Key binding
Shell
By default, Atuin will rebind both Ctrl-r and the up arrow.
You can also disable either the up-arrow or Ctrl-r bindings individually, by passing
--disable-up-arrow or --disable-ctrl-r to the call to atuin init:
# Bind ctrl-r but not up arrow
eval "$(atuin init zsh --disable-up-arrow)"
# Bind up-arrow but not ctrl-r
eval "$(atuin init zsh --disable-ctrl-r)"
If you do not want either key to be bound, either pass both --disable arguments, or set the
environment varuable ATUIN_NOBIND to any value before the call to atuin init:
## Do not bind any keys
# Either:
eval "$(atuin init zsh --disable-up-arrow --disable-ctrl-r)"
# Or:
export ATUIN_NOBIND="true"
eval "$(atuin init zsh)"
You can then choose to bind Atuin if needed, do this after the call to init.
zsh
Atuin defines the ZLE widget "_atuin_search_widget"
export ATUIN_NOBIND="true"
eval "$(atuin init zsh)"
bindkey '^r' _atuin_search_widget
# depends on terminal mode
bindkey '^[[A' _atuin_search_widget
bindkey '^[OA' _atuin_search_widget
bash
export ATUIN_NOBIND="true"
eval "$(atuin init bash)"
# bind to ctrl-r, add any other bindings you want here too
bind -x '"\C-r": __atuin_history'
fish
set -gx ATUIN_NOBIND "true"
atuin init fish | source
# bind to ctrl-r in normal and insert mode, add any other bindings you want here too
bind \cr _atuin_search
bind -M insert \cr _atuin_search
Atuin UI shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ctrl + r | Cycle through filter modes |
| ctrl + s | Cycle through search modes |
| alt + 1 to alt + 9 | Select item by the number located near it |
| ctrl + c / ctrl + d / ctrl + g / esc | Return original |
| ctrl + ← / alt + b | Move the cursor to the previous word |
| ctrl + h / ctrl + b / ← | Move the cursor to the left |
| ctrl + → / alt + f | Move the cursor to the next word |
| ctrl + l / ctrl + f / → | Move the cursor to the right |
| ctrl + a / home | Move the cursor to the start of the line |
| ctrl + e / end | Move the cursor to the end of the line |
| ctrl + backspace / ctrl + alt + backspace | Remove the previous word / remove the word just before the cursor |
| ctrl + delete / ctrl + alt + delete | Remove the next word or the word just after the cursor |
| ctrl + w | Remove the word before the cursor even if it spans across the word boundaries |
| ctrl + u | Clear the current line |
| ctrl + n / ctrl + j | Select the next item on the list |
| ctrl + p / ctrl + k / up arrow | Select the previous item on the list |
| page down | Scroll search results one page down |
| page up | Scroll search results one page up |
| enter | Select highlighted item |
| ↓ | Return original or return query depending on settings if no entries are found, or select the next item on the list |