btop Keyboard Shortcuts

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TL;DR

Press F1 (or h) in btop for the built-in help.

Use 1-4 to toggle CPU/MEM/NET/PROC boxes.

With a process selected, use t (SIGTERM) or k (SIGKILL).

Keyboard shortcuts for btop, the modern resource monitor written in C++. Press F1 or h within btop to view the built-in help menu.

General

Key	Description
`F1`, `h`	Show help menu
`F2`, `o`	Show options menu
`Esc`, `m`	Toggle main menu
`q`, `Ctrl+C`	Quit btop
`p`	Cycle view presets
`+`, `-`	Add/subtract 100ms to/from update timer
`Ctrl+Z`	Sleep program and put in background

Box Visibility

Key	Description
`1`	Toggle CPU box
`2`	Toggle MEM box
`3`	Toggle NET box
`4`	Toggle PROC box
`d`	Toggle disks view in MEM box
`i`	Toggle disks I/O mode with big graphs

Process List

Key	Description
`Up`, `Down`	Select in process list
`Enter`	Show detailed information for selected process
`Spacebar`	Expand/collapse the selected process in tree view
`Pg Up`, `Pg Down`	Jump 1 page in process list
`Home`, `End`	Jump to first or last page in process list
`Left`, `Right`	Select previous/next sorting column
`e`	Toggle processes tree view
`r`	Reverse sorting order in processes box
`f`	Enter a process filter
`Delete`	Clear any entered filter
`c`	Toggle per-core CPU usage of processes

Process Actions (with process selected)

Key	Description
`t`	Terminate selected process with SIGTERM (signal 15)
`k`	Kill selected process with SIGKILL (signal 9)
`s`	Select or enter signal to send to process
`+`, `-`	Expand/collapse the selected process in tree view

Key	Description
`b`, `n`	Select previous/next network device
`z`	Toggle totals reset for current network device
`a`	Toggle auto scaling for the network graphs
`y`	Toggle synced scaling mode for network graphs

Key	Description
`Mouse 1`	Clicks buttons and selects in process list
`Mouse scroll`	Scrolls any scrollable list/text under cursor