Zed can be configured via a simple JSON file located at ~/.config/zed/keymap.json.
We have a growing collection of pre-defined keymaps in zed repository's keymaps folder. Our current keymaps include:
- Atom
- JetBrains
- SublimeText
- TextMate
- VSCode (default)
These keymaps can be set via the base_keymap setting in your settings.json file. Additionally, if you'd like to work from a clean slate, you can provide "None" to the setting.
You can open keymap.json via ⌘ + K, ⌘ + S, the command palette, or the Zed > Settings > Open Key Bindings application menu item.
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.
Zed has the ability to match against not just a single keypress, but a sequence of keys typed in order. Each key in the "bindings" map is a sequence of keypresses separated with a space.
Each key press is a sequence of modifiers followed by a key. The modifiers are:
ctrl-The control key
cmd-,win-orsuper-for the platform modifier (Command on macOS, Windows key on Windows, and the Super key on Linux).
alt-for alt (option on macOS)shift-The shift keyfn-The function key
The keys can be any single unicode codepoint that your keyboard generates (for example a, 0, £ or ç), or any named key (tab, f1, shift, or cmd).
A few examples:
"bindings": {
"cmd-k cmd-s": "zed::OpenKeymap", // matches ⌘-k then ⌘-s
"space e": "editor::Complete", // type space then e
"ç": "editor::Complete", // matches ⌥-c
"shift shift": "file_finder::Toggle", // matches pressing and releasing shift twice
}
The shift- modifier can only be used in combination with a letter to indicate the uppercase version. For example shift-g matches typing G. Although on many keyboards shift is used to type punctuation characters like (, the keypress is not considered to be modified and so shift-( does not match.
The alt- modifier can be used on many layouts to generate a different key. For example on macOS US keyboard the combination alt-c types ç. You can match against either in your keymap file, though by convention Zed spells this combination as alt-c.
It is possible to match against typing a modifier key on its own. For example shift shift can be used to implement JetBrains search everywhere shortcut. In this case the binding happens on key release instead of key press.
A common request is to be able to map from one sequence of keys to another. As of Zed 0.124.0 you can do this with the workspace::SendKeystrokes action.
[
{
"bindings": {
"alt-down": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "down down down down"],
"cmd-alt-c": [
"workspace::SendKeystrokes",
"cmd-shift-p copy relative path enter"
],
"cmd-alt-r": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "cmd-p README enter"]
}
},
{
"context": "Editor && vim_mode == insert",
"bindings": {
"j k": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "escape"]
}
}
]There are some limitations to this, notably:
- Any asynchronous operation will not happen until after all your key bindings have been dispatched. For example this means that while you can use a binding to open a file (as in the
cmd-alt-rexample) you cannot send further keystrokes and hope to have them interpreted by the new view. -
- Other examples of asynchronous things are: communicating with a language server, changing the language of a buffer, anything that hits the network.
- There is a limit of 100 simulated keys at a time, this is to avoid accidental infinite recursion if you trigger SendKeystrokes again inside your bindings.
The argument to SendKeystrokes is a space-separated list of keystrokes (using the same syntax as above). Due to the way that keystrokes are parsed, any segment that is not recognized as a keypress will be sent verbatim to the currently focused input field.
If you're on Linux or Windows, you might find yourself wanting to forward key combinations to the built-in terminal instead of them being handled by Zed.
For example, ctrl-n creates a new tab in Zed on Linux. If you want to send ctrl-n to the built-in terminal when it's focused, add the following to your keymap:
{
"context": "Terminal",
"bindings": {
"ctrl-n": ["terminal::SendKeystroke", "ctrl-n"]
}
}You can also bind keys to launch Zed Tasks defined in your tasks.json. See the tasks documentation for more.
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Toggle focus | Collab Panel | ⌘ + Shift + C |
| Toggle inlay hints | Editor | Control + : |
| Cancel | Menu | Control + C |
| Cancel | Menu | Control + Escape |
| Cancel | Menu | Escape |
| Cancel | Menu | ⌘ + Escape |
| Confirm | Menu | Enter |
| Secondary confirm | Menu | Control + Enter |
| Secondary confirm | Menu | ⌘ + Enter |
| Select first | Menu | Page Up |
| Select first | Menu | Shift + Page Down |
| Select first | Menu | Shift + Page Up |
| Select first | Menu | ⌘ + Up |
| Select last | Menu | Page Down |
| Select last | Menu | ⌘ + Down |
| Select next | Menu | Control + N |
| Select next | Menu | Down |
| Select prev | Menu | Control + P |
| Select prev | Menu | Up |
| Confirm input | Picker | Alt + Enter |
| Confirm input | Picker | ⌘ + Alt + Enter |
| Use selected query | Picker | Shift + Enter |
| Close window | Workspace | ⌘ + Shift + W |
| Follow next collaborator | Workspace | Control + Alt + ⌘ + F |
| Open | Workspace | ⌘ + O |
| 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 |
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ⌘ + 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 |
| Delete to previous word start | Editor | Control + W |
| Display cursor names | Editor | Control + ⌘ + C |
| Duplicate line down | Editor | Alt + Shift + Down |
| Duplicate line up | Editor | Alt + Shift + Up |
| 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 implementation | Editor | Shift + F12 |
| Go to prev diagnostic | 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 | Alt + Down |
| Move line up | Editor | Alt + 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 | Control + A |
| Move to beginning of line | Editor | Home |
| Move to beginning of line | Editor | ⌘ + Left |
| Move to enclosing bracket | Editor | Control + M |
| Move to end | Editor | ⌘ + Down |
| Move to end of line | Editor | Control + E |
| Move to end of line | Editor | End |
| Move to end of line | Editor | ⌘ + Right |
| 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 |
| 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 File Manager | Editor | Alt + ⌘ + R |
| Toggle hunk diff | Editor | ⌘ + ' |
| Expand all hunk diffs | Editor | ⌘ + " |
| Revert selected hunks | Editor | ⌘ + Alt + Z |
| 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 | Control + Shift + Right |
| 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 | Control + ⌘ + D |
| Select previous | Editor | ⌘ + K, Control + ⌘ + D |
| Select right | Editor | Control + Shift + F |
| Select right | Editor | Shift + Right |
| Select smaller syntax node | Editor | Control + Shift + Left |
| Select to beginning | Editor | ⌘ + Shift + Up |
| Select to beginning of line | Editor | Control + Shift + A |
| Select to beginning of line | Editor | Shift + Home |
| Select to beginning of line | Editor | ⌘ + Shift + Left |
| Select to end | Editor | ⌘ + Shift + Down |
| Select to end of line | Editor | Control + Shift + E |
| Select to end of line | Editor | Shift + End |
| Select to end of line | Editor | ⌘ + Shift + Right |
| 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 |
| Show inline completion | Editor | Alt + \ |
| Tab | Editor | Tab |
| Tab prev | Editor | Shift + Tab |
| Toggle code actions | Editor | ⌘ + . |
| Toggle comments | Editor | ⌘ + / |
| Toggle git blame | Editor | ⌘ + Alt + G, B |
| Toggle line numbers | Editor | ⌘ + ; |
| Transpose | Editor | Control + T |
| Undo | Editor | ⌘ + Z |
| Undo selection | Editor | ⌘ + U |
| Unfold lines | Editor | Alt + ⌘ + ] |
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Inline assist | Assistant | Control + Enter |
| Quote selection | Assistant | ⌘ + > |
| Deploy | Buffer Search | ⌘ + Alt + F |
| Deploy | Buffer Search | ⌘ + E |
| Deploy | Buffer Search | ⌘ + F |
| Accept partial inline completion | Editor | Alt + Right |
| Go to hunk | Editor | ⌘ + F8 |
| Go to prev hunk | Editor | ⌘ + Shift + F8 |
| Newline | Editor | Enter |
| Newline | Editor | Shift + Enter |
| Newline above | Editor | ⌘ + Shift + Enter |
| Newline below | Editor | ⌘ + Enter |
| Next inline completion | Editor | Alt + ] |
| Open excerpts | Editor | Alt + Enter |
| Open excerpts split | Editor | ⌘ + K, Enter |
| Previous inline completion | Editor | Alt + [ |
| Toggle soft wrap | Editor | Alt + Z |
| Toggle | Go To Line | Control + G |
| Toggle | Outline | ⌘ + Shift + O |
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Newline | Editor | Control + Enter |
| Newline | Editor | Shift + Enter |
| Newline below | Editor | Control + Shift + Enter |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Close inactive tabs and panes | Workspace | Control + Alt + ⌘ + W |
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Dismiss | Buffer Search | Escape |
| Focus editor | Buffer Search | Tab |
| Cycle mode | Search | Alt + Tab |
| Focus search | Search | ⌘ + F |
| Next history query | Search | Down |
| Previous history query | Search | Up |
| Replace all | Search | ⌘ + Enter |
| Replace next | Search | Enter |
| Select all matches | Search | Alt + Enter |
| Select next match | Search | Enter |
| Select prev match | Search | Shift + Enter |
| Toggle replace | Search | ⌘ + Alt + F |
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Toggle focus | Assistant | ⌘ + ? |
| Open recent | Branches | Alt + ⌘ + B |
| Toggle | Command Palette | ⌘ + Shift + P |
| Deploy | Diagnostics | ⌘ + Shift + M |
| Toggle | File Finder | ⌘ + P |
| Toggle | Language Selector | ⌘ + K, M |
| Deploy search | Pane | ⌘ + Shift + F |
| Deploy search | Pane | ⌘ + Shift + H |
| Toggle focus | Project Panel | ⌘ + Shift + E |
| Toggle | Project Symbols | ⌘ + T |
| Open recent | Projects | Alt + ⌘ + O |
| Toggle | Tab Switcher | Control + Shift + Tab |
| Toggle | Tab Switcher | Control + Tab |
| Rerun | Task | Alt + T |
| Spawn | Task | Alt + Shift + T |
| Toggle focus | Terminal Panel | Control + ` |
| 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 |
| 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 all docks | Workspace | Alt + ⌘ + Y |
| New file | Workspace | ⌘ + N |
| New terminal | Workspace | Control + ~ |
| New window | Workspace | ⌘ + Shift + N |
| Save | Workspace | ⌘ + S |
| Save all | Workspace | ⌘ + Alt + S |
| Save as | Workspace | ⌘ + Shift + S |
| Save without format | Workspace | ⌘ + K, 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 bottom dock | Workspace | ⌘ + J |
| Toggle left dock | Workspace | ⌘ + B |
| Toggle right dock | Workspace | ⌘ + R |
| Unfollow | Workspace | Escape |
| Open keymap | Zed | ⌘ + K, ⌘ + S |
| 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 | Project Panel | Delete |
| Delete | Project Panel | ⌘ + Backspace |
| Delete | Project Panel | ⌘ + Delete |
| Expand selected entry | Project Panel | Right |
| New directory | Project Panel | Alt + ⌘ + N |
| New file | Project Panel | ⌘ + 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 File Manager | Project Panel | Alt + ⌘ + R |
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Search in new | Project Search | ⌘ + Enter |
| Toggle focus | Project Search | Escape |
| Activate regex mode | Search | Alt + ⌘ + G |
| Activate text mode | Search | Alt + ⌘ + X |
| Cycle mode | Search | Alt + Tab |
| Focus search | Search | ⌘ + Shift + F |
| Next history query | Search | Down |
| Previous history query | Search | Up |
| Replace all | Search | ⌘ + Enter |
| Replace next | Search | Enter |
| Toggle replace | Search | ⌘ + Shift + H |
| 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 |
| Command | Target | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Assist | Assistant | ⌘ + Enter |
| Cycle message role | Assistant | Control + R |
| Quote selection | Assistant | ⌘ + > |
| Split | Assistant | Shift + Enter |
| Save | Workspace | ⌘ + S |