Zellij Config

config.kdl

// This Zellij config offers a more modal experience than the default. There are
// very few keybindings in the mode that you spend most of your time in, and we
// need to hit `C-space` to go into a mode where we navigate.

// The only keybindings in the normal mode are:
// - `C-space` to go into the tmux mode
// - `C-n` for a new pane
// - `C-t` for a new tab
// - `A-[` & `A-]` to go to the previous/next tab
// - `S-arrow` to navigate between panes

// Note: because Zellij can't read that many keys, we map some keys in
// alacritty.yml to the binding that Zellij uses. So, for example C-Space is
// mapped to F2, S+arrow are mapped to A-{hljk}, and next/previous tab are
// mapped to F5/F6.

keybinds clear-defaults=true {
    normal {
        bind "F2" { SwitchToMode "tmux"; }
    }
    resize {
        // bind "Ctrl n" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "h" "Left" { Resize "Increase Left"; }
        bind "j" "Down" { Resize "Increase Down"; }
        bind "k" "Up" { Resize "Increase Up"; }
        bind "l" "Right" { Resize "Increase Right"; }
        bind "H" { Resize "Decrease Left"; }
        bind "J" { Resize "Decrease Down"; }
        bind "K" { Resize "Decrease Up"; }
        bind "L" { Resize "Decrease Right"; }
        bind "=" "+" { Resize "Increase"; }
        bind "-" { Resize "Decrease"; }
    }
    pane {
        // bind "Ctrl p" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "h" "Left" { MoveFocus "Left"; }
        bind "l" "Right" { MoveFocus "Right"; }
        bind "j" "Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
        bind "k" "Up" { MoveFocus "Up"; }
        bind "p" { SwitchFocus; }
        bind "n" { NewPane; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "d" { NewPane "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "r" { NewPane "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "x" { CloseFocus; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "f" { ToggleFocusFullscreen; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "z" { TogglePaneFrames; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "w" { ToggleFloatingPanes; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "e" { TogglePaneEmbedOrFloating; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "c" { SwitchToMode "RenamePane"; PaneNameInput 0;}
    }
    move {
        // bind "Ctrl h" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "n" "Tab" { MovePane; }
        bind "h" "Left" { MovePane "Left"; }
        bind "j" "Down" { MovePane "Down"; }
        bind "k" "Up" { MovePane "Up"; }
        bind "l" "Right" { MovePane "Right"; }
    }
    tab {
        // bind "Ctrl t" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "r" { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; TabNameInput 0; }
        bind "h" "Left" "Up" "k" { GoToPreviousTab; }
        bind "l" "Right" "Down" "j" { GoToNextTab; }
        bind "n" { NewTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "x" { CloseTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "s" { ToggleActiveSyncTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "1" { GoToTab 1; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "2" { GoToTab 2; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "3" { GoToTab 3; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "4" { GoToTab 4; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "5" { GoToTab 5; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "6" { GoToTab 6; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "7" { GoToTab 7; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "8" { GoToTab 8; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "9" { GoToTab 9; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Tab" { ToggleTab; }
    }
    scroll {
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "e" { EditScrollback; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "s" { SwitchToMode "EnterSearch"; SearchInput 0; }
        // bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "j" "Down" { ScrollDown; }
        bind "k" "Up" { ScrollUp; }
        bind "Ctrl f" "PageDown" "Right" "l" { PageScrollDown; }
        bind "Ctrl b" "PageUp" "Left" "h" { PageScrollUp; }
        bind "d" { HalfPageScrollDown; }
        bind "u" { HalfPageScrollUp; }
        // uncomment this and adjust key if using copy_on_select=false
        // bind "Alt c" { Copy; }
    }
    search {
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        // bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "j" "Down" { ScrollDown; }
        bind "k" "Up" { ScrollUp; }
        bind "Ctrl f" "PageDown" "Right" "l" { PageScrollDown; }
        bind "Ctrl b" "PageUp" "Left" "h" { PageScrollUp; }
        bind "d" { HalfPageScrollDown; }
        bind "u" { HalfPageScrollUp; }
        bind "n" { Search "down"; }
        bind "p" { Search "up"; }
        bind "c" { SearchToggleOption "CaseSensitivity"; }
        bind "w" { SearchToggleOption "Wrap"; }
        bind "o" { SearchToggleOption "WholeWord"; }
    }
    entersearch {
        bind "Esc" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
        bind "Enter" { SwitchToMode "Search"; }
    }
    renametab {
        // bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Esc" { UndoRenameTab; SwitchToMode "Tab"; }
    }
    renamepane {
        // bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Esc" { UndoRenamePane; SwitchToMode "Pane"; }
    }
    session {
        bind "Ctrl o" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
        bind "d" { Detach; }
    }
    tmux {
        bind "p" { SwitchToMode "pane"; }
        bind "n" { SwitchToMode "resize"; }
        bind "t" { SwitchToMode "tab"; }
        bind "s" { SwitchToMode "scroll"; }
        bind "o" { SwitchToMode "session"; }
        bind "t" { SwitchToMode "tab"; }
        bind "h" { SwitchToMode "move"; }
        bind "q" { Quit; }
        bind "d" { Detach; }
        bind "Alt =" { Resize "Increase"; }
        bind "Alt +" { Resize "Increase"; }
        bind "Alt -" { Resize "Decrease"; }
    }
    shared_except "locked" {
        bind "F5" { GoToPreviousTab; }
        bind "Alt [" { GoToPreviousTab; }
        bind "F6" { GoToNextTab; }
        bind "Alt ]" { GoToNextTab; }
        bind "Alt h" { MoveFocusOrTab "Left"; }
        bind "Alt l" { MoveFocusOrTab "Right"; }
        bind "Alt j" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
        bind "Alt k" { MoveFocus "Up"; }
        bind "Ctrl t" { NewTab; }
        bind "Ctrl n" { NewPane; }
        bind "PageDown" { PageScrollDown; }
        bind "PageUp" { PageScrollUp; }
        bind "F8" { SwitchToMode "tmux"; }
        bind "F12" { SwitchToMode "locked"; }
    }
    shared_except "normal" {
        bind "F2" "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "normal"; }
    }
    // Esc "pops" the current mode, so we switch to normal for all modes except
    // the modes that aren't directly under `Normal` in the stack (there would
    // be a nicer way of expressing that if the config had some semantics of the
    // hierarchy / stack...)
    shared_except "normal" "entersearch" "renametab" "renamepane" {
        bind "Esc" { SwitchToMode "normal"; }
    }
}

plugins {
    tab-bar { path "tab-bar"; }
    status-bar { path "status-bar"; }
    strider { path "strider"; }
    compact-bar { path "compact-bar"; }
}

// Choose what to do when zellij receives SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGQUIT or SIGHUP
// eg. when terminal window with an active zellij session is closed
// Options:
//   - detach (Default)
//   - quit
//
// on_force_close "quit"

//  Send a request for a simplified ui (without arrow fonts) to plugins
//  Options:
//    - true
//    - false (Default)
//
// simplified_ui true

// Choose the path to the default shell that zellij will use for opening new panes
// Default: $SHELL
//
default_shell "fish"

// Toggle between having pane frames around the panes
// Options:
//   - true (default)
//   - false
//
pane_frames false
// Define color themes for Zellij
// For more examples, see: https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/tree/main/example/themes
// Once these themes are defined, one of them should to be selected in the "theme" section of this file
//
themes {
    default {
        fg 7
        bg 1
        black 0
        red 1
        green 2
        yellow 3
        blue 4
        magenta 5
        cyan 6
        white 7
        orange 16
    }
}

// Choose the theme that is specified in the themes section.
// Default: default
//
// theme "default"

// The name of the default layout to load on startup
// Default: "default"
//
// default_layout "compact"

// Choose the mode that zellij uses when starting up.
// Default: normal
//
// default_mode "locked"

// Toggle enabling the mouse mode.
// On certain configurations, or terminals this could
// potentially interfere with copying text.
// Options:
//   - true (default)
//   - false
//
// mouse_mode false

// Configure the scroll back buffer size
// This is the number of lines zellij stores for each pane in the scroll back
// buffer. Excess number of lines are discarded in a FIFO fashion.
// Valid values: positive integers
// Default value: 10000
//
// scroll_buffer_size 10000

// Provide a command to execute when copying text. The text will be piped to
// the stdin of the program to perform the copy. This can be used with
// terminal emulators which do not support the OSC 52 ANSI control sequence
// that will be used by default if this option is not set.
// Examples:
//
// copy_command "xclip -selection clipboard" // x11
// copy_command "wl-copy"                    // wayland
// copy_command "pbcopy"                     // osx

// Choose the destination for copied text
// Allows using the primary selection buffer (on x11/wayland) instead of the system clipboard.
// Does not apply when using copy_command.
// Options:
//   - system (default)
//   - primary
//
// copy_clipboard "primary"

// Enable or disable automatic copy (and clear) of selection when releasing mouse
// Default: true
//
// copy_on_select false

// Path to the default editor to use to edit pane scrollbuffer
// Default: $EDITOR or $VISUAL
//
// scrollback_editor "/usr/bin/vim"

// When attaching to an existing session with other users,
// should the session be mirrored (true)
// or should each user have their own cursor (false)
// Default: false
//
// mirror_session true

// The folder in which Zellij will look for layouts
//
// layout_dir "/path/to/my/layout_dir"

// The folder in which Zellij will look for themes
//
// theme_dir "/path/to/my/theme_dir"

config.kdl.diff

diff --git a/.config/zellij/config.default.kdl b/.config/zellij/config.kdl
index 2397f5b..d68f6a7 100644
--- a/.config/zellij/config.default.kdl
+++ b/.config/zellij/config.kdl
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
-// If you'd like to override the default keybindings completely, be sure to change "keybinds" to "keybinds clear-defaults=true"
-keybinds {
+// This Zellij config offers a more modal experience than the default. There are
+// very few keybindings in the mode that you spend most of your time in, and we
+// need to hit `C-space` to go into a mode where we navigate.
+
+// The only keybindings in the normal mode are:
+// - `C-space` to go into the tmux mode
+// - `C-n` for a new pane
+// - `C-t` for a new tab
+// - `A-[` & `A-]` to go to the previous/next tab
+// - `S-arrow` to navigate between panes
+
+// Note: because Zellij can't read that many keys, we map some keys in
+// alacritty.yml to the binding that Zellij uses. So, for example C-Space is
+// mapped to F2, S+arrow are mapped to A-{hljk}, and next/previous tab are
+// mapped to F5/F6.
+
+keybinds clear-defaults=true {
     normal {
-        // uncomment this and adjust key if using copy_on_select=false
-        // bind "Alt c" { Copy; }
-    }
-    locked {
-        bind "Ctrl g" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        bind "F2" { SwitchToMode "tmux"; }
     }
     resize {
-        bind "Ctrl n" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl n" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "h" "Left" { Resize "Increase Left"; }
         bind "j" "Down" { Resize "Increase Down"; }
         bind "k" "Up" { Resize "Increase Up"; }
@@ -21,7 +32,7 @@ keybinds {
         bind "-" { Resize "Decrease"; }
     }
     pane {
-        bind "Ctrl p" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl p" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "h" "Left" { MoveFocus "Left"; }
         bind "l" "Right" { MoveFocus "Right"; }
         bind "j" "Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
@@ -38,7 +49,7 @@ keybinds {
         bind "c" { SwitchToMode "RenamePane"; PaneNameInput 0;}
     }
     move {
-        bind "Ctrl h" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl h" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "n" "Tab" { MovePane; }
         bind "h" "Left" { MovePane "Left"; }
         bind "j" "Down" { MovePane "Down"; }
@@ -46,7 +57,7 @@ keybinds {
         bind "l" "Right" { MovePane "Right"; }
     }
     tab {
-        bind "Ctrl t" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl t" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "r" { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; TabNameInput 0; }
         bind "h" "Left" "Up" "k" { GoToPreviousTab; }
         bind "l" "Right" "Down" "j" { GoToNextTab; }
@@ -68,7 +79,7 @@ keybinds {
         bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "e" { EditScrollback; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "s" { SwitchToMode "EnterSearch"; SearchInput 0; }
-        bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "j" "Down" { ScrollDown; }
         bind "k" "Up" { ScrollUp; }
         bind "Ctrl f" "PageDown" "Right" "l" { PageScrollDown; }
@@ -80,7 +91,7 @@ keybinds {
     }
     search {
         bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "j" "Down" { ScrollDown; }
         bind "k" "Up" { ScrollUp; }
         bind "Ctrl f" "PageDown" "Right" "l" { PageScrollDown; }
@@ -94,15 +105,15 @@ keybinds {
         bind "o" { SearchToggleOption "WholeWord"; }
     }
     entersearch {
-        bind "Ctrl c" "Esc" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
+        bind "Esc" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
         bind "Enter" { SwitchToMode "Search"; }
     }
     renametab {
-        bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "Esc" { UndoRenameTab; SwitchToMode "Tab"; }
     }
     renamepane {
-        bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+        // bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
         bind "Esc" { UndoRenamePane; SwitchToMode "Pane"; }
     }
     session {
@@ -111,60 +122,44 @@ keybinds {
         bind "d" { Detach; }
     }
     tmux {
-        bind "[" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
-        bind "Ctrl b" { Write 2; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "\"" { NewPane "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "%" { NewPane "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "z" { ToggleFocusFullscreen; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "c" { NewTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "," { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; }
-        bind "p" { GoToPreviousTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "n" { GoToNextTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "Left" { MoveFocus "Left"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "Right" { MoveFocus "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "Up" { MoveFocus "Up"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "h" { MoveFocus "Left"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "l" { MoveFocus "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "j" { MoveFocus "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "k" { MoveFocus "Up"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-        bind "o" { FocusNextPane; }
+        bind "p" { SwitchToMode "pane"; }
+        bind "n" { SwitchToMode "resize"; }
+        bind "t" { SwitchToMode "tab"; }
+        bind "s" { SwitchToMode "scroll"; }
+        bind "o" { SwitchToMode "session"; }
+        bind "t" { SwitchToMode "tab"; }
+        bind "h" { SwitchToMode "move"; }
+        bind "q" { Quit; }
         bind "d" { Detach; }
-    }
-    shared_except "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl g" { SwitchToMode "Locked"; }
-        bind "Ctrl q" { Quit; }
-        bind "Alt n" { NewPane; }
-        bind "Alt h" "Alt Left" { MoveFocusOrTab "Left"; }
-        bind "Alt l" "Alt Right" { MoveFocusOrTab "Right"; }
-        bind "Alt j" "Alt Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
-        bind "Alt k" "Alt Up" { MoveFocus "Up"; }
-        bind "Alt =" "Alt +" { Resize "Increase"; }
+        bind "Alt =" { Resize "Increase"; }
+        bind "Alt +" { Resize "Increase"; }
         bind "Alt -" { Resize "Decrease"; }
     }
-    shared_except "normal" "locked" {
-        bind "Enter" "Esc" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
-    }
-    shared_except "pane" "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl p" { SwitchToMode "Pane"; }
-    }
-    shared_except "resize" "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl n" { SwitchToMode "Resize"; }
-    }
-    shared_except "scroll" "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
-    }
-    shared_except "session" "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl o" { SwitchToMode "Session"; }
-    }
-    shared_except "tab" "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl t" { SwitchToMode "Tab"; }
+    shared_except "locked" {
+        bind "F5" { GoToPreviousTab; }
+        bind "Alt [" { GoToPreviousTab; }
+        bind "F6" { GoToNextTab; }
+        bind "Alt ]" { GoToNextTab; }
+        bind "Alt h" { MoveFocusOrTab "Left"; }
+        bind "Alt l" { MoveFocusOrTab "Right"; }
+        bind "Alt j" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
+        bind "Alt k" { MoveFocus "Up"; }
+        bind "Ctrl t" { NewTab; }
+        bind "Ctrl n" { NewPane; }
+        bind "PageDown" { PageScrollDown; }
+        bind "PageUp" { PageScrollUp; }
+        bind "F8" { SwitchToMode "tmux"; }
+        bind "F12" { SwitchToMode "locked"; }
     }
-    shared_except "move" "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl h" { SwitchToMode "Move"; }
+    shared_except "normal" {
+        bind "F2" "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "normal"; }
     }
-    shared_except "tmux" "locked" {
-        bind "Ctrl b" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
+    // Esc "pops" the current mode, so we switch to normal for all modes except
+    // the modes that aren't directly under `Normal` in the stack (there would
+    // be a nicer way of expressing that if the config had some semantics of the
+    // hierarchy / stack...)
+    shared_except "normal" "entersearch" "renametab" "renamepane" {
+        bind "Esc" { SwitchToMode "normal"; }
     }
 }
 
@@ -193,34 +188,33 @@ plugins {
 // Choose the path to the default shell that zellij will use for opening new panes
 // Default: $SHELL
 //
-// default_shell "fish"
+default_shell "fish"
 
 // Toggle between having pane frames around the panes
 // Options:
 //   - true (default)
 //   - false
 //
-// pane_frames true
-
+pane_frames false
 // Define color themes for Zellij
 // For more examples, see: https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/tree/main/example/themes
 // Once these themes are defined, one of them should to be selected in the "theme" section of this file
 //
-// themes {
-//     dracula {
-//         fg 248 248 242
-//         bg 40 42 54
-//         red 255 85 85
-//         green 80 250 123
-//         yellow 241 250 140
-//         blue 98 114 164
-//         magenta 255 121 198
-//         orange 255 184 108
-//         cyan 139 233 253
-//         black 0 0 0
-//         white 255 255 255
-//     }
-// }
+themes {
+    default {
+        fg 7
+        bg 1
+        black 0
+        red 1
+        green 2
+        yellow 3
+        blue 4
+        magenta 5
+        cyan 6
+        white 7
+        orange 16
+    }
+}
 
 // Choose the theme that is specified in the themes section.
 // Default: default