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Prompt can be customized to best suit your specific needs.

From the menu bar, click on Prompt > Settings, then click the desired tab at the top of the window.

General

The General pane of Prompt's settings window.

New tabs open

Sets the new default tab type to Server List or Local Terminal.

Local terminals open

Choose if new local terminal windows open to the default working directory, or the same working directory as the last opened tab.

Open Quickly in

Choose if Open Quickly will open a connection in a New Tab or you can now choose a New Window.

Logging

Enable or disable SSH debug logging for remote terminal connections.

Launch

Restores previously open windows and tabs when opening Prompt, independently of the system setting.

Privacy

Send crash reports

Enables the ability to send crash reports to Panic for the purposes of improving Prompt.

Send anonymous usage statistics

When enabled, anonymous usage statistics will be sent to Panic for the purposes of improving Prompt.

Check for important announcements

Allows Panic to alert you about significant app updates, or issues that could impact functionality.

Learn more about privacy in Prompt

Terminal

The Terminal pane of Prompt's settings window.

Terminal Type

Choose the terminal type that will be used for remote and local sessions.

  • ansi
  • dtterm
  • nsterm
  • rxvt
  • vt52
  • vt100
  • vt102
  • xterm
  • xterm-16color
  • xterm-256color

Local Shell

Specify the default shell used for local terminal sessions.

  • System Default
  • /bin/bash
  • /bin/csh
  • /bin/dash
  • /bin/ksh
  • /bin/sh
  • /bin/tcsh
  • /bin/zsh

Use Option as Meta key

When enabled, the option key will send the meta command in the terminal.

Allow Clipboard Writing

Enable/disables clipboard writing in the terminal.

Detect URLs

Enables/disables URL detection in the terminal.

Detect Files

Enables/disables file name detection in the terminal.

Show Activity Indicator

Enables/disables the terminal tab activity indicator.

Prompt before closing remote terminals

When enabled, a confirmation alert will be displayed when closing a remote terminal.

Close local terminals when they exit

When enabled, local terminal windows will automatically close when they exit.

Use GPU acceleration

Enables/disables GPU acceleration in the terminal.

When closing local terminals

Choose under which circumstances a confirmation alert will be shown when closing a local terminal.

  • Always prompt
  • Never prompt
  • Prompt if there are processes other than:
    • rlogin
    • telnet
    • ssh
    • slogin
    • Custom processes can be added or removed using the +/- buttons

Display

The Display pane of Prompt's settings window.

Icon Style

Specify if server icons are displayed using the “Purple” or “Classic” style.

Font

Choose the font family, style, and font size – or toggle font smoothing.

New Window Size

Sets the default dimensions of new windows, or have new windows inherit the previous size automatically.

  • Remember window size
  • Columns: 80 default value
  • Rows: 24 default value

Spacing and Padding

Set the vertical and horizontal spacing/padding for your local and remote terminals.

  • Vertical: 0 default value
  • Top: 2 default value
  • Left: 4 default value
  • Horizontal: 0 default value
  • Bottom: 1 default value for macOS | 4 default value for iOS/iPadOS/VisonOS
  • Right: 4 default value

Beep Style

Configure the Terminal beep to use auditory feedback, visual feedback, or a combination of the two.

  • Auditory
  • Visual

Title

Choose which items are displayed in the window title for the current terminal session.

  • Working Directory
  • Shell Name
  • Active Process Name
  • Arguments
  • TTY Name
  • Dimensions

All items may not be available when using a remote terminal as they are dependant on your server configuration.

Tabs

Enables activity indicators for backgrounded tabs.

Sync

The Sync pane of Prompt's settings window.

Running Prompt on multiple Mac and iOS devices?

Panic Sync is the most secure and easy way to keep your servers, clips, passwords, and private keys
updated across your Mac and iOS devices automatically.

Learn more about Panic Sync

Themes

The Themes pane of Prompt's settings window.

Window Theme

Choose if the Prompt window uses the same theme as the terminal, or an alternate theme of your choice.

  • Same as Terminal Theme
  • Example color swatch for Dark theme. Dark
  • Example color swatch for Fairy Floss theme. Fairyfloss
  • Example color swatch for Light theme. Light
  • Example color swatch for Neon theme. Neon
  • Example color swatch for Panic Palette theme. Panic Palette
  • Example color swatch for Playdate theme. Playdate
  • Example color swatch for Solarized Dark theme. Solarized Dark
  • Example color swatch for Solarized Light theme. Solarized Light

Change colors based on system appearance

For custom themes only. Option will remain grayed out for default themes.

  • Light
  • Dark

Terminal Theme

Prompt 3 comes with the following default terminal themes, select from the included options:

  • Example color swatch for Dark theme. Dark
  • Example color swatch for Fairy Floss theme. Fairyfloss
  • Example color swatch for Light theme. Light
  • Example color swatch for Neon theme. Neon
  • Example color swatch for Panic Palette theme. Panic Palette
  • Example color swatch for Playdate theme. Playdate
  • Example color swatch for Solarized Dark theme. Solarized Dark
  • Example color swatch for Solarized Light theme. Solarized Light

Custom Themes

or create and customize a new theme.

Dock Icon

Choose which icon will be displayed in the Dock and App Switcher when Prompt is running.

Prompt icon: Dynamic Prompt icon: Light Prompt icon: Dark Prompt icon: Classic

Prompt can only customize the icon in the Dock while it is running. It cannot customize the icon in the Finder.

Learn more about Themes

Keyboard

Create or modify the keyboard shortcuts Prompt sends when the terminal is focused.

The Keyboard pane of Prompt's settings window.

To add a new shortcut, click the at the bottom of the window. To edit an existing shortcut, select the shortcut you would like to edit, then click the pencil icon.

Option + F-Keys

⌥F1 | \033[17~
⌥F2 | \033[18~
⌥F3 | \033[19~
⌥F4 | \033[20~
⌥F5 | \033[21~
⌥F6 | \033[23~
⌥F7 | \033[24~
⌥F8 | \033[25~
⌥F9 | \033[26~
⌥F10 | \033[28~
⌥F11 | \033[29~
⌥F12 | \033[31~
⌥F13 | \033[32~
⌥F14 | \033[33~
⌥F15 | \033[34~

F-Keys

F1 | \033OP
F2 | \033OQ
F3 | \033OR
F4 | \033OS
F5 | \033[15~
F6 | \033[17~
F7 | \033[18~
F8 | \033[19~
F9 | \033[20~
F10 | \033[21~
F11 | \033[23~
F12 | \033[24~
F13 | \033[25~
F14 | \033[26~
F15 | \033[28~
F16 | \033[29~
F17 | \033[31~
F18 | \033[32~
F19 | \033[33~

Shift + F-Keys

⇧F5 | \033[25~
⇧F6 | \033[26~
⇧F7 | \033[28~
⇧F8 | \033[29~
⇧F9 | \033[31~
⇧F10 | \033[32~
⇧F11 | \033[33~
⇧F2 | \033[34~

Misc. + F-Keys

⌥← | \033b
⌃← | \033[1;5D
⇧← | \033[1;2D
⌥→ | \033f
⌃→ | \033[1;5C
⇧→ | \033[1;2C
⌃⌦ | \033[3;5~
⌦ | \033[3~
⇧⌦ | \033[3;2~
⌃⌥⌦ | \033[3;5~

Keys

Create or import SSH keys for connecting to remote Servers. Share them between your devices with Panic Sync.

The Keys pane of Prompt's settings window.

To create or import a new key into the “Syncable SSH Keys” section, click the at the bottom of the window.

Remote SSH connections will also use default keys stored in ~/.ssh and ~/.ssh/config. Keys stored in these locations will not be synced with Panic Sync.

Secure Enclave

On supported Mac models, Prompt can store a single key in your Mac’s Secure Enclave. This key cannot be copied from your Mac and cannot be synced using Panic Sync.

Learn more about keys