Keyboard shortcut to jump to previous command in iTerm2?

Question

In Terminal, I can simply to cmd+up arrow. How can I do this in iTerm2? I've tried the cmd+shift+up arrow option, but it doesn't work reliably, especially when there is a currently running process.

Answer 1

You can do this with Shell Integration! By default, iTerm2 is not fully integrated with the shell (e.g. Bash) itself. It doesn't really know which lines are prompt and which are output, so it wouldn't know what line to jump you back to as the previous prompt. If you install shell integration, it'll automatically add a mark at each prompt line and you'll be able to cycle up and down with Command-Shift-Up Arrow and Command-Shift-Down Arrow respectively. On my machine this worked even while a process was running.

In Preferences > Keys you can change the default keybindings back to what you're used to. Double click on Command-Up Arrow, change the Action to Select Menu Item..., and set the menu item to Edit > Marks and Annotations > Previous Mark/Annotation. Repeat with Next Mark/Annotation for Command-Down Arrow.

EDITED 2020-03-30: It appears Mark and Annotation were separated into different menu items in a recent update. You should now use Next Mark instead.