⌨️Keybindings

Press any key!

TermRead implements the following keybindings to interact with the input:

Keybinding
Action

ENTER

Accepts input

Ctrl+C

Cancels reading (if TreatCtrlCAsInput is enabled)

Ctrl+A / HOME

Beginning of line

Ctrl+E / END

End of line

Ctrl+B /

Backward one character

Ctrl+F /

Forward one character

BACKSPACE

Remove one character from the left

UP ARROW

Get the older input

DOWN ARROW

Get the newer input

DELETE

Remove one character in current position

ALT+B

One word backward

ALT+F

One word forward

TAB

Next auto-completion entry (if there is one)

Insert four spaces (if no autocompletions)

SHIFT+TAB

Previous auto-completion entry

CTRL+U

Cut to the start of the line

CTRL+K

Cut to the end of the line

CTRL+W

Cut to the end of the previous word

ALT+D

Cut to the end of the next word

CTRL+Y

Yank the cut content

Alt+L

Make word lowercase

Alt+U

Make word uppercase

Alt+C

Make character uppercase and move to the end of word

Alt+V

Make character lowercase and move to the end of word

Alt+S

Shows all suggestions in the style akin to the Bourne Again SHell (bash)

Alt+R

Refreshes the prompt, the text input, and the current cursor position.

Insert

Text append mode (Insert or append)

CTRL+L

Clears the screen and refreshes the prompt.

ALT+\

Cut the whitespaces before and after the character.

CTRL+T

Substitutes two characters

ALT+T

Substitutes two words

ALT+SHIFT+#

Makes your current input text a comment (visual only, but ignores your text on submit)

ALT+TAB / CTRL+I

Forces the tab character to be written. Writes as spaces.

Warning: Some of the keys conflict with the terminal emulator and/or the operating system keybindings.