Tab keybind doesnt work with modifiers

[jujpenabe]

Arch Linux Alacritty

Hi, I'm trying to assign some custom keybinds in ~/.config/nushell/config.nu and it seems that the tab keycode plus a modifier doesn't work.

I already disabled all tab keybindings to test just the keybinding with the modifier. I also tried the same keybind with the same modifier but with another keycode and this works. It's like the modifier key doesn't work with the tab key code .

Steps to reproduce

1. Add a keybind with tab and a modifier other than none
2. Try your keybind in a new terminal

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   The keybind I tried to achieve

[fdncred]

You should make sure that your terminal "hears" whatever keybindings you're trying to assign. You do this with the command keybindings listen and then hitting the key combination.

[jujpenabe]

You should make sure that your terminal "hears" whatever keybindings you're trying to assign. You do this with the command keybindings listen and then hitting the key combination.

I checked the key combinations heard by the terminal and surprisingly the combination control + shift + tab returns nothing.

Control + shift is heard with a different key code than tab ('L') but only the control modifier is heard.

Other modifiers are heard (control + tab, shift + tab) But the reedline keybind doesn't work with those either.

[fdncred]

You might try and enable the kitty protocol in the config.nu

  use_kitty_protocol: true # enables keyboard enhancement protocol implemented by kitty console, only if your terminal support this.

Different terminals hear different things. This is from WezTerm on Windows.

[jujpenabe]

That solves the problem, now all keybinds work as expected, thanks! I thought the Kitty protocol was exclusive to the Kitty terminal.

[fdncred]

I thought the Kitty protocol was exclusive to the Kitty terminal.

Nope. It's exclusive to terminal that support the kitty protocol, which there are a few already. Although I can't name them.