Shortcuts & Aliases I Don't Want to Forget

This document collects the main keyboard shortcuts and configurations I use in my development environment.

🖥️ Basic Setup

• Operating System: Ubuntu
• Window Manager: Pop Shell
• Terminal Emulator: Kitty
• Shell: Zsh with Oh-My-Zsh

⌨️ Kitty Terminal Shortcuts

Window Management

Action	Shortcut
Open a new window (split)	Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Next window	Ctrl + Shift + J
Previous window	Ctrl + Shift + K

Layout Management

Action	Shortcut
Next layout	Ctrl + Shift + L
Switch to Tall layout	Ctrl + Alt + R
Switch to Stack layout	Ctrl + Alt + S

Tab Management

Action	Shortcut
Open a new tab	Ctrl + Shift + T
Switch to next tab	Ctrl + Shift + →
Switch to previous tab	Ctrl + Shift + ←
Close current tab	Ctrl + Shift + Q

Font Size

Action	Shortcut
Reset font size	Ctrl + Shift + Backspace

Tmux

Action	Shortcut
Start tmux	tmux
Create a named session	tmux new -s "session name"
Show tmux session	tmux ls
Attach a session	tmux a -t "session name"
Close session	tmux kill-session -t "session name"

🪟 Pop Shell Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Maximize window	Super + M
Minimize window	Super + ,
Toggle floating mode	Super + Y
Minimize all window	Super + D
Close window	Super + Q
Toggle notifications menu	Super + V
Open a terminal	Super + T
Open Files	Super + F
Move focus to the left window	Super + Left Arrow
Move focus to the right window	Super + Right Arrow
Move focus to the window above	Super + Up Arrow
Move focus to the window below	Super + Down Arrow
Enter window adjustment mode	Super + enter
In window adjust mode change window dimension	shif + arrow key

🐚 Shell Configuration

Oh-My-Zsh Setup

Theme:

ZSH_THEME="af-magic"

Plugins:

plugins=(git docker docker-compose gcloud kubectl nvm zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)

Environment Variables

Variable	Value	Description
KUBE_EDITOR	"code -w"	Default editor for kubectl

🔧 Useful Aliases

General & System

Alias	Command	Description
editzshrc	code -w ~/.zshrc	Edit zsh configuration file
changeterminal	sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator	Change default terminal emulator

Git

Alias	Command	Description
gis	git status	Quick git status check

Python Development

Alias	Command	Description
createenv	python3 -m venv .venv	Create Python virtual environment
activateenv	source .venv/bin/activate	Activate Python virtual environment

Docker

Alias	Command	Description
dockclose	docker ps -a -q | xargs -r docker stop	Stop all Docker containers

Hardware & Custom Keyboard

Alias	Command	Description
enablewbhid	sudo chmod 0666 /dev/hidraw*	Enable WebHID for custom keyboard remapping

Note: The enablewbhid alias is needed before using Remap to configure the custom keyboard layout.