift` + `Up`
Toggle zoom	Workspace	`Shift` + `Escape`
Debug elements	Zed	`⌘` + `Alt` + `I`
Decrease buffer font size	Zed	`⌘` + `
Hide	Zed	`⌘` + `H`
Hide others	Zed	`Alt` + `⌘` + `H`
Increase buffer font size	Zed	`⌘` + `+`
Increase buffer font size	Zed	`⌘` + `=`
Minimize	Zed	`⌘` + `M`
Open settings	Zed	`⌘` + `,`
Quit	Zed	`⌘` + `Q`
Reset buffer font size	Zed	`⌘` + `0`
Toggle full screen	Zed	`Control` + `⌘` + `F`

Editor

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Inline assist	Assistant	`Control` + `Enter`
Add selection above	Editor	`⌘` + `Alt` + `Up`
Add selection above	Editor	`⌘` + `Control` + `P`
Add selection below	Editor	`⌘` + `Alt` + `Down`
Add selection below	Editor	`⌘` + `Control` + `N`
Backspace	Editor	`Backspace`
Backspace	Editor	`Control` + `H`
Backspace	Editor	`Shift` + `Backspace`
Cancel	Editor	`Escape`
Confirm code action	Editor	`Enter`
Confirm completion	Editor	`Enter`
Confirm completion	Editor	`Tab`
Confirm rename	Editor	`Enter`
Context menu first	Editor	`Page Up`
Context menu last	Editor	`Page Down`
Context menu next	Editor	`Control` + `N`
Context menu next	Editor	`Down`
Context menu prev	Editor	`Control` + `P`
Context menu prev	Editor	`Up`
Copy	Editor	`⌘` + `C`
Cut	Editor	`⌘` + `X`
Cut to end of line	Editor	`Control` + `K`
Delete	Editor	`Control` + `D`
Delete	Editor	`Delete`
Delete line	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `K`
Delete to beginning of line	Editor	`⌘` + `Backspace`
Delete to end of line	Editor	`⌘` + `Delete`
Delete to next subword end	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `D`
Delete to next subword end	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Delete`
Delete to next word end	Editor	`Alt` + `D`
Delete to next word end	Editor	`Alt` + `Delete`
Delete to previous subword start	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Backspace`
Delete to previous subword start	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `H`
Delete to previous word start	Editor	`Alt` + `Backspace`
Delete to previous word start	Editor	`Alt` + `H`
Duplicate line	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `D`
Find all references	Editor	`Alt` + `Shift` + `F12`
Fold	Editor	`Alt` + `⌘` + `[`
Format	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `I`
Go to definition	Editor	`F12`
Go to definition split	Editor	`Alt` + `F12`
Go to diagnostic	Editor	`F8`
Go to hunk	Editor	`⌘` + `F8`
Go to prev diagnostic	Editor	`Shift` + `F8`
Go to prev hunk	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `F8`
Go to type definition	Editor	`⌘` + `F12`
Go to type definition split	Editor	`Alt` + `⌘` + `F12`
Hover	Editor	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `I`
Indent	Editor	`⌘` + `]`
Join lines	Editor	`Control` + `J`
Move down	Editor	`Control` + `N`
Move down	Editor	`Down`
Move left	Editor	`Control` + `B`
Move left	Editor	`Left`
Move line down	Editor	`Control` + `⌘` + `Down`
Move line up	Editor	`Control` + `⌘` + `Up`
Move page down	Editor	`Control` + `V`
Move page down	Editor	`Shift` + `Page Down`
Move page up	Editor	`Alt` + `V`
Move page up	Editor	`Shift` + `Page Up`
Move right	Editor	`Control` + `F`
Move right	Editor	`Right`
Move to beginning	Editor	`⌘` + `Up`
Move to beginning of line	Editor	`⌘` + `Left`
Move to beginning of line	Editor	`Control` + `A`
Move to beginning of line	Editor	`Home`
Move to enclosing bracket	Editor	`Control` + `M`
Move to end	Editor	`⌘` + `Down`
Move to end of line	Editor	`⌘` + `Right`
Move to end of line	Editor	`Control` + `E`
Move to end of line	Editor	`End`
Move to end of paragraph	Editor	`Control` + `Down`
Move to next subword end	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `F`
Move to next subword end	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Right`
Move to next word end	Editor	`Alt` + `F`
Move to next word end	Editor	`Alt` + `Right`
Move to previous subword start	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `B`
Move to previous subword start	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Left`
Move to previous word start	Editor	`Alt` + `B`
Move to previous word start	Editor	`Alt` + `Left`
Move to start of paragraph	Editor	`Control` + `Up`
Move up	Editor	`Control` + `P`
Move up	Editor	`Up`
Next screen	Editor	`Control` + `L`
Open excerpts	Editor	`Alt` + `Enter`
Outdent	Editor	`⌘` + `[`
Page down	Editor	`Page Down`
Page up	Editor	`Page Up`
Paste	Editor	`⌘` + `V`
Redo	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `Z`
Redo selection	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `U`
Rename	Editor	`F2`
Reveal in finder	Editor	`Alt` + `⌘` + `R`
Select all	Editor	`⌘` + `A`
Select all matches	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `L`
Select down	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `N`
Select down	Editor	`Shift` + `Down`
Select larger syntax node	Editor	`Alt` + `Up`
Select left	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `B`
Select left	Editor	`Shift` + `Left`
Select line	Editor	`⌘` + `L`
Select next	Editor	`⌘` + `D`
Select next	Editor	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `D`
Select previous	Editor	`⌘` + `K`, `Control` + `⌘` + `D`
Select previous	Editor	`Control` + `⌘` + `D`
Select right	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `F`
Select right	Editor	`Shift` + `Right`
Select smaller syntax node	Editor	`Alt` + `Down`
Select to beginning	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `Up`
Select to beginning of line	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `Left`
Select to beginning of line	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `A`
Select to beginning of line	Editor	`Shift` + `Home`
Select to end	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `Down`
Select to end of line	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `Right`
Select to end of line	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `E`
Select to end of line	Editor	`Shift` + `End`
Select to end of paragraph	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `Down`
Select to next subword end	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Shift` + `F`
Select to next subword end	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Shift` + `Right`
Select to next word end	Editor	`Alt` + `Shift` + `F`
Select to next word end	Editor	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Right`
Select to previous subword start	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Shift` + `B`
Select to previous subword start	Editor	`Control` + `Alt` + `Shift` + `Left`
Select to previous word start	Editor	`Alt` + `Shift` + `B`
Select to previous word start	Editor	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Left`
Select to start of paragraph	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `Up`
Select up	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `P`
Select up	Editor	`Shift` + `Up`
Show character palette	Editor	`Control` + `⌘` + `Space`
Show completions	Editor	`Control` + `Space`
Tab	Editor	`Tab`
Tab prev	Editor	`Shift` + `Tab`
Toggle code actions	Editor	`⌘` + `.`
Toggle comments	Editor	`⌘` + `/`
Transpose	Editor	`Control` + `T`
Undo	Editor	`⌘` + `Z`
Undo selection	Editor	`⌘` + `U`
Unfold lines	Editor	`Alt` + `⌘` + `]`

Editor (Full Only)

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Quote selection	Assistant	`⌘` + `>`
Deploy	Buffer Search	`⌘` + `E`
Deploy	Buffer Search	`⌘` + `F`
Next suggestion	Copilot	`Alt` + `]`
Previous suggestion	Copilot	`Alt` + `[`
Suggest	Copilot	`Alt` + `\`
Newline	Editor	`Enter`
Newline	Editor	`Shift` + `Enter`
Newline above	Editor	`⌘` + `Shift` + `Enter`
Newline below	Editor	`⌘` + `Enter`
Toggle soft wrap	Editor	`Alt` + `Z`
Toggle	Go To Line	`Control` + `G`
Toggle	Outline	`⌘` + `Shift` + `O`

Editor (Auto Height Only)

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Newline	Editor	`Control` + `Enter`
Newline below	Editor	`Control` + `Shift` + `Enter`

Pane

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Activate item 1	Pane	`Control` + `1`
Activate item 2	Pane	`Control` + `2`
Activate item 3	Pane	`Control` + `3`
Activate item 4	Pane	`Control` + `4`
Activate item 5	Pane	`Control` + `5`
Activate item 6	Pane	`Control` + `6`
Activate item 7	Pane	`Control` + `7`
Activate item 8	Pane	`Control` + `8`
Activate item 9	Pane	`Control` + `9`
Activate last item	Pane	`Control` + `0`
Go back	Pane	`Control` + `-`
Go forward	Pane	`Control` + `_`
Reopen closed item	Pane	`⌘` + `Shift` + `T`
Split down	Pane	`⌘` + `K`, `Down`
Split left	Pane	`⌘` + `K`, `Left`
Split right	Pane	`⌘` + `K`, `Right`
Split up	Pane	`⌘` + `K`, `Up`
Toggle filters	Project Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `F`
Toggle focus	Project Search	`⌘` + `F`
Toggle focus	Project Search	`⌘` + `Shift` + `F`
Activate regex mode	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `G`
Activate semantic mode	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `S`
Activate text mode	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `X`
Cycle mode	Search	`Alt` + `Tab`
Select all matches	Search	`Alt` + `Enter`
Select next match	Search	`⌘` + `G`
Select prev match	Search	`⌘` + `Shift` + `G`
Toggle case sensitive	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `C`
Toggle replace	Search	`⌘` + `Shift` + `H`
Toggle whole word	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `W`

Buffer Search Bar

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Dismiss	Buffer Search	`Escape`
Focus editor	Buffer Search	`Tab`
Cycle mode	Search	`Alt` + `Tab`
Next history query	Search	`Down`
Previous history query	Search	`Up`
Replace all	Search	`Command + Enter`
Replace next	Search	`Enter`
Select all matches	Search	`Alt` + `Enter`
Select next match	Search	`Enter`
Select prev match	Search	`Shift` + `Enter`

Workspace

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Toggle focus	Assistant	`⌘` + `?`
Toggle	Command Palette	`⌘` + `Shift` + `P`
Deploy	Diagnostics	`⌘` + `Shift` + `M`
Toggle	File Finder	`⌘` + `P`
Toggle	Language Selector	`⌘` + `K`, `M`
Toggle focus	Project Panel	`⌘` + `Shift` + `E`
Toggle	Project Symbols	`⌘` + `T`
Toggle	Theme Selector	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `T`
Activate pane 1	Workspace	`⌘` + `1`
Activate pane 2	Workspace	`⌘` + `2`
Activate pane 3	Workspace	`⌘` + `3`
Activate pane 4	Workspace	`⌘` + `4`
Activate pane 5	Workspace	`⌘` + `5`
Activate pane 6	Workspace	`⌘` + `6`
Activate pane 7	Workspace	`⌘` + `7`
Activate pane 8	Workspace	`⌘` + `8`
Activate pane 9	Workspace	`⌘` + `9`
Close all docks	Workspace	`Alt` + `⌘` + `Y`
New search	Workspace	`⌘` + `Shift` + `F`
Save all	Workspace	`⌘` + `Alt` + `S`
Toggle bottom dock	Workspace	`⌘` + `J`
Toggle left dock	Workspace	`⌘` + `B`
Toggle right dock	Workspace	`⌘` + `R`
Open keymap	Zed	`⌘` + `K`, `⌘` + `S`

Project Panel

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Collapse selected entry	Project Panel	`Left`
Copy	Project Panel	`⌘` + `C`
Copy path	Project Panel	`⌘` + `Alt` + `C`
Copy relative path	Project Panel	`Alt` + `⌘` + `Shift` + `C`
Cut	Project Panel	`⌘` + `X`
Delete	Project Panel	`Backspace`
Delete (no prompt)	Project Panel	`⌘` + `Backspace`
Expand selected entry	Project Panel	`Right`
New directory	Project Panel	`Alt` + `⌘` + `N`
New file	Project Panel	`Command + N`
New search in directory	Project Panel	`Alt` + `Shift` + `F`
Open	Project Panel	`Space`
Paste	Project Panel	`⌘` + `V`
Rename	Project Panel	`Enter`
Rename	Project Panel	`F2`
Reveal in finder	Project Panel	`Alt` + `⌘` + `R`

Project Search Bar

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Search in new	Project Search	`⌘` + `Enter`
Toggle focus	Project Search	`Escape`
Activate regex mode	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `G`
Activate semantic mode	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `S`
Activate text mode	Search	`Alt` + `⌘` + `X`
Cycle mode	Search	`Alt` + `Tab`
Next history query	Search	`Down`
Previous history query	Search	`Up`
Replace all	Search	`Command + Enter`
Replace next	Search	`Enter`
Toggle replace	Search	`⌘` + `Shift` + `H`

Terminal

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Clear	Terminal	`⌘` + `K`
Copy	Terminal	`⌘` + `C`
Delete line	Terminal	`⌘` + `Backspace`
Move to beginning of line	Terminal	`⌘` + `Left`
Move to end of line	Terminal	`⌘` + `Right`
Move to next word end	Terminal	`Alt` + `Right`
Move to previous word start	Terminal	`Alt` + `Left`
Paste	Terminal	`⌘` + `V`
Show character palette	Terminal	`Control` + `⌘` + `Space`

Assistant Editor

Command	Target	Default Shortcut
Assist	Assistant	`⌘` + `Enter`
Cycle message role	Assistant	`Control` + `R`
Quote selection	Assistant	`⌘` + `>`
Split	Assistant	`Shift` + `Enter`
Save	Workspace	`⌘` + `S`