Zsh

Run bindkey to see all shortcut key bindings.

Keyboard shortcuts

Action
Backward / forward one word	Ctrl				◀▶
Undo (ctrl-underscore)	Ctrl	Shift			-
Swap with previous character	Ctrl				T
Swap with previous word			Alt		T
Previous / next line in history	Ctrl				P / N
Clear screen	Ctrl				L
Last argument of previous command			Alt		.
Completion list (arguments, etc)	Ctrl				I
Set mark (ctrl-@)	Ctrl	Shift			2
Kill region	Ctrl				[	W
which command	Ctrl				[	?
Show help or manual	Ctrl				[	H
Execute and go to next in history	Ctrl				O
Expand alias	Ctrl				X	A
Cycle directory stack (dircycle)			Alt		◀▶
Parent dir / first subdir			Alt		▲▼

VTE uses the ctrl+shift+arrows

VTE — the widget behind Ptyxis, GNOME Terminal and Tilix — handles them.

Keys	VTE action
CtrlShift ◀▶	scroll_to_previous_prompt() / scroll_to_next_prompt()
CtrlShift ▲▼	scroll_lines(-1) / scroll_lines(1)
Shift PgUpPgDn	scroll_pages(∓1)
Shift HomeEnd	Top / bottom of scrollback
CtrlShiftInsert	Paste clipboard

OSC 133 prompt marks

VTE's prompt jumping searches the scrollback for rows whose cells carry ShellIntegrationMode::ePROMPT (Ring::contains_prompt_beginning()). Those tags come from OSC 133, which VTE parses as ITERM2_SHELL_INTEGRATION (src/parser-osc.hh). With no shell emitting them, both searches run to the ends of the buffer, so the keys just scroll to the top or bottom of the scrollback — which looks random rather than broken.

Emitted from the midgard theme, so the feature actually works:

Mark	Meaning
D;<status>	Previous command finished, with exit status
A	Prompt starts — the mark VTE searches for
B	User input starts
C	Command output starts (sent from preexec)

A must precede the first visible character of the prompt, since VTE tags cells drawn after it. Wrap the sequences in %{...%} so zsh counts them as zero-width. Take the exit status from the %? prompt escape rather than a precmd hook — a hook that runs any command overwrites the $? that build_prompt reads for its error segment.

Commands

Action	Command	Original
List visited directories	d	dirs -v
Go 1..9 directory back	1 .. 9	cd -1 .. cd -9
Sudo	_	sudo