If it is the foreground app, it will be sent to the back. From then on, pressing that keystroke (even when iTerm2 is not the front application) will cause iTerm2 to come to the front. When enabled, you can focus the Hotkey: field and press a keystroke. Show/Hide iTerm2 all windows with a system-wide hotkey For more information, see Hotkey Windows. Sets up a new hotkey window profile if you don't already have one. This only affects switching panes, tabs, and windows by keyboard as configure in the preceding settings. If your keyboard layout requires you to hold Shift (or some other modifier) to press a number, enable this to treat the top row of keys as number keys even when Shift is not pressed. You can use this to configure a modifier+number shortcut to select a split pane in the current tab. Windows are normally navigated with cmd+opt+number, but you can change the modifier used for that function here. Tabs are normally navigated with cmd+number, but you can change the modifier used for that function here.

Navigation Shortcuts Shortcut to activate a tab Visual esc key indicator When you press esc on a touchbar, make the cursor change shape briefly to provid feedback.Key click for virtual esc key When you press esc on a touchbar, this causes a click sound to be played.

Haptic feedback when pressing esc When you press esc on a touchbar, this makes the trackpad vibrate to provide feedback.

You can then add the custom button to your touch bar with View > Customize Touch Bar. By pressing this button, you can define a new custom touch bar button with any of the actions you can assign to a key (see below).

This button is only visible if your OS version supports touch bars. See the list of key binding actions at Preferences > Profiles > Keys. Settings here are overridden by those in a profile's key mappings. This interface works like the keyboard shortcut system in profiles (described above) but it affects all profiles.

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