Fzf: Can I change the CTRL-HJKL bindings?

Created on 31 Mar 2015 · 8Comments · Source: junegunn/fzf

Hey! I'm a big vim/tmux/zsh user, and I have a custom tmux config setup that lets me switch between tmux panes using CTRL + HJKL movements.

So I'd like to remap the CTRL-HJKL bindings for fzf to use something different... Is this possible? I tried looking here:

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf#using-the-finder

and editing the following file:

~/.fzf/shell/key-bindings.zsh

but couldn't see a way to do it... thanks!

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bradparks

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It's now possible in 0.9.12 with --bind option:

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='--bind alt-j:down,alt-k:up'

junegunn on 21 May 2015

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Nope, remapping of keys are not supported at the moment.

By the way, if I understood you correctly, you have CTRL + HJKL bindings on your tmux config, and they should shadow the same key bindings from fzf. Then what exactly is your problem and what do you want to achieve? If being unable to use CTRL-JK from fzf is the problem, you can use CTRL-NP or arrow keys instead, and backspace is equivalent to CTRL-H. CTRL-L redraws fzf screen, but it's undocumented and rarely needed.

junegunn on 31 Mar 2015

hey.... i was hoping to be able to switch them to more VIM like keystrokes if possible... Since using CTRL-JK clashes with my current tmux config. Maybe ALT-JK was what I was hoping, but no worries... I'll just use CTRL-NP instead.... much appreciated! and fzf seems awesome so far, so thanks for the great work!

bradparks on 31 Mar 2015

I see, maybe I'll consider allowing remapping of the keys in the future, but most of the keys (except for CTRL-JK!) are strictly based on the default readline keybindings, so it's not really urgent I guess. And hey, one can say that CTRL-NP are equally as vim-like as JK (they're for auto-completion) :sunglasses:

junegunn on 31 Mar 2015

It's now possible in 0.9.12 with --bind option:

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='--bind alt-j:down,alt-k:up'

junegunn on 21 May 2015

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cool... thanks... definitely a nice feature.... much appreciated!

bradparks on 21 May 2015

@junegunn this might not be entirely on topic for this issue but I have export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='--bind ctrl-h:down,ctrl-t:up' so of course ctrl-t opens in a tab instead of going up. Is there a way to disable or remap ctrl-t. It looks like this issue somewhat addresses it but possibly in a different context.