Change Profiles Keyboard settings in Terminal on Mac
Use Keyboard settings in Terminal to set the keyboard behavior for a Terminal window profile.
To change these settings in the Terminal app on your Mac, choose Terminal > Settings, click Profiles, select a profile, then click Keyboard.
Note: The settings you choose in this pane apply only to the profile you select. They don’t apply to the Terminal app in general.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Key list | To modify a key, select it, click Edit, change the key settings, then click OK. | ||||||||||
Add button | To create a new key, click under the function key list. | ||||||||||
Remove button | To remove a key, select a key in the list, then click under the function key list. | ||||||||||
Use Option as Meta key | To have the Option key on the keyboard act as a meta key, select “Use Option as Meta key.” This is useful for computers running X11 and for some text editors. | ||||||||||
Scroll alternate screen | To enable alternate screen scrolling, select “Scroll alternate screen.” |