changelog: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes

0.46.0 [2026-03-11]

• Pixel scrolling for the kitty scrollback buffer controlled via pixel_scroll (#9330)
• Linux: momentum scrolling in the kitty scrollback buffer for touchpads and touchscreens, see momentum_scroll
• X11: support high resolution scroll events from touchpads, etc
• macOS: Implement support for Apple dictation to input text in kitty (#3732)
• Allow dragging tabs (opt:tab_bar_drag_threshold) in the tab bar to re-order, move to another OS Window or detach (#9296)
• Allow dragging window borders to resize kitty windows in all the different layouts, controlled by window_drag_tolerance (#9447)
• Allow showing configurable window titles for individual kitty windows via a window title bar (#9450)
• A command palette (ctrl+shift+f3) to browse and trigger all mapped and unmapped actions (#9545)
  = choose-files kitten: Fix JXL image preview not working (#9323)
• Fix tab bar rendering glitches when using tab_bar_filter in some circumstances (#9328)
• Add support for specifying colors in kitty.conf in OKLCH and LAB color spaces (#9325)
• Fix a regression that broke using line numbers with the edit-in-kitty command (#9346)
• Key maps: Allow specifying a timeout for multi key mappings and keyboard modes (#9551)
• macOS: Fix changes to macos_titlebar_color while in full screen not being applied after exiting fullscreen (#9350)
• ncurses: Fix ncurses not using dim because it is missing from the sgr property in terminfo even though it is present in the dim property.
• Fix a regression in the previous release that caused moving between neighbors in the vertical and horizontal layouts to go in the opposite direction (#9355)
• Fix goto_session not respecting the focus_tab session directive when creating a session in an existing OS window (#9366)
• Wayland: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused doubled key repeats on compositors that implement compositor side key repeat events (#9374)
• icat: Fix a regression in the previous release when rendering GIF animations with frames that dispose onto background with non-zero delay using the native engine (#9376)
• Wayland: Remove usage of the Wayland color management protocol to inform compositors of the color space used by kitty (#9341)
• Linux: Fix a regression in 0.40 that caused horizontal alignment for emoji to be incorrect in some cases (#9395)
• icat kitten: When catting multiple images display the images in input order (#9413)
• kitten @: Fix relative paths for --password-file being resolved relative to CWD instead of the kitty config directory
• kitten choose-files: Add a new binding of Alt + Enter to modify the name of an existing file when choosing a save file name ([#9387]https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/9387))
• kitten choose-files: Fix TAB completion in the choose save file name prompt not working with respect to the current working directory (#9387)
• Fix line-at-once selection not extending wrapped lines into scrollback (#9437)
• ssh kitten: Restore keyboard mode even if the ssh connection drops
• edit-in-kitty: Handle connection drop more gracefully (#9480)
• macOS: Fix changing window title with global menubar menu open causes menu to get stuck (#9490)
• Fix focus_follows_mouse not working during a drag and drop (#9497)
• goto_session: Add a --active-only option to select from only active sessions (#9503)
• Shell integration: Allow sending click events to shells using y co-ordinates relative to prompts (#9500)
• A new action copy_selection_or_last_command_output (#9512)
• Wayland: Add support for the background blur extension (#9534)
• macOS: A new option macos_dock_badge_on_bell to show a badge on the kitty dock icon when a bell occurs (#9529)
• macOS: Workaround for yet another Tahoe bug causing rendering to fail (#9520)
• URL detection: Allow trailing asterisks in URLs (#9543)
• Wayland: Add support for titlebar-only in hide_window_decorations to hide the titlebar while keeping shadows for window resizing. (#9486)
• Text sizing protocol: Fix alignment/cropping issues when rendering text with a fractional scale (#9471)
• macOS: Fix a crash when using macos_traditional_fullscreen with split view (#9573)
• macOS: Fix flickering during OS Window resize (#9582)
• Cursor trail: Show a cursor trail when switching tabs (#9588)
• Make shift+left click extend the current selection instead of starting a new selection when the mouse is not grabbed by the TUI application (#9608)
• Allow double clicking on a tab to rename it (#9609)
• remote_control_script resolve relative paths with respect to kitty config directory (#9625)
• Splits layout: Add new mappable actions to maximize a window in the splits layout (#9629)