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Cannot use ALT key from zellij

Open dridk opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

I m using tabby on windows with ssh to code. From my remote server, I m using zsh and zellij. Default shortcuts of zellij use ALT+arrow to switch between pane.

I cannot use this combinaison of key from tabby. ( works from mobaxterm ). Pressing ALT key show me an unwanted cross cursor. I tried to remove all keybinding from tabby and enable "Use Alt as the Meta key" . But it doesn't work.

dridk avatar Aug 20 '24 08:08 dridk

ALT + <+|-> doesn't work too. It looks that ALT + arrow Key or num pad doesn't work

dridk avatar Aug 20 '24 08:08 dridk

I can confirm that I am experiencing the same issue. The symptoms are identical to those described above.

tedr56 avatar Aug 23 '24 15:08 tedr56

In my case, I can move between Zellij panes left and right but not up and down, when using the Alt + arrow keys. I found Alt key to be problematic even outside Zellij. Some combinations work while others don't. I'll try to document the specific failure cases later.

asifm avatar Jul 09 '25 16:07 asifm

Confirm this is the same for me on Mac

Lockszmith-GH avatar Aug 11 '25 01:08 Lockszmith-GH

Faced the same issue on Mac. The following solved it:

  • Go to Tabby Settings > Terminal (Tab) > Keyboard (Section) > Toggle ON "Use ⌥ as the Meta Key"
  • Restart Tabby (Doesn't work without restart).

The cross cursor still comes up, but the Alt+F keys get sent to the terminal.

sahil87 avatar Aug 30 '25 05:08 sahil87

can not use (some keymap i set in neovim), but it can in item2

jensenojs avatar Sep 14 '25 08:09 jensenojs