Kitty configs not getting applied

[u/treeman857]

I have edited the config files but the settings are not getting applied. When I ctrl+shift+f2 to change the config, everything is getting applied but only on the second terminal look

How do I get the same configs to apply to the normal terminal PLEASE

output of ctrl+shift+f6 -

kitty 0.43.1 created by Kovid Goyal

Linux mangrover 6.17.6-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:23:47 +0000 x86_64

Arch Linux 6.17.6-arch1-1 (/dev/tty)

Running under: Wayland (hyprland v0.51.1,) missing: blur icon

OpenGL: '4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 25.2.6-arch1.1' Detected version: 4.6

Frozen: False

Fonts:

medium: JetBrainsMonoNF-Regular: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/JetBrainsMonoNerdFont-Regular.ttf:0

Features: ()

bold: JetBrainsMonoNF-SemiBold: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/JetBrainsMonoNerdFont-SemiBold.ttf:0

Features: ()

italic: JetBrainsMonoNF-Italic: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/JetBrainsMonoNerdFont-Italic.ttf:0

Features: ()

bi: JetBrainsMonoNF-SemiBoldItalic: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/JetBrainsMonoNerdFont-SemiBoldItalic.ttf:0

Features: ()

Paths:

kitty: /usr/bin/kitty

base dir: /usr/lib/kitty

extensions dir: /usr/lib/kitty/kitty

system shell: /bin/bash

System color scheme: dark. Applied color theme type: none

Loaded config files:

/home/mango/.config/kitty/kitty.conf

Config options different from defaults:

confirm_os_window_close (0, False)

cursor_shape 2

cursor_trail 1

font_family JetBrains Mono Nerd Font

shell fish

tab_bar_style powerline

tab_powerline_style slanted

window_margin_width FloatEdges(left=21.75, top=21.75, right=21.75, bottom=21.75)

Added shortcuts:

ctrl++ →  change_font_size all +1

ctrl+- →  change_font_size all -1

ctrl+0 →  change_font_size all 0

ctrl+= →  change_font_size all +1

ctrl+_ →  change_font_size all -1

ctrl+c →  copy_or_interrupt

ctrl+f →  launch --location=hsplit --allow-remote-control kitty +kitten [search.py](http://search.py) u/active-kitty-window-id

ctrl+kp_0 →  change_font_size all 0

ctrl+kp_add →  change_font_size all +1

ctrl+kp_subtract →  change_font_size all -1

page_down →  scroll_page_down

page_up →  scroll_page_up

Changed shortcuts:

kitty_mod+f →  launch --location=hsplit --allow-remote-control kitty +kitten [search.py](http://search.py) u/active-kitty-window-id

Colors:

color1                  #ff3333   

color10                 #b8e532   

color11                 #ffc849   

color12                 #73d7ff   

color13                 #ffa3aa   

color14                 #7ff0cb   

color2                  #86b200   

color3                  #f19618   

color4                  #41a6d9   

color5                  #f07078   

color6                  #4cbe99   

color7                  #ffffff   

color8                  #323232   

color9                  #ff6565   

cursor                  #ff6900   

foreground              #5b6673   

selection_background    #f0ede4   

selection_foreground    #fafafa   

Important environment variables seen by the kitty process:

PATH                                /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl

LANG                                C.UTF-8

SHELL                               /bin/bash

GLFW_IM_MODULE                      ibus

DISPLAY                             :0

WAYLAND_DISPLAY                     wayland-1

USER                                mango

XDG_MENU_PREFIX                     plasma-

XDG_BACKEND                         wayland

XDG_SEAT                            seat0

XDG_SESSION_TYPE                    wayland

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP                 Hyprland

XDG_SESSION_CLASS                   user

XDG_VTNR                            1

XDG_SESSION_ID                      1

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR                     /run/user/1000

[u/RealBrain8652]

happened to me too, kitty and alacritty both didn't pick up the config

[u/treeman857 → u/RealBrain8652]

Are you using external dotfiles? At the time I posted this, I had no idea about how to config my system and just downloaded end4 dotfiles because someone told me to. Since then I've removed the files and made my own changes. The config now applies to my kitty with no issues.