Normal commands
Command | Description |
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Update the adblock block lists. |
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Go back in the history of the current tab. |
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Bind a key to a command. |
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Save the current page as a bookmark, or a specific url. |
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Delete a bookmark. |
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Load a bookmark. |
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Select tab by index or url/title best match. |
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Close the current window. |
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Download a given URL, or current page if no URL given. |
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Cancel the last/[count]th download. |
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Remove all finished downloads from the list. |
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Delete the last/[count]th download from disk. |
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Open the last/[count]th download. |
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Remove the last/[count]th download from the list. |
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Retry the first failed/[count]th download. |
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Navigate to a url formed in an external editor. |
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Send a fake keypress or key string to the website or qutebrowser. |
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Go forward in the history of the current tab. |
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Toggle fullscreen mode. |
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Show help about a command or setting. |
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Start hinting. |
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Clear all browsing history. |
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Open main startpage in current tab. |
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Toggle the web inspector. |
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Evaluate a JavaScript string. |
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Jump to the mark named by |
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Execute a command after some time. |
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Show a log of past messages. |
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Open typical prev/next links or navigate using the URL path. |
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Open a URL in the current/[count]th tab. |
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Open a page from the clipboard. |
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Print the current/[count]th tab. |
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Add a new quickmark. |
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Delete a quickmark. |
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Load a quickmark. |
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Save the current page as a quickmark. |
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Quit qutebrowser. |
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Reload the current/[count]th tab. |
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Repeat a given command. |
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Report a bug in qutebrowser. |
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Restart qutebrowser while keeping existing tabs open. |
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Save configs and state. |
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Search for a text on the current page. With no text, clear results. |
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Delete a session. |
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Load a session. |
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Save a session. |
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Set an option. |
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Preset the statusbar to some text. |
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Set a mark at the current scroll position in the current tab. |
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Spawn a command in a shell. |
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Stop loading in the current/[count]th tab. |
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Duplicate the current tab. |
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Close the current/[count]th tab. |
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Detach the current tab to its own window. |
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Select the tab given as argument/[count]. |
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Move the current tab. |
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Switch to the next tab, or switch [count] tabs forward. |
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Close all tabs except for the current one. |
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Switch to the previous tab, or switch [count] tabs back. |
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Unbind a keychain. |
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Re-open a closed tab (optionally skipping [count] closed tabs). |
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Show the source of the current page. |
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Save open pages and quit. |
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Yank the current URL/title to the clipboard or primary selection. |
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Yank the selected text to the clipboard or primary selection. |
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Set the zoom level for the current tab. |
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Increase the zoom level for the current tab. |
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Decrease the zoom level for the current tab. |
adblock-update
Update the adblock block lists.
This updates /.local/share/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts with downloaded host lists and re-reads /.config/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts.
back
Syntax: :back [--tab] [--bg] [--window]
Go back in the history of the current tab.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--tab
: Go back in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Go back in a background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Go back in a new window.
count
How many pages to go back.
bind
Syntax: :bind [--mode mode] [--force] key [command]
Bind a key to a command.
positional arguments
-
key
: The keychain or special key (inside<...>
) to bind. -
command
: The command to execute, with optional args, or not given to print the current binding.
optional arguments
-
-m
,--mode
: A comma-separated list of modes to bind the key in (default:normal
). -
-f
,--force
: Rebind the key if it is already bound.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
-
With this command,
;;
is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command.
bookmark-add
Syntax: :bookmark-add [url] [title]
Save the current page as a bookmark, or a specific url.
If no url and title are provided, then save the current page as a bookmark. If a url and title have been provided, then save the given url as a bookmark with the provided title. You can view all saved bookmarks on the bookmarks page.
positional arguments
-
url
: url to save as a bookmark. If None, use url of current page. -
title
: title of the new bookmark.
bookmark-del
Syntax: :bookmark-del [url]
Delete a bookmark.
positional arguments
-
url
: The url of the bookmark to delete. If not given, use the current page’s url.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
bookmark-load
Syntax: :bookmark-load [--tab] [--bg] [--window] url
Load a bookmark.
positional arguments
-
url
: The url of the bookmark to load.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--tab
: Load the bookmark in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Load the bookmark in a new background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Load the bookmark in a new window.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
buffer
Syntax: :buffer index
Select tab by index or url/title best match.
Focuses window if necessary.
positional arguments
-
index
: The [win_id/]index of the tab to focus. Or a substring in which case the closest match will be focused.
close
Close the current window.
download
Syntax: :download [--mhtml] [--dest dest] [url] [dest-old]
Download a given URL, or current page if no URL given.
The form :download [url] [dest]
is deprecated, use :download --dest [dest] [url]
instead.
positional arguments
-
url
: The URL to download. If not given, download the current page.
optional arguments
-
-m
,--mhtml
: Download the current page and all assets as mhtml file. -
-d
,--dest
: The file path to write the download to, or not given to ask.
download-cancel
Syntax: :download-cancel [--all]
Cancel the last/[count]th download.
optional arguments
-
-a
,--all
: Cancel all running downloads
count
The index of the download to cancel.
download-clear
Remove all finished downloads from the list.
download-delete
Delete the last/[count]th download from disk.
count
The index of the download to delete.
download-open
Open the last/[count]th download.
count
The index of the download to open.
download-remove
Syntax: :download-remove [--all]
Remove the last/[count]th download from the list.
optional arguments
-
-a
,--all
: Remove all finished downloads.
count
The index of the download to remove.
download-retry
Retry the first failed/[count]th download.
count
The index of the download to retry.
edit-url
Syntax: :edit-url [--bg] [--tab] [--window] [url]
Navigate to a url formed in an external editor.
The editor which should be launched can be configured via the general -> editor
config option.
positional arguments
-
url
: URL to edit; defaults to the current page url.
optional arguments
-
-b
,--bg
: Open in a new background tab. -
-t
,--tab
: Open in a new tab. -
-w
,--window
: Open in a new window.
fake-key
Syntax: :fake-key [--global] keystring
Send a fake keypress or key string to the website or qutebrowser.
:fake-key xy - sends the keychain xy :fake-key <Ctrl-x> - sends Ctrl-x :fake-key <Escape> - sends the escape key
positional arguments
-
keystring
: The keystring to send.
optional arguments
-
-g
,--global
: If given, the keys are sent to the qutebrowser UI.
forward
Syntax: :forward [--tab] [--bg] [--window]
Go forward in the history of the current tab.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--tab
: Go forward in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Go forward in a background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Go forward in a new window.
count
How many pages to go forward.
fullscreen
Toggle fullscreen mode.
help
Syntax: :help [--tab] [--bg] [--window] [topic]
Show help about a command or setting.
positional arguments
-
topic
: The topic to show help for.-
:command for commands.
-
section->option for settings.
-
optional arguments
-
-t
,--tab
: Open in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Open in a background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Open in a new window.
hint
Syntax: :hint [--rapid] [group] [target] [args [args …]]
Start hinting.
positional arguments
-
group
: The hinting mode to use.-
all
: All clickable elements. -
links
: Only links. -
images
: Only images. -
inputs
: Only input fields.
-
-
target
: What to do with the selected element.-
normal
: Open the link. -
current
: Open the link in the current tab. -
tab
: Open the link in a new tab (honoring the background-tabs setting). -
tab-fg
: Open the link in a new foreground tab. -
tab-bg
: Open the link in a new background tab. -
window
: Open the link in a new window. -
hover
: Hover over the link. -
yank
: Yank the link to the clipboard. -
yank-primary
: Yank the link to the primary selection. -
run
: Run the argument as command. -
fill
: Fill the commandline with the command given as argument. -
download
: Download the link. -
userscript
: Call a userscript with$QUTE_URL
set to the link. -
spawn
: Spawn a command.
-
-
args
: Arguments for spawn/userscript/run/fill.-
With
spawn
: The executable and arguments to spawn.{hint-url}
will get replaced by the selected URL. -
With
userscript
: The userscript to execute. Either store the userscript in~/.local/share/qutebrowser/userscripts
(or$XDG_DATA_DIR
), or use an absolute path. -
With
fill
: The command to fill the statusbar with.{hint-url}
will get replaced by the selected URL. -
With
run
: Same asfill
.
-
optional arguments
-
-r
,--rapid
: Whether to do rapid hinting. This is only possible with targetstab
(with background-tabs=true),tab-bg
,window
,run
,hover
,userscript
andspawn
.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
history-clear
Clear all browsing history.
Note this only clears the global history (e.g. ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/history
on Linux) but not cookies, the back/forward history of a tab, cache or other persistent data.
home
Open main startpage in current tab.
inspector
Toggle the web inspector.
Note: Due a bug in Qt, the inspector will show incorrect request headers in the network tab.
jseval
Syntax: :jseval [--quiet] js-code
Evaluate a JavaScript string.
positional arguments
-
js-code
: The string to evaluate.
optional arguments
-
-q
,--quiet
: Don’t show resulting JS object.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
-
With this command,
;;
is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command.
jump-mark
Syntax: :jump-mark key
Jump to the mark named by key
.
positional arguments
-
key
: mark identifier; capital indicates a global mark
later
Syntax: :later ms command
Execute a command after some time.
positional arguments
-
ms
: How many milliseconds to wait. -
command
: The command to run, with optional args.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
-
With this command,
;;
is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command.
messages
Syntax: :messages [--plain] [--tab] [--bg] [--window] [level]
Show a log of past messages.
positional arguments
-
level
: Include messages withlevel
or higher severity. Valid values: vdebug, debug, info, warning, error, critical.
optional arguments
-
-p
,--plain
: Whether to show plaintext (as opposed to html). -
-t
,--tab
: Open in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Open in a background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Open in a new window.
navigate
Syntax: :navigate [--tab] [--bg] [--window] where
Open typical prev/next links or navigate using the URL path.
This tries to automatically click on typical Previous Page or Next Page links using some heuristics. Alternatively it can navigate by changing the current URL.
positional arguments
-
where
: What to open.-
prev
: Open a previous link. -
next
: Open a next link. -
up
: Go up a level in the current URL. -
increment
: Increment the last number in the URL. -
decrement
: Decrement the last number in the URL.
-
optional arguments
-
-t
,--tab
: Open in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Open in a background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Open in a new window.
open
Syntax: :open [--bg] [--tab] [--window] [url]
Open a URL in the current/[count]th tab.
positional arguments
-
url
: The URL to open.
optional arguments
-
-b
,--bg
: Open in a new background tab. -
-t
,--tab
: Open in a new tab. -
-w
,--window
: Open in a new window.
count
The tab index to open the URL in.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
paste
Syntax: :paste [--sel] [--tab] [--bg] [--window]
Open a page from the clipboard.
If the pasted text contains newlines, each line gets opened in its own tab.
optional arguments
-
-s
,--sel
: Use the primary selection instead of the clipboard. -
-t
,--tab
: Open in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Open in a background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Open in new window.
Syntax: :print [--preview] [--pdf file]
Print the current/[count]th tab.
optional arguments
-
-p
,--preview
: Show preview instead of printing. -
-f
,--pdf
: The file path to write the PDF to.
count
The tab index to print.
quickmark-add
Syntax: :quickmark-add url name
Add a new quickmark.
You can view all saved quickmarks on the bookmarks page.
positional arguments
-
url
: The url to add as quickmark. -
name
: The name for the new quickmark.
quickmark-del
Syntax: :quickmark-del [name]
Delete a quickmark.
positional arguments
-
name
: The name of the quickmark to delete. If not given, delete the quickmark for the current page (choosing one arbitrarily if there are more than one).
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
quickmark-load
Syntax: :quickmark-load [--tab] [--bg] [--window] name
Load a quickmark.
positional arguments
-
name
: The name of the quickmark to load.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--tab
: Load the quickmark in a new tab. -
-b
,--bg
: Load the quickmark in a new background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Load the quickmark in a new window.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
quickmark-save
Save the current page as a quickmark.
quit
Quit qutebrowser.
reload
Syntax: :reload [--force]
Reload the current/[count]th tab.
optional arguments
-
-f
,--force
: Bypass the page cache.
count
The tab index to reload.
repeat
Syntax: :repeat times command
Repeat a given command.
positional arguments
-
times
: How many times to repeat. -
command
: The command to run, with optional args.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
-
With this command,
;;
is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command.
report
Report a bug in qutebrowser.
restart
Restart qutebrowser while keeping existing tabs open.
save
Syntax: :save [what [what …]]
Save configs and state.
positional arguments
-
what
: What to save (config
/key-config
/cookies
/…). If not given, everything is saved.
search
Syntax: :search [--reverse] [text]
Search for a text on the current page. With no text, clear results.
positional arguments
-
text
: The text to search for.
optional arguments
-
-r
,--reverse
: Reverse search direction.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
session-delete
Syntax: :session-delete [--force] name
Delete a session.
positional arguments
-
name
: The name of the session.
optional arguments
-
-f
,--force
: Force deleting internal sessions (starting with an underline).
session-load
Syntax: :session-load [--clear] [--temp] [--force] name
Load a session.
positional arguments
-
name
: The name of the session.
optional arguments
-
-c
,--clear
: Close all existing windows. -
-t
,--temp
: Don’t set the current session for :session-save. -
-f
,--force
: Force loading internal sessions (starting with an underline).
session-save
Syntax: :session-save [--current] [--quiet] [--force] [name]
Save a session.
positional arguments
-
name
: The name of the session. If not given, the session configured in general → session-default-name is saved.
optional arguments
-
-c
,--current
: Save the current session instead of the default. -
-q
,--quiet
: Don’t show confirmation message. -
-f
,--force
: Force saving internal sessions (starting with an underline).
set
Syntax: :set [--temp] [--print] [section] [option] [value]
Set an option.
If the option name ends with ?, the value of the option is shown instead. If the option name ends with ! and it is a boolean value, toggle it.
positional arguments
-
section
: The section where the option is in. -
option
: The name of the option. -
value
: The value to set.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--temp
: Set value temporarily. -
-p
,--print
: Print the value after setting.
set-cmd-text
Syntax: :set-cmd-text [--space] [--append] text
Preset the statusbar to some text.
You can use the {url}
and {url:pretty}
variables here which will get replaced by the encoded/decoded URL.
positional arguments
-
text
: The commandline to set.
optional arguments
-
-s
,--space
: If given, a space is added to the end. -
-a
,--append
: If given, the text is appended to the current text.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
set-mark
Syntax: :set-mark key
Set a mark at the current scroll position in the current tab.
positional arguments
-
key
: mark identifier; capital indicates a global mark
spawn
Syntax: :spawn [--userscript] [--verbose] [--detach] cmdline
Spawn a command in a shell.
Note the {url}
and {url:pretty}
variables might be useful here. {url}
gets replaced by the URL in fully encoded format and {url:pretty}
uses a "pretty form" with most percent-encoded characters decoded.
positional arguments
-
cmdline
: The commandline to execute.
optional arguments
-
-u
,--userscript
: Run the command as a userscript. You can use an absolute path, or store the userscript in one of those locations:-
~/.local/share/qutebrowser/userscripts
(or$XDG_DATA_DIR
) -
/usr/share/qutebrowser/userscripts
-
-
-v
,--verbose
: Show notifications when the command started/exited. -
-d
,--detach
: Whether the command should be detached from qutebrowser.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
stop
Stop loading in the current/[count]th tab.
count
The tab index to stop.
tab-clone
Syntax: :tab-clone [--bg] [--window]
Duplicate the current tab.
optional arguments
-
-b
,--bg
: Open in a background tab. -
-w
,--window
: Open in a new window.
tab-close
Syntax: :tab-close [--left] [--right] [--opposite]
Close the current/[count]th tab.
optional arguments
-
-l
,--left
: Force selecting the tab to the left of the current tab. -
-r
,--right
: Force selecting the tab to the right of the current tab. -
-o
,--opposite
: Force selecting the tab in the opposite direction of what’s configured in tabs→select-on-remove.
count
The tab index to close
tab-detach
Detach the current tab to its own window.
tab-focus
Syntax: :tab-focus [index]
Select the tab given as argument/[count].
If neither count nor index are given, it behaves like tab-next.
positional arguments
-
index
: The tab index to focus, starting with 1. The special valuelast
focuses the last focused tab. Negative indexes counts from the end, such that -1 is the last tab.
count
The tab index to focus, starting with 1.
tab-move
Syntax: :tab-move [direction]
Move the current tab.
positional arguments
-
direction
:+
or-
for relative moving, not given for absolute moving.
count
If moving absolutely: New position (default: 0) If moving relatively: Offset.
tab-next
Switch to the next tab, or switch [count] tabs forward.
count
How many tabs to switch forward.
tab-only
Syntax: :tab-only [--left] [--right]
Close all tabs except for the current one.
optional arguments
-
-l
,--left
: Keep tabs to the left of the current. -
-r
,--right
: Keep tabs to the right of the current.
tab-prev
Switch to the previous tab, or switch [count] tabs back.
count
How many tabs to switch back.
unbind
Syntax: :unbind key [mode]
Unbind a keychain.
positional arguments
-
key
: The keychain or special key (inside <…>) to unbind. -
mode
: A comma-separated list of modes to unbind the key in (default:normal
).
undo
Re-open a closed tab (optionally skipping [count] closed tabs).
view-source
Show the source of the current page.
wq
Syntax: :wq [name]
Save open pages and quit.
positional arguments
-
name
: The name of the session.
yank
Syntax: :yank [--title] [--sel] [--domain] [--pretty]
Yank the current URL/title to the clipboard or primary selection.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--title
: Yank the title instead of the URL. -
-s
,--sel
: Use the primary selection instead of the clipboard. -
-d
,--domain
: Yank only the scheme, domain, and port number. -
-p
,--pretty
: Yank the URL in pretty decoded form.
yank-selected
Syntax: :yank-selected [--sel] [--keep]
Yank the selected text to the clipboard or primary selection.
optional arguments
-
-s
,--sel
: Use the primary selection instead of the clipboard. -
-k
,--keep
: If given, stay in visual mode after yanking.
zoom
Syntax: :zoom [zoom]
Set the zoom level for the current tab.
The zoom can be given as argument or as [count]. If neither of both is given, the zoom is set to the default zoom.
positional arguments
-
zoom
: The zoom percentage to set.
count
The zoom percentage to set.
zoom-in
Increase the zoom level for the current tab.
count
How many steps to zoom in.
zoom-out
Decrease the zoom level for the current tab.
count
How many steps to zoom out.
Hidden commands
Command | Description |
---|---|
Clear the currently entered key chain. |
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Execute the command currently in the commandline. |
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Go forward in the commandline history. |
|
Go back in the commandline history. |
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Delete the current completion item. |
|
Select the next completion item. |
|
Select the previous completion item. |
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Drop selection and keep selection mode enabled. |
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Enter a key mode. |
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Follow a hint. |
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Follow the selected text. |
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Leave the mode we’re currently in. |
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Show an error message in the statusbar. |
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Show an info message in the statusbar. |
|
Show a warning message in the statusbar. |
|
Move the cursor or selection to the end of the document. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the end of line. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the end of next block. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the end of previous block. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the end of the word. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the next char. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the next line. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the next word. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the previous char. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the prev line. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the previous word. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the start of the document. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the start of the line. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the start of next block. |
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Move the cursor or selection to the start of previous block. |
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Open an external editor with the currently selected form field. |
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Paste the primary selection at cursor position. |
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Accept the current prompt. |
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Answer no to a yes/no prompt. |
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Immediately open a download. |
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Answer yes to a yes/no prompt. |
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Repeat the last executed command. |
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Move back a character. |
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Delete the character before the cursor. |
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Move back to the start of the current or previous word. |
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Move to the start of the line. |
|
Delete the character after the cursor. |
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Move to the end of the line. |
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Move forward a character. |
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Move forward to the end of the next word. |
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Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the line. |
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Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the current word. |
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Remove chars backward from the cursor to the beginning of the line. |
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Remove chars from the cursor to the beginning of the word. |
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Paste the most recently deleted text. |
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Scroll the current tab in the given direction. |
|
Scroll the frame page-wise. |
|
Scroll to a specific percentage of the page. |
|
Scroll the current tab by count * dx/dy pixels. |
|
Continue the search to the ([count]th) next term. |
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Continue the search to the ([count]th) previous term. |
|
Toggle caret selection mode. |
clear-keychain
Clear the currently entered key chain.
command-accept
Execute the command currently in the commandline.
command-history-next
Go forward in the commandline history.
command-history-prev
Go back in the commandline history.
completion-item-del
Delete the current completion item.
completion-item-next
Select the next completion item.
completion-item-prev
Select the previous completion item.
drop-selection
Drop selection and keep selection mode enabled.
enter-mode
Syntax: :enter-mode mode
Enter a key mode.
positional arguments
-
mode
: The mode to enter.
follow-hint
Syntax: :follow-hint [keystring]
Follow a hint.
positional arguments
-
keystring
: The hint to follow.
follow-selected
Syntax: :follow-selected [--tab]
Follow the selected text.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--tab
: Load the selected link in a new tab.
leave-mode
Leave the mode we’re currently in.
message-error
Syntax: :message-error text
Show an error message in the statusbar.
positional arguments
-
text
: The text to show.
message-info
Syntax: :message-info text
Show an info message in the statusbar.
positional arguments
-
text
: The text to show.
message-warning
Syntax: :message-warning text
Show a warning message in the statusbar.
positional arguments
-
text
: The text to show.
move-to-end-of-document
Move the cursor or selection to the end of the document.
move-to-end-of-line
Move the cursor or selection to the end of line.
move-to-end-of-next-block
Move the cursor or selection to the end of next block.
count
How many blocks to move.
move-to-end-of-prev-block
Move the cursor or selection to the end of previous block.
count
How many blocks to move.
move-to-end-of-word
Move the cursor or selection to the end of the word.
count
How many words to move.
move-to-next-char
Move the cursor or selection to the next char.
count
How many lines to move.
move-to-next-line
Move the cursor or selection to the next line.
count
How many lines to move.
move-to-next-word
Move the cursor or selection to the next word.
count
How many words to move.
move-to-prev-char
Move the cursor or selection to the previous char.
count
How many chars to move.
move-to-prev-line
Move the cursor or selection to the prev line.
count
How many lines to move.
move-to-prev-word
Move the cursor or selection to the previous word.
count
How many words to move.
move-to-start-of-document
Move the cursor or selection to the start of the document.
move-to-start-of-line
Move the cursor or selection to the start of the line.
move-to-start-of-next-block
Move the cursor or selection to the start of next block.
count
How many blocks to move.
move-to-start-of-prev-block
Move the cursor or selection to the start of previous block.
count
How many blocks to move.
open-editor
Open an external editor with the currently selected form field.
The editor which should be launched can be configured via the general -> editor
config option.
paste-primary
Paste the primary selection at cursor position.
prompt-accept
Accept the current prompt.
prompt-no
Answer no to a yes/no prompt.
prompt-open-download
Immediately open a download.
prompt-yes
Answer yes to a yes/no prompt.
repeat-command
Repeat the last executed command.
count
Which count to pass the command.
rl-backward-char
Move back a character.
This acts like readline’s backward-char.
rl-backward-delete-char
Delete the character before the cursor.
This acts like readline’s backward-delete-char.
rl-backward-word
Move back to the start of the current or previous word.
This acts like readline’s backward-word.
rl-beginning-of-line
Move to the start of the line.
This acts like readline’s beginning-of-line.
rl-delete-char
Delete the character after the cursor.
This acts like readline’s delete-char.
rl-end-of-line
Move to the end of the line.
This acts like readline’s end-of-line.
rl-forward-char
Move forward a character.
This acts like readline’s forward-char.
rl-forward-word
Move forward to the end of the next word.
This acts like readline’s forward-word.
rl-kill-line
Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the line.
This acts like readline’s kill-line.
rl-kill-word
Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the current word.
This acts like readline’s kill-word.
rl-unix-line-discard
Remove chars backward from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
This acts like readline’s unix-line-discard.
rl-unix-word-rubout
Remove chars from the cursor to the beginning of the word.
This acts like readline’s unix-word-rubout.
rl-yank
Paste the most recently deleted text.
This acts like readline’s yank.
scroll
Syntax: :scroll direction
Scroll the current tab in the given direction.
positional arguments
-
direction
: In which direction to scroll (up/down/left/right/top/bottom).
count
multiplier
scroll-page
Syntax: :scroll-page [--top-navigate ACTION] [--bottom-navigate ACTION] x y
Scroll the frame page-wise.
positional arguments
-
x
: How many pages to scroll to the right. -
y
: How many pages to scroll down.
optional arguments
-
-t
,--top-navigate
: :navigate action (prev, decrement) to run when scrolling up at the top of the page. -
-b
,--bottom-navigate
: :navigate action (next, increment) to run when scrolling down at the bottom of the page.
count
multiplier
scroll-perc
Syntax: :scroll-perc [--horizontal] [perc]
Scroll to a specific percentage of the page.
The percentage can be given either as argument or as count. If no percentage is given, the page is scrolled to the end.
positional arguments
-
perc
: Percentage to scroll.
optional arguments
-
-x
,--horizontal
: Scroll horizontally instead of vertically.
count
Percentage to scroll.
scroll-px
Syntax: :scroll-px dx dy
Scroll the current tab by count * dx/dy pixels.
positional arguments
-
dx
: How much to scroll in x-direction. -
dy
: How much to scroll in y-direction.
count
multiplier
search-next
Continue the search to the ([count]th) next term.
count
How many elements to ignore.
search-prev
Continue the search to the ([count]th) previous term.
count
How many elements to ignore.
toggle-selection
Toggle caret selection mode.
Debugging commands
These commands are mainly intended for debugging. They are hidden if qutebrowser was started without the --debug
-flag.
Command | Description |
---|---|
Print a list of all objects to the debug log. |
|
Print LRU cache stats. |
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Clear remembered SSL error answers. |
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Show the debugging console. |
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Crash for debugging purposes. |
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Dump the current page’s content to a file. |
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Evaluate a python string and display the results as a web page. |
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Put data into the fake clipboard and enable logging, used for tests. |
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Trace executed code via hunter. |
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Execute a webaction. |
debug-all-objects
Print a list of all objects to the debug log.
debug-cache-stats
Print LRU cache stats.
debug-clear-ssl-errors
Clear remembered SSL error answers.
debug-console
Show the debugging console.
debug-crash
Syntax: :debug-crash [typ]
Crash for debugging purposes.
positional arguments
-
typ
: either exception or segfault.
debug-dump-page
Syntax: :debug-dump-page [--plain] dest
Dump the current page’s content to a file.
positional arguments
-
dest
: Where to write the file to.
optional arguments
-
-p
,--plain
: Write plain text instead of HTML.
debug-pyeval
Syntax: :debug-pyeval [--quiet] s
Evaluate a python string and display the results as a web page.
positional arguments
-
s
: The string to evaluate.
optional arguments
-
-q
,--quiet
: Don’t show the output in a new tab.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
-
With this command,
;;
is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command.
debug-set-fake-clipboard
Syntax: :debug-set-fake-clipboard [s]
Put data into the fake clipboard and enable logging, used for tests.
positional arguments
-
s
: The text to put into the fake clipboard, or unset to enable logging.
debug-trace
Syntax: :debug-trace [expr]
Trace executed code via hunter.
positional arguments
-
expr
: What to trace, passed to hunter.
note
-
This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
-
With this command,
;;
is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command.
debug-webaction
Syntax: :debug-webaction action
Execute a webaction.
See http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwebpage.html#WebAction-enum for the available actions.
positional arguments
-
action
: The action to execute, e.g. MoveToNextChar.
count
How many times to repeat the action.