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Keybindings Reference

All keybindings can be customized in ~/.config/hypr/conf/bindings.conf (Wayland) or ~/.config/i3/config (X11).

Applications

Key	Action
`⌘` + `F1`	Show keybindings
`⌘` + `⇧` + `F1`	Show keybindings menu
`⌘` + `↵`	Terminal
`⌘` + `⇧` + `↵`	Browser
`⌘` + `Space`	App launcher
`⌘` + `⇧` + `F`	File manager
`⌘` + `E`	File manager

Backgrounds

Key	Action
`⌘` + `B`	Next background

Window Control

Key	Action
`⌘` + `W`	Close window
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `⌦`	Close all windows
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `⇧` + `W`	Exit Hyprland
`⌘` + `T`	Toggle floating
`⌘` + `F`	Toggle fullscreen
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `F`	Tiled fullscreen
`⌘` + `Alt` + `F`	Maximize window
`⌘` + `J`	Toggle split
`⌘` + `P`	Pseudo tile
`⌘` + `O`	Pop window out
`⌘` + `BACKSpace`	Toggle transparency
`⌘` + `⇧` + `C`	Center window

Focus & Movement

Key	Action
`⌘` + `left`	Focus left
`⌘` + `right`	Focus right
`⌘` + `up`	Focus up
`⌘` + `down`	Focus down
`⌘` + `H`	Focus left
`⌘` + `L`	Focus right
`⌘` + `K`	Focus up
`Alt` + `⇥`	Cycle windows
`Alt` + `⇧` + `⇥`	Cycle windows reverse
`⌘` + `⇧` + `left`	Swap left
`⌘` + `⇧` + `right`	Swap right
`⌘` + `⇧` + `up`	Swap up
`⌘` + `⇧` + `down`	Swap down
`⌘` + `⇧` + `H`	Swap left
`⌘` + `⇧` + `L`	Swap right
`⌘` + `⇧` + `K`	Swap up
`⌘` + `⇧` + `J`	Swap down

Resize

Key	Action
`⌘` + `minus`	Shrink window
`⌘` + `equal`	Grow window
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `left`	Resize left
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `right`	Resize right
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `up`	Resize up
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `down`	Resize down

Square Aspect

Key	Action
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `⇧` + `S`	Toggle square window

Zoom

Key	Action
`⌘` + `]`	Zoom in
`⌘` + `[`	Zoom out
`⌘` + `⇧` + `]`	Zoom reset

Quick Text

Key	Action
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `1`	Quick type: name
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `2`	Quick type: email
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `⇧` + `-`	Type em-dash

Workspace Overview

Key	Action
`⌘` + `	Workspace overview (hyprexpo)

Workspaces

Key	Action
`⌘` + `1-0`	Switch workspace 1-10
`⌘` + `⇧` + `1-0`	Move window to workspace 1-10
`⌘` + `⇥`	Next workspace
`⌘` + `⇧` + `⇥`	Previous workspace
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `⇥`	Previous workspace
`⌘` + `mouse_down`	Scroll workspace next
`⌘` + `mouse_up`	Scroll workspace prev
`⌘` + `⇧` + `Alt` + `left`	Move workspace left
`⌘` + `⇧` + `Alt` + `right`	Move workspace right

Scratchpad

Key	Action
`⌘` + `S`	Toggle scratchpad
`⌘` + `Alt` + `S`	Move to scratchpad

Window Groups

Key	Action
`⌘` + `G`	Toggle group
`⌘` + `⇧` + `G`	Toggle window gaps
`⌘` + `Alt` + `G`	Move out of group
`⌘` + `Alt` + `left`	Change group focus left
`⌘` + `Alt` + `right`	Change group focus right
`⌘` + `Alt` + `⇥`	Next in group
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `G`	Lock group

Screenshots

Key	Action
`PrtSc`	Screenshot area
`⇧` + `PrtSc`	Screenshot screen
`⌘` + `PrtSc`	Color picker
`⌘` + `⇧` + `S`	Screenshot to clipboard
`Ctrl` + `PrtSc`	Screenshot window
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `C`	Capture menu

Screen Record

Key	Action
`⌘` + `R`	Toggle recording
`⌘` + `⇧` + `R`	Record area

System Control

Key	Action
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `L`	Lock screen
`⌘` + `⇧` + `Esc`	Lock screen
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `I`	Toggle idle
`⌘` + `Esc`	System menu
`⌘` + `⇧` + `Space`	Toggle waybar
`⌘` + `⇧` + `B`	Toggle waybar
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `N`	Toggle nightlight
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `S`	Create boot environment snapshot

Clipboard

Key	Action
`⌘` + `C`	Copy
`⌘` + `V`	Paste
`⌘` + `X`	Cut
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `V`	Clipboard manager

Notifications

Key	Action
`⌘` + `N`	Dismiss notification
`⌘` + `⇧` + `N`	Toggle do not disturb
`⌘` + `comma`	Dismiss notification
`⌘` + `⇧` + `comma`	Dismiss all notifications
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `comma`	Toggle notification silencing
`⌘` + `Alt` + `comma`	Invoke last notification

Theming

Key	Action
`⌘` + `⇧` + `T`	Select theme

Voice Dictation

Key	Action
`⌘` + `Z`	Start dictation
`⌘` + `Z`	Stop dictation

Hardware Mgmt

Key	Action
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `W`	WiFi manager
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `B`	Bluetooth manager
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `A`	Audio controls
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `T`	Activity monitor

Menus

Key	Action
`⌘` + `Alt` + `Space`	Main menu
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `K`	Show keybindings
`⌘` + `Ctrl` + `E`	Emoji picker

Media Keys

Key	Action
`Vol Up`	Volume up
`Vol Down`	Volume down
`Mute`	Mute
`Mic Mute`	Mute microphone
`Alt` + `Vol Up`	Volume up precise
`Alt` + `Vol Down`	Volume down precise
`Brightness Up`	Brightness up
`Brightness Down`	Brightness down
`Next Track`	Next track
`Play/Pause`	Pause
`Play/Pause`	Play
`Prev Track`	Previous track
`Kbd Brightness Up`	Keyboard brightness up
`Kbd Brightness Down`	Keyboard brightness down
`Caps Lock`	Caps Lock

Tips

Run the keybindings viewer from within your session:

keybindings-show

Or view the config directly:

# Hyprland (Wayland)
cat ~/.config/hypr/conf/bindings.conf

# i3 (X11)
cat ~/.config/i3/config