Modal Keybinds to Zellij

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Hey guys! This is my config.kdl for Zellij. By default you are in Normal mode & to instruct zellij, you need to go to Tmux mode, from there you can access Pane, Tab modes etc. And there are keybinds within every mode that lets you act on that component.

theme "dracula"
default_layout "compact"
on_force_close "quit"
styled_underlines true
show_startup_tips false
mouse_hover_effects false

plugins {
    zj-quit location="file:~/.config/zellij/plugins/zj-quit.wasm"
    zellij-forgot location="file:~/.config/zellij/plugins/zellij_forgot.wasm"
}

keybinds clear-defaults=true {
    shared_except "locked" {
        // Navigation
        bind "Ctrl h" { MoveFocus "Left"; }
        bind "Ctrl j" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
        bind "Ctrl k" { MoveFocus "Up"; }
        bind "Ctrl l" { MoveFocus "Right"; }
        bind "Ctrl q"  { FocusLastPane; }
        bind "Alt h"  { GoToPreviousTab; }
        bind "Alt l"  { GoToNextTab; }

        // Plugins
        bind "Ctrl g" {
            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "zellij-forgot" {
                floating true
            };
            SwitchToMode "Normal";
        }
    }

    normal {
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
    }

    tmux {
        bind "Esc" "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "p"            { SwitchToMode "Pane"; }
        bind "t"            { SwitchToMode "Tab"; }
        bind "m"            { SwitchToMode "Move"; }
        bind "s"            { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
        bind "o"            { SwitchToMode "Session"; }
    }

    pane {
        bind "Esc"    { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
        bind "n"      { NewPane; }        // No exit, to allow for pane re-sizing
        bind "N"      { NewPane "Down"; } // No exit, to allow for pane re-sizing
        bind "x"      { CloseFocus; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "f"      { ToggleFocusFullscreen; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "z"      { TogglePaneFrames; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "w"      { ToggleFloatingPanes; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "e"      { TogglePaneEmbedOrFloating; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "r"      { SwitchToMode "RenamePane"; PaneNameInput 0; }
        bind "p"      { TogglePanePinned; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "b"      { BreakPane; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "]"      { BreakPaneRight; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "["      { BreakPaneLeft; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "h"      { Resize "Increase Left"; }
        bind "j"      { Resize "Increase Down"; }
        bind "k"      { Resize "Increase Up"; }
        bind "l"      { Resize "Increase Right"; }
        bind "H"      { Resize "Decrease Left"; }
        bind "J"      { Resize "Decrease Down"; }
        bind "K"      { Resize "Decrease Up"; }
        bind "L"      { Resize "Decrease Right"; }
        bind "+" "="  { Resize "Increase"; }
        bind "-"      { Resize "Decrease"; }
    }
    renamepane {
        bind "Enter" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Esc"   { UndoRenamePane; SwitchToMode "Pane"; }
    }

    tab {
        bind "Esc"    { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
        bind "r"      { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; TabNameInput 0; }
        bind "n"      { NewTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "x"      { CloseTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "s"      { ToggleActiveSyncTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Tab"    { ToggleTab; }
        bind "1"      { GoToTab 1; }
        bind "2"      { GoToTab 2; }
        bind "3"      { GoToTab 3; }
        bind "4"      { GoToTab 4; }
        bind "5"      { GoToTab 5; }
        bind "6"      { GoToTab 6; }
        bind "7"      { GoToTab 7; }
        bind "8"      { GoToTab 8; }
        bind "9"      { GoToTab 9; }
    }
    renametab {
        bind "Enter" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Esc"   { UndoRenameTab; SwitchToMode "Tab"; }
    }

    move {
        bind "Esc"    { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
        bind "h"      { MovePane "Left"; }
        bind "j"      { MovePane "Down"; }
        bind "k"      { MovePane "Up"; }
        bind "l"      { MovePane "Right"; }
        bind "H"      { MoveTab "Left"; }
        bind "L"      { MoveTab "Right"; }
        bind "["      { PreviousSwapLayout; }
        bind "]"      { NextSwapLayout; }
    }

    scroll {
        bind "Esc"    { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
        bind "s"      { SwitchToMode "EnterSearch"; SearchInput 0; }
        bind "c"      { SearchToggleOption "CaseSensitivity"; }
        bind "w"      { SearchToggleOption "Wrap"; }
        bind "o"      { SearchToggleOption "WholeWord"; }
        bind "n"      { Search "down"; }
        bind "N"      { Search "up"; }
        bind "e"      { EditScrollback; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "k"      { ScrollUp; }
        bind "j"      { ScrollDown; }
        bind "Ctrl u" { HalfPageScrollUp; }
        bind "Ctrl d" { HalfPageScrollDown; }
        bind "Ctrl b" { PageScrollUp; }
        bind "Ctrl f" { PageScrollDown; }
        bind "g"      { ScrollToTop; }
        bind "G"      { ScrollToBottom; }
    }
    entersearch {
        bind "Esc"   { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
        bind "Enter" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
    }

    session {
        bind "Esc"    { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
        bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
        bind "d"      { Detach; }
        bind "q" {
            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "zj-quit" {
                floating true
                move_to_focused_tab true
            };
            SwitchToMode "Normal";
        }
        bind "s" {
            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "zellij:session-manager" {
                floating true
                move_to_focused_tab true
            };
            SwitchToMode "Normal";
        }
        bind "p" {
            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "zellij:plugin-manager" {
                floating true
                move_to_focused_tab true
            };
            SwitchToMode "Normal";
        }
        bind "v" {
            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "zellij:share" {
                floating true
                move_to_focused_tab true
            };
            SwitchToMode "Normal";
        }
        bind "l" {
            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "zellij:layout-manager" {
                floating true
                move_to_focused_tab true
            };
            SwitchToMode "Normal";
        }
    }
}