Skip to main content

Keybindings

Default Keybindings

Default keybindings are as follows:

KeyDescription
/ or Ctrl + p / n or Ctrl + k / jNavigate through the list of entries
Ctrl + u / dScroll the preview pane up / down
EnterSelect the current entry
Tab / BackTabToggle selection and move to next / previous entry
Ctrl + yCopy the selected entry to the clipboard
Ctrl + rToggle remote control mode
Ctrl + sToggle send to channel mode
Ctrl + gToggle the help panel
Ctrl + oToggle the preview panel
EscQuit the application

These keybindings are all configurable via tv's configuration file (see Configuration).

Keybindings Guide

Following this are some configuration presets you can use for your bindings. Most of these will probably match an existing program.

[!NOTE] This list is maintained by the community, so feel free to contribute your own ideas too! 😊

Emacs

# Television already has some pretty Emacsy keybinds.
# This just makes them "Emacsier".
[keybindings]
scroll_preview_half_page_down = "alt-v"
scroll_preview_half_page_up = "ctrl-v"
toggle_remote_control = "alt-x" # Like execute-extended-command
toggle_help = "ctrl-h"