Moving a word forward in z shell

If you're using iTerm2 on OSX, you can use the Natural Text Editing preset under Preferences -> Profile -> Keys.

This supports these key combos (which are very similar to other editors):

• alt/option + left = move left one word
• alt/option + right = move right one word

The ZLE widget for moving forward by one word is forward-word. Therefore, you may use bindkey to bind this widget to any key you want.

For example,

$> bindkey ^O forward-word

would allow you to move forward by one word when pressing Ctrl-O. Note that ^O is actually a quoted insert of Control followed by O.

Your zsh command prompt works either like emacs or like vi. If it works like vi, put it in command mode (esc) and type w. If it works like emacs, use M-f.

More information available at man zshzle.