kitten-quick-access-terminal(1) kitty kitten-quick-access-terminal(1) (NAME) kitten-quick-access-terminal - (OVERVIEW) 0.42.0: <#panel-compat>. kitten . : kitten quick-access-terminal kitty . . : . macOS System Preferences->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts->Services->General Quick access to kitty . (CONFIGURATION) quick-access-terminal.conf kitty <#confloc> . kitty_conf kitty . : kitten panel kitten <> . <#remote- control-panel> kitty_override allow_remote_control=socket-only kitty_override listen_on=unix:/tmp/whatever quick-access-terminal.conf . : (Window appearance) lines lines 25 . . px . columns columns 80 . . px . edge edge top . ( i3) (docked) . background " " . sway sway kitten . : center center-sized none. center (anchor) ( macOS ). (margin) . none . lines columns . center-sized none . layer layer overlay z-index . IME top . kitty +kitten panel --layer <#cmdoption-kitty- kitten-panel-layer> . background_opacity background_opacity 0.85 (opacity) . kitty . hide_on_focus_loss hide_on_focus_loss no . focus_policy on-demand . grab_keyboard grab_keyboard no . kitty . . / / . Wayland inhibit-keyboard-shortcuts . macOS . margin_left margin_left 0 . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . margin_right margin_right 0 . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . margin_top margin_top 0 . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . margin_bottom margin_bottom 0 . . macOS Wayland wlr layer shell . kitty_conf kitty . . kitty.conf . kitty . kitty_override kitty . : kitty_override name=value. : kitty_override font_size=20. app_id app_id kitty-quick-access Wayland (namespace) (layer shell surface) . X11 WM_CLASS . ( ) output_name () . . . kitten panel --output-name list . json listjson . Wayland Wayland . start_as_hidden start_as_hidden no . . focus_policy focus_policy exclusive Wayland wlr layer shell . wlr layer shell . Wayland exclusive . macOS exclusive on-demand . quick_access_terminal kitten : . (Command line interface) kitten quick_access_terminal [options] [cmdline-to-run ...] . (OPTIONS) --config , -c () . quick-access-terminal.conf . . NONE . : $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kitty/quick-access-terminal.conf ~/.config/kitty/quick-access-terminal.conf $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/kitty/quick-access-terminal.conf. . KITTY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY <#envvar-KITTY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY> . /etc/xdg/kitty/quick-access-terminal.conf ( ). . (STDIN) - /dev/stdin . --override , -o . : name=value. : -o lines=12 --detach [=no] ( ) . --detached-log STDOUT/STDERR --detach. --instance-group . . : quick-access --debug-rendering [=no] / . --debug-input [=no] / . quick-access-terminal.conf quick-access-terminal.conf : sample quick-access-terminal.conf. (AUTHOR) Kovid Goyal (COPYRIGHT) 2026, Kovid Goyal 0.48.2 July 30, 2026 kitten-quick-access-terminal(1)