Name

       kitten-@-scroll-window - Scroll the specified windows

Usage

       kitten @ scroll-window  SCROLL_AMOUNT

Description

       Scroll  the  specified  windows, if no window is specified, scroll the window this command is run inside.
       SCROLL_AMOUNT can be either the keywords start or end or an argument of the form <number>[unit][+-].  For
       example,  30 will scroll down 30 lines, 2p- will scroll up 2 pages and 0.5pwill scroll down half page. 3u
       will *unscroll* by 3 lines, which means that 3 lines will move from the scrollback buffer onto the top of
       the screen.

Options

       --match, -m
              The window to match. Match specifications are of the form: field:query. Where field can be one of:
              id, title, pid, cwd, cmdline, num, env, var, state, neighbor, and recent. query is the  expression
              to  match.  Expressions  can be either a number or a regular expression, and can be combined using
              Boolean operators.

              The special value all matches all windows.

              For numeric fields: id, pid, num and recent, the expression is interpreted  as  a  number,  not  a
              regular  expression.  Negative values for id match from the highest id number down, in particular,
              -1 is the most recently created window.

              The field num refers to the window position in the current tab, starting from  zero  and  counting
              clockwise  (this  is  the  same  as the order in which the windows are reported by the kitten @ ls
              command).

              The window id of the current window is available as the KITTY_WINDOW_ID environment variable.

              The field recent refers to recently active windows in the currently active tab,  with  zero  being
              the currently active window, one being the previously active window and so on.

              The field neighbor refers to a neighbor of the active window in the specified direction, which can
              be: left, right, top or bottom.

              When  using  the env field to match on environment variables, you can specify only the environment
              variable name or a name and value, for example, env:MY_ENV_VAR=2.

              Similarly, the var field matches on user variables set on the window. You can specify name or name
              and value as with the env field.

              The field state matches on the state  of  the  window.  Supported  states  are:  active,  focused,
              needs_attention,  parent_active,  parent_focused,  self,  overlay_parent.   Active windows are the
              windows that are active in their parent tab. There is only one focused window and it is the window
              to which keyboard events are delivered. If no window  is  focused,  the  last  focused  window  is
              matched.  The  value self matches the window in which the remote control command is run. The value
              overlay_parent matches the window that is under the self  window,  when  the  self  window  is  an
              overlay.

              Note that you can use the kitten @ ls command to get a list of windows.

       --no-response
              Don't  wait for a response indicating the success of the action. Note that using this option means
              that you will not be notified of failures.

       --help, -h
              Show help for this command

Global options

       --to   An address for the kitty instance to control. Corresponds  to  the  address  given  to  the  kitty
              instance  via the --listen-on option or the listen_on setting in kitty.conf. If not specified, the
              environment variable KITTY_LISTEN_ON is checked. If that is also not found, messages are  sent  to
              the  controlling terminal for this process, i.e. they will only work if this process is run within
              a kitty window.

       --password
              A password to use when contacting kitty. This will cause kitty to ask the user for  permission  to
              perform the specified action, unless the password has been accepted before or is pre-configured in
              kitty.conf.

       --password-file [=rc-pass]
              A  file  from  which  to  read  the  password.  Trailing whitespace is ignored. Relative paths are
              resolved from the kitty configuration directory. Use - to read from STDIN. Used if  no  --password
              is supplied. Defaults to checking for the rc-pass file in the kitty configuration directory.

       --password-env [=KITTY_RC_PASSWORD]
              The  name  of  an  environment  variable  to read the password from. Used if no --password-file is
              supplied. Defaults to checking the environment variable KITTY_RC_PASSWORD.

       --use-password [=if-available]
              If no password is available, kitty will usually just send the remote  control  command  without  a
              password. This option can be used to force it to always or never use the supplied password.

              Choices: if-available, always, never

0.32.2                                            Jun 25, 2025                         kitten-@-scroll-window(1)