🖥️ iTerm -
⌨️ Keybindings

Updated at 2015-10-27 15:56

It's very frustrating to back and forth between terminal and your editor/IDE to find a missing keybinding breaking your flow. Here is my basic setup.

Set ALT to work as an escape character.

iTerm -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Keys -> Left Option acts as +Esc

Add new keyboard shortcut from the same window.

+ ->
    Keyboard Shortcut:  ALT + LEFT
    Action:             Send Escape Sequence
    Esc+:               b
+ ->
    Keyboard Shortcut:  ALT + RIGHT
    Action:             Send Escape Sequence
    Esc+:               f
+ ->
    Keyboard Shortcut:  CMD + LEFT
    Action:             Send Escape Sequence
    Esc+:               [H
+ ->
    Keyboard Shortcut:  CMD + LEFT
    Action:             Send Escape Sequence
    Esc+:               [F
+ ->
    Keyboard Shortcut:  CMD + BACKSPACE
    Action:             Send Hex Code
    Hex Code:           0x15 (CTRL+U)

ALT + BACKSPACE should already remove up to previous word.
Go to Global Shortcut Keys through the header nav.
1. Change CMD + UP to "Scroll One Page Up"
2. Change CMD + DOWN to "Scroll One Page DOWN"

Extra tips:

How to select and copy text from iTerm without using your mouse:

Press CTRL + F to start a search.
Type the first part of the pattern what you want to select.
Press ENTER to go to the previous upwards, SHIFT+ENTER to go downwards.
Press TAB to expand selection to the right, or SHIFT+TAB to expand to the left.
You can press Esc or CTRL + F to close the search.
Copy the text with Cmd + C

How to find a command from your command history:

Press CTRL + R
Type part of the command to search.
Press CTRL + R to cycle through all the matches.
Press ENTER to execute.

Other important keybindings:

Cmd + D         = Split tab to 2 panes side by side.
Cmd + Shift + D = Split tab to 2 panes on top of each other.
Cmd + [         = Next pane
Cmd + ]         = Previous pane
Cmd + Alt + I   = Send next inputs to all panes AND tabs in the current window

🖥️ iTerm - ⌨️ Keybindings

🖥️ iTerm -
⌨️ Keybindings