diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/keyboard_to_esc.rs b/crates/terminal/src/keyboard_to_esc.rs
index 6f12bfa14e..4c47c67f2d 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/keyboard_to_esc.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/keyboard_to_esc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 use gpui::KeyDownEvent;
 
-fn to_esc_str(event: &KeyDownEvent) -> &str {
-    "Test"
+pub fn to_esc_str(event: &KeyDownEvent) -> String {
+    let key = event.keystroke.key.clone();
+    let modifiers = (
+        event.keystroke.alt,
+        event.keystroke.cmd,
+        event.keystroke.ctrl,
+        event.keystroke.shift,
+    );
+    match (key.as_str(), modifiers) {
+        //ctrl-l
+        //shift-tab
+        //alt-back
+        //shift-back
+        //shift + Home, end, page up, page down + NOT alt screen => We handle those
+        //shift + Home, end, page up, page down + alt screen => Send escape sequence
+        ("l", (false, false, true, false)) => "\x0c".to_string(),
+        _ => event.input.clone().unwrap().clone(),
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs b/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs
index 1b622dc25d..32d2407414 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ use theme::TerminalStyle;
 use std::{cmp::min, ops::Range, rc::Rc, sync::Arc};
 use std::{fmt::Debug, ops::Sub};
 
-use crate::{color_translation::convert_color, ScrollTerminal, Terminal, ZedListener};
+use crate::{
+    color_translation::convert_color, keyboard_to_esc::to_esc_str, ScrollTerminal, Terminal,
+    ZedListener,
+};
 
 ///Scrolling is unbearably sluggish by default. Alacritty supports a configurable
 ///Scroll multiplier that is set to 3 by default. This will be removed when I
@@ -368,7 +371,7 @@ impl Element for TerminalEl {
                 dbg!(e);
                 cx.is_parent_view_focused()
                     .then(|| {
-                        cx.dispatch_action(Input(input.to_string()));
+                        cx.dispatch_action(Input(to_esc_str(e)));
                     })
                     .is_some()
             }