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ZATHURARC(5) zathura ZATHURARC(5) NAME zathurarc - zathura configuration file SYNOPSIS /usr/local/etc/zathurarc, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zathura/zathurarc DESCRIPTION The zathurarc file is a simple plain text file that can be populated with various commands to change the behaviour and the look of zathura which we are going to describe in the following subsections. Each line (besides empty lines and comments (which start with a prepended #) is evaluated on its own, so it is not possible to write multiple commands in one single line. COMMANDS set - Changing options In addition to the built-in :set command zathura offers more options to be changed and makes those changes permanent. To overwrite an option you just have to add a line structured like the following set <option> <new value> The option field has to be replaced with the name of the option that should be changed and the new value field has to be replaced with the new value the option should get. The type of the value can be one of the following: * INT - An integer number * FLOAT - A floating point number * STRING - A character string * BOOL - A boolean value ("true" for true, "false" for false) In addition we advice you to check the options to get a more detailed view of the options that can be changed and which values they should be set to. The following example should give some deeper insight of how the set com- mand can be used set option1 5 set option2 2.0 set option3 hello set option4 hello\ world set option5 "hello world" Especially for options with strings as values, note that escaping of spe- cial characters and white spaces is necessary. In the above example, op- tion4 and option5 are both set to hello world, but set option6 hello world would set option6 only to hello. For colors, zathura supports HTML color codes and CSS3-style rgb(r,g,b) and rgba(r,g,b,a) values. If you want to use color codes for some options, make sure to quote them accordingly or to escape the hash symbol. set default-fg "#CCBBCC" set default-fg \#CCBBCC For rgba, note that it parses the color components as integers between 0 and 255 and the alpha component as float between 0 and 1. include - Including another config file This commands allows one to include other configuration files. If a rela- tive path is given, the path will be resolved relative to the configuration file that is currently processed. include another-config map - Mapping a shortcut It is possible to map or remap new key bindings to shortcut functions which allows a high level of customization. The :map command can also be used in the zathurarc file to make those changes permanent: map [mode] <binding> <shortcut function> <argument> Mode The map command expects several arguments where only the binding as well as the shortcut-function argument is required. Since zathura uses several modes it is possible to map bindings only for a spe- cific mode by passing the mode argument which can take one of the following values: * normal (default) * fullscreen * presentation * index The brackets around the value are mandatory. Single key binding The (possible) second argument defines the used key binding that should be mapped to the shortcut function and is structured like the following. On the one hand it is possible to just assign single let- ters, numbers or signs to it: map a shortcut_function optional_argument map b shortcut_function optional_argument map c shortcut_function optional_argument map 1 shortcut_function optional_argument map 2 shortcut_function optional_argument map 3 shortcut_function optional_argument map ! shortcut_function optional_argument map ? shortcut_function optional_argument Using modifiers It is also possible to use modifiers like the Control or Alt button on the keyboard. It is possible to use the following modifiers: * A - Alt * C - Control * S - Shift If any of the modifiers should be used for a binding, it is required to define the binding with the following structure: map <A-a> shortcut_function map <C-a> shortcut_function Special keys zathura allows it also to assign keys like the space bar or the tab button which also have to be written in between angle brackets. The following special keys are currently available: Identifier Description BackSpace Back space CapsLock Caps lock NumLock Num Lock ScrollLock Scroll Lock Esc Escape Down Arrow down Up Arrow up Left Arrow left Right Arrow right F1 F1 F2 F2 F3 F3 F4 F4 F5 F5 F6 F6 F7 F7 F8 F8 F9 F9 F10 F10 F11 F11 F12 F12 PageDown Page Down PageUp Page Up Return Return Space Space Super Windows key Tab Tab Print Print key KPUp Numpad Up (where the number 8 is) KPDown Numpad Down (where the number 2 is) KPLeft Numpad Left (where the number 4 is) KPRight Numpad Right (where the number 6 is) KPBegin Numpad Center button (where the number 5 is) KPPrior Numpad PageUp (where the number 9 is) KPPageUp Numpad PageUp (where the number 9 is) KPNext Numpad PageDown (where the number 3 is) KPPageDown Numpad PageDown (where the number 3 is) KPHome Numpad Home (where the number 7 is) KPEnd Numpad End (where the number 1 is) KPInsert Numpad Insert (where the number 0 is) KPDelete Numpad Delete (where the numpad period is) KPMultiply Numpad Asterisk KPAdd Numpad Plus sign KPSubtract Numpad Minus sign KPDivide Numpad Slash sign Of course it is possible to combine those special keys with a modi- fier. The usage of those keys should be explained by the following examples: map <Space> shortcut_function map <C-Space> shortcut_function Mouse buttons It is also possible to map mouse buttons to shortcuts by using the following special keys: Identifier Description Button1 Mouse button 1 (left) Button2 Mouse button 2 (middle) Button3 Mouse button 3 (right) Button4 Mouse button 4 Button5 Mouse button 5 They can also be combined with modifiers: map <Button1> shortcut_function map <C-Button1> shortcut_function Buffer commands If a mapping does not match one of the previous definition but is still a valid mapping it will be mapped as a buffer command: map abc quit map test quit Shortcut functions The following shortcut functions can be mapped: * abort Switch back to normal mode. * adjust_window Adjust page width. Possible arguments are best-fit and width. * change_mode Change current mode. Pass the desired mode as argument. * copy_filepath Copy the full path of the currently opened document to the clip- board * copy_link Copy a link target to the clipboard. * cycle_first_column In multiple page layout, cycle the column in which the first page is displayed. * display_link: Display link target. * exec: Execute an external command. $FILE expands to the current document path, $PAGE to the current page number, and $DBUS to the bus name of the D-Bus interface. * file_chooser: Open a File Chooser Dialog. Uses the native file chooser on Win- dows and MacOS, desktop portals when available and otherwise Gtk- FileChooser. * focus_inputbar Focus inputbar. * follow Follow a link. * goto Go to a certain page. * jumplist Move forwards/backwards in the jumplist. Pass forward as argument to move to the next entry and backward to move to the previous one. * navigate Navigate to the next/previous page. * navigate_index Navigate through the index. * print Show the print dialog. * page_mode Set the page sizing mode. Default is equal_none, which doesn't re- size individual pages. equal_width and equal_height resizes each page to have the same width and height respectively. * quit Quit zathura. * recolor Recolor pages. * reload Reload the document. * rotate Rotate the page. Pass rotate-ccw as argument for counterclockwise rotation and rotate-cw for clockwise rotation. * scroll Scroll. * search Search next/previous item. Pass forward as argument to search for the next hit and backward to search for the previous hit. * set Set an option. * snap_to_page Snaps to the current page. Equivalent to goto <current_page> * toggle_fullscreen Toggle fullscreen. * toggle_index Show or hide index. * toggle_inputbar Show or hide inputbar. * toggle_page_mode Toggle between one and multiple pages per row. * toggle_single_page_mode Toggle between displaying a page grid or a single page. * toggle_statusbar Show or hide statusbar. * zoom Zoom in or out. * zoom_page Zoom in or out of the current page. * mark_add Set a quickmark. * mark_evaluate Go to a quickmark. * feedkeys Simulate key presses. Note that all keys will be interpreted as if pressing a key on the keyboard. To input uppercase letters, follow the same convention as for key bindings, i.e. for X, use <S-X>. Pass arguments Some shortcut function require or have optional arguments which in- fluence the behaviour of them. Those can be passed as the last argu- ment: map <C-i> zoom in map <C-o> zoom out Possible arguments are: * best-fit * bottom * backward * collapse * collapse-recursive * collapse-all * default * down * expand * expand-recursive * expand-all * forward * full-down * full-up * half-down * half-up * smooth-down * smooth-up * in * left * next * out * page-bottom * page-top * previous * right * rotate-ccw * rotate-cw * select * specific * toggle * top * up * width * equal_none * equal_width * equal_height unmap - Removing a shortcut In addition to mapping or remaping custom key bindings it is possible to remove existing ones by using the :unmap command. The command is used in the following way (the explanation of the parameters is described in the map section of this document unmap [mode] <binding> OPTIONS This section describes settings concerning the behaviour of zathura. The settings described here can be changed with set. n-completion-items Defines the maximum number of displayed completion entries. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 15 completion-bg Defines the background color that is used for command line comple- tion entries * Value type: String * Default value: #232323 completion-fg Defines the foreground color that is used for command line comple- tion entries * Value type: String * Default value: #DDDDDD completion-group-bg Defines the background color that is used for command line comple- tion group elements * Value type: String * Default value: #000000 completion-group-fg Defines the foreground color that is used for command line comple- tion group elements * Value type: String * Default value: #DEDEDE completion-highlight-bg Defines the background color that is used for the current command line completion element * Value type: String * Default value: #9FBC00 completion-highlight-fg Defines the foreground color that is used for the current command line completion element * Value type: String * Default value: #232323 default-bg Defines the default background color * Value type: String * Default value: #000000 default-fg Defines the default foreground color * Value type: String * Default value: #DDDDDD exec-command Defines a command the should be prepended to any command run with exec. * Value type: String * Default value: font Defines the font that will be used * Value type: String * Default value: monospace normal 9 guioptions Shows or hides GUI elements. If it contains 'c', the command line is displayed. If it contains 's', the statusbar is displayed. If it contains 'h', the horizontal scrollbar is displayed. If it con- tains 'v', the vertical scrollbar is displayed. * Value type: String * Default value: s inputbar-bg Defines the background color for the inputbar * Value type: String * Default value: #131313 inputbar-fg Defines the foreground color for the inputbar * Value type: String * Default value: #9FBC00 notification-bg Defines the background color for a notification * Value type: String * Default value: #FFFFFF notification-fg Defines the foreground color for a notification * Value type: String * Default value: #000000 notification-error-bg Defines the background color for an error notification * Value type: String * Default value: #FF1212 notification-error-fg Defines the foreground color for an error notification * Value type: String * Default value: #FFFFFF notification-warning-bg Defines the background color for a warning notification * Value type: String * Default value: #FFF712 notification-warning-fg Defines the foreground color for a warning notification * Value type: String * Default value: #FFFFFF statusbar-bg Defines the background color of the statusbar * Value type: String * Default value: #000000 statusbar-fg Defines the foreground color of the statusbar * Value type: String * Default value: #FFFFFF statusbar-h-padding Defines the horizontal padding of the statusbar and notificationbar * Value type: Integer * Default value: 8 statusbar-v-padding Defines the vertical padding of the statusbar and notificationbar * Value type: Integer * Default value: 2 window-height Defines the window height on startup * Value type: Integer * Default value: 600 window-width Defines the window width on startup * Value type: Integer * Default value: 800 abort-clear-search Defines if the search results should be cleared on abort. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true adjust-open Defines which auto adjustment mode should be used if a document is loaded. Possible options are "best-fit" and "width". * Value type: String * Default value: best-fit advance-pages-per-row Defines if the number of pages per row should be honored when ad- vancing a page. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false continuous-hist-save Tells zathura whether to save document history at each page change or only when closing a document. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false database Defines the database backend to use for bookmarks and input history. Possible values are "sqlite" and "null". If "null" is used, book- marks and input history will not be stored. * Value type: String * Default value: sqlite dbus-raise-window Defines whether zathura's window should be raised when receiving certain commands via D-Bus. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true dbus-service En/Disables the D-Bus service. If the services is disabled, SyncTeX forward synchronization is not available. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true double-click-follow Defines whether double or single click on a link should trigger fol- low. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true filemonitor Defines the file monitor backend used to check for changes in files. Possible values are "glib", "signal" (if signal handling is sup- ported), and "noop". The "noop" file monitor does not trigger re- loads. * Value type: String * Default value: glib first-page-column Defines the column in which the first page will be displayed. This setting is stored separately for every value of pages-per-row ac- cording to the following pattern <1 page per row>:[<2 pages per row>[: ...]]. The last value in the list will be used for all other number of pages per row if not set explicitly. Per default, the first column is set to 2 for double-page layout, i.e. the value is set to 1:2. A value of 1:1:3 would put the first page in dual-page layout in the first column, and for layouts with more columns the first page would be put in the 3rd column. * Value type: String * Default value: 1:2 highlight-active-color Defines the color that is used to show the current selected high- lighted element (e.g: current search result) * Value type: String * Default value: rgba(0,188,0,0.5) highlight-color Defines the color that is used for highlighting parts of the docu- ment (e.g.: show search results) * Value type: String * Default value: rgba(159,251,0,0.5) highlight-fg Defines the color that is used for text when highlighting parts of the document (e.g.: number for links). * Value type: String * Default value: rgba(0,0,0,0.5) highlighter-modifier Defines the modifier that needs to be pressed together with the left mouse button to draw the highlighter. Possible values are "shift", "ctrl" and "alt". * Value type: String * Default value: shift incremental-search En/Disables incremental search (search while typing). * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true index-active-bg Define the background color of the selected element in index mode. * Value type: String * Default value: #9FBC00 index-active-fg Defines the foreground color of the selected element in index mode. * Value type: String * Default value: #232323 index-bg Define the background color of the index mode. * Value type: String * Default value: #232323 index-fg Defines the foreground color of the index mode. * Value type: String * Default value: #DDDDDD jumplist-size Maximum number of positions to remember in the jumplist. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 2000 link-hadjust En/Disables aligning to the left internal link targets, for example from the index. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true link-zoom En/Disables the ability of changing zoom when following links. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true nohlsearch Dis/Enables the highlighting of search results. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false open-first-page Always open documents on the first page. If disabled, zathura will jump to the last remembered position. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false page-cache-size Defines the maximum number of pages that could be kept in the page cache. When the cache is full and a new page that isn't cached be- comes visible, the least recently viewed page in the cache will be evicted to make room for the new one. Large values for this vari- able are NOT recommended, because this will lead to consuming a sig- nificant portion of the system memory. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 15 page-v-padding Vertical page padding defines the vertical gap in pixels between each rendered page. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 1 page-h-padding Horizontal page padding defines the horizontal gap in pixels between each rendered page. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 1 page-right-to-left Defines whether pages in multi-column view should start from the right side. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false page-thumbnail-size Defines the maximum size in pixels of the thumbnail that could be kept in the thumbnail cache per page. The thumbnail is scaled for a quick preview during zooming before the page is rendered. When the page is rendered, the result is saved as the thumbnail only if the size is no more than this value. A larger value increases quality but introduces longer delay in zooming and uses more system memory. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 4194304 (4M) pages-per-row Defines the number of pages that are rendered next to each other in a row. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 1 recolor En/Disables recoloring * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false recolor-adjust-lightness En/Disables adjusting lightness when recoloring. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false recolor-darkcolor Defines the color value that is used to represent dark colors in re- coloring mode * Value type: String * Default value: #FFFFFF recolor-keephue En/Disables keeping original hue when recoloring * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false recolor-lightcolor Defines the color value that is used to represent light colors in recoloring mode * Value type: String * Default value: #000000 recolor-reverse-video Defines if original image colors should be kept while recoloring. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false render-loading Defines if the "Loading..." text should be displayed if a page is rendered. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true render-loading-bg Defines the background color that is used for the "Loading..." text. * Value type: String * Default value: #FFFFFF render-loading-fg Defines the foreground color that is used for the "Loading..." text. * Value type: String * Default value: #000000 scroll-full-overlap Defines the proportion of the current viewing area that should be visible after scrolling a full page. * Value type: Float * Default value: 0 scroll-hstep Defines the horizontal step size of scrolling by calling the scroll command once * Value type: Float * Default value: -1 scroll-step Defines the step size of scrolling by calling the scroll command once * Value type: Float * Default value: 40 scroll-page-aware Defines if scrolling by half or full pages stops at page boundaries. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false scroll-wrap Defines if the last/first page should be wrapped * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false search-hadjust En/Disables horizontally centered search results. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true selection-clipboard Defines the X clipboard into which mouse-selected data will be writ- ten. When it is "clipboard", selected data will be written to the CLIPBOARD clipboard, and can be pasted using the Ctrl+v key combina- tion. When it is "primary", selected data will be written to the PRIMARY clipboard, and can be pasted using the middle mouse button, or the Shift-Insert key combination. The value "false" can be used to disable copying to the clipboard. * Value type: String * Default value: primary selection-notification Defines if a notification should be displayed after selecting text. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true signature-error-color Defines the background color when displaying additional information for signatures with errors. * Value type: String * Default value: rgba(92%,11%,14%,0.9) signature-success-color Defines the background color when displaying additional information for valid signatures. * Value type: String * Default value: rgba(18%,80%,33%,0.9) signature-warning-color Defines the background color when displaying additional information for signatures with warnings. * Value type: String * Default value: rgba(100%,84%,0%,0.9) show-directories Defines if the directories should be displayed in completion. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true show-hidden Defines if hidden files and directories should be displayed in com- pletion. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false show-recent Defines the number of recent files that should be displayed in com- pletion. If the value is negative, no upper bounds are applied. If the value is 0, no recent files are shown. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 10 show-signature-information Defines whether additional information on signatures embedded in documents should be displayed. * value type: Boolean * Default value false statusbar-basename Use basename of the file in the statusbar. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false statusbar-home-tilde Display a short version of the file path, which replaces $HOME with ~, in the statusbar. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false statusbar-page-percent Display (current page / total pages) as a percent in the statusbar. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false synctex En/Disables SyncTeX backward synchronization support. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: true synctex-edit-modifier Defines the modifier that needs to be pressed together with the left mouse button to trigger the SyncTeX backward synchronization. Possi- ble values are "shift", "ctrl" and "alt". * Value type: String * Default value: ctrl synctex-editor-command Defines the command executed for SyncTeX backward synchronization. * Value type: String * Default value: vertical-center Center the screen at the vertical midpoint of the page by default. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false window-icon-document Defines whether the window document should be updated based on the first page of a dcument. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false window-title-basename Use basename of the file in the window title. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false window-title-home-tilde Display a short version of the file path, which replaces $HOME with ~, in the window title. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false window-title-page Display the page number in the window title. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false zoom-center En/Disables horizontally centered zooming. * Value type: Boolean * Default value: false zoom-max Defines the maximum percentage that the zoom level can be. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 1000 zoom-min Defines the minimum percentage that the zoom level can be. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 10 zoom-step Defines the amount of percent that is zoomed in or out on each com- mand. * Value type: Integer * Default value: 10 SEE ALSO zathura(1) AUTHOR pwmt.org COPYRIGHT 2009-2026, pwmt.org 2026.05.20 2026-07-30 ZATHURARC(5)
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