Possible Actions

CloseFocus - close the focused pane

Possible arguments: None

eg.
```
    bind "a" { CloseFocus; }
```
CloseTab - close the focused tab

Possible arguments: None

eg.
```
    bind "a" { CloseTab; }
```
Detach - detach from the current session, leaving it running in the background

Possible arguments: None

eg.
```
    bind "a" { Detach; }
```
DumpScreen - dump the contents of the focused pane, including its entire scrollback, to the specified file.

Required arguments: A path to a file on the hard-drive

eg.
```
    bind "a" { DumpScreen "/tmp/my-dump.txt"; }
```
EditScrollback - edit the scrollback of the currently focused pane with the user's default editor.

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { EditScrollback; }
```
FocusNextPane - change focus to the next pane (order not guaranteed)

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { FocusNextPane; }
```
FocusPreviousPane - change focus to the previous pane (order not guaranteed)

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { FocusPreviousPane; }
```
GoToNextTab - change focus to the next tab

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { GoToNextTab; }
```
GoToPreviousTab - change focus to the previous tab

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { GoToPreviousTab; }
```
GoToTab - change focus to a tab with a specific index

Required arguments: numeric tab index (eg. 1)
```
    bind "a" { GoToTab 1; }
```
HalfPageScrollDown - scroll the focused pane half a page down

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { HalfPageScrollDown; }
```
HalfPageScrollUp - scroll the focused pane half a page up

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { HalfPageScrollUp; }
```
MoveFocus - move focus in a specific direction

Required arguments: Left | Right | Up | Down
```
    bind "a" { MoveFocus "Left"; }
```
MoveFocusOrTab - move focus left or right, or to the next or previous tab if on screen edge

Required arguments: Left | Right
```
    bind "a" { MoveFocusOrTab "Left"; }
```
MovePane - move the position of the focused pane in the specific direction

Required arguments: Left | Right | Up | Down
```
    bind "a" { MovePane "Left"; }
```
NextSwapLayout - change the layout of the current tab (either tiled or floating) to the next one

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { NextSwapLayout; }
```
NewPane - open a new pane (in the specified direction)

Possible arguments: Down | Right

Behaviour without arguments: Opens a pane in the largest available space or if floating panes are visible, in the next floating pane position.
```
    bind "a" { NewPane "Right"; }
```

NewTab - open a new tab

Possible arguments: cwd - current working directory for the new tab, name - the name of the new tab, layout - path to the layout file to load for this tab

    bind "a" { NewTab; }

or:

    bind "a" {
       NewTab {
           cwd "/tmp"
           name "My tab name"
           layout "/path/to/my/layout.kdl"
       }
    }

PageScrollDown - scroll the focused pane one page down

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { PageScrollDown; }
```
PageScrollUp - scroll the focused pane one page up

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { PageScrollUp; }
```
PreviousSwapLayout - change the layout of the current tab (either tiled or floating) to the previous one

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { PreviousSwapLayout; }
```
Quit - quit Zellij :(

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { Quit; }
```
Resize - resize the focused pane either in the specified direction or increase/decrease its size automatically

Required arguments: Left | Right | Up | Down | Increase | Decrease
```
    bind "a" { Resize "Increase"; }
```
Run - run the specified command

Required arguments: The command to run, followed by optional arguments

Possible arguments: cwd - current working directory, direction - the direction to open the new command pane
```
    // will run "tail -f /tmp/foo" in a pane opened below the focused one
    bind "a" {
        Run "tail" "-f" "foo" {
            cwd "/tmp"
            direction "Down"
        }
    }
```
ScrollDown - scroll the focused pane down 1 line

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ScrollDown; }
```
ScrollToBottom - scroll the focused pane completely down

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ScrollToBottom; }
```
ScrollUp - scroll the focused pane up 1 line

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ScrollUp; }
```
ScrollToTop - scroll the focused pane completely up

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ScrollToTop; }
```
Search - when searching, move to the next or previous search occurrence

Required arguments: "down" | "up"
```
    bind "a" { Search "up"; }
```
SearchToggleOption - toggle various search options on/off

Required arguments: "CaseSensitivity" | "Wrap" | "WhileWord"
```
    bind "a" { SearchToggleOption "CaseSensitivity"; }
```
SwitchToMode - switch the current input mode

Required arguments: See Modes
```
    bind "a" { SwitchToMode "locked"; }
```
ToggleActiveSyncTab - toggle the syncing of input between all panes in the focused tab

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ToggleActiveSyncTab; }
```
ToggleFloatingPanes - show/hide floating panes; if none are open, one will be opened

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ToggleFloatingPanes; }
```
ToggleFocusFullscreen - toggle the focused pane as fullscreen on/off

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ToggleFocusFullscreen; }
```
ToggleMouseMode - toggle mouse support on/off

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ToggleMouseMode; }
```
TogglePaneEmbedOrFloating - float focused embedded pane or embed focused floating pane

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { TogglePaneEmbedOrFloating; }
```
TogglePaneFrames - show/hide the frames around panes (notice, these might have valuable UX info)

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { TogglePaneFrames; }
```
ToggleTab - change the tab focus

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { ToggleTab; }
```
UndoRenamePane - undo a rename pane operation currently in progress (reverting to the previous name)

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { UndoRenamePane; }
```
UndoRenameTab - undo a rename tab operation currently in progress (reverting to the previous name)

Possible arguments: None
```
    bind "a" { UndoRenameTab; }
```
Write - write bytes to the active pane

Required arguments: the bytes to write as integers
```
    bind "a" { Write 102 111 111; }
```
WriteChars - write a string of characters to the active pane

Required arguments: the string of characters to write
```
    bind "a" { WriteChars "hi there!"; }
```

Zellij User Guide

Possible Actions