How to focus on editor without closing the terminal

[volkan0x]

I'd like to know how to focus on the editor while I am currently working on terminal, without closing the terminal?

Just like you can do with the "tab" key when you are searching with "cmd+f". You can focus on the editor with "tab" and come back to the search text write with "cmd+f" again with this:

"context": "BufferSearchBar",
"bindings": {
"tab": "buffer_search::FocusEditor",
}

tried

"context": "Terminal", {
"escape": ["terminal::FocusEditor"],
}

to do that but couldn't make it.

[alygin]

I think, the actions you're looking for are ["workspace::ActivatePane", 0] ... ["workspace::ActivatePane", 8] with default key bindings cmd-1 ... cmd-9.

[Moshyfawn]

I've got it to do exactly the opposite of the behaviour you're looking for, but the original keymap for this is ctrl-`, I think.

zed-term-toggle.mp4

[volkan0x]

Not like this. Can you try pressing "tab" when you are on text search "cmd+f". You will immediately focus on editor with pressing tab while still searching a keyword. I want to do this on terminal panel with tab or escape key.

[mrnugget]

What about these?

  {
    "context": "Dock",
    "bindings": {
      "ctrl-h": ["workspace::ActivatePaneInDirection", "Left"],
      "ctrl-l": ["workspace::ActivatePaneInDirection", "Right"],
      "ctrl-k": ["workspace::ActivatePaneInDirection", "Up"],
      "ctrl-j": ["workspace::ActivatePaneInDirection", "Down"]
    }
  }

[volkan0x]

It worked

[milosgajdos]

This has been driving me bonkers, too. What my brain does now is CMD+J and then back to 🥁 CMD+J

[mrnugget]

I still don't understand what the problem is: with ctrl-backtick you can change focus to and from terminal.

You can also overwrite it, here's the terminal part:

  {
    //            👇 - Create binding for Terminal
    "context": "Terminal",
    "bindings": {
      //
      //                         👇 - On `esc` toggle back to editor
      "escape": "terminal_panel::ToggleFocus"
      //
      //
      //
    }
  }

That works for me.

screenshot-2024-04-10-06.42.48.mp4

[milosgajdos]

Ooh, ok, so my problem was this:

• I didn't see this key shortcut in https://zed.dev/docs/key-bindings#terminal
• I found it in the UI menu, but it's not clear to me you can use it for switching b/w the pane and the terminal so I used to do do combinations of CMD+J and ctrl+^

Thanks this is helpful.

[volkan0x]

Actually ctrl-backtick solves this problem. But I'd like to assign it to a custom shortcut. What is the definition of this on the bindings?

[mrnugget]

Exactly the thing that I posted above, in the JSON.

 {
    "context": "Terminal",
    "bindings": {
      "escape": "terminal_panel::ToggleFocus"
    }
  }

[volkan0x]

It worked, thanks.