- cross-posted to:
- commandline
- cross-posted to:
- commandline
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/21363946
The normal complaint new Zellij users have is that it has a lot of keybindings which are likely to conflict with programs like nvim or Helix that use a lot themselves. Before, the workflow was to lock Zellij with
ctrl-g
which let input go through to the focused shell/program.The new mode has most of the keybindings behind the ctrl-g lock, e.g. a new tab is
ctrl-g
t
n
(instead ofctrl-t
n
). You can still usealt-(cursor)
for changing focus andalt-n
/alt-f
for a new tiled/floating pane, but all other key presses get passed along.You can switch between default and unlock-first (non-colliding) modes so if you need those alt shortcuts you can lock everything as before.
Plus some other nice features like being able to change modifier keys while running (via the Kitty Keyboard Protocol), and autoloading the new config when you edit the file.
Very nice. I started using zellij a lot and glad it’s getting more and more cool features.