The shortcuts follow KDE Plasma with Krohnkite. Super is the logo key.
This table was written from the Sway configuration. Soon it will be generated from the same descriptions the Help app shows.
Session and apps
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
Super (alone) | Shows or hides the app grid |
Alt+Space | Launcher: apps, open windows, clipboard and web search |
Super+` (left of 1) | List of open windows, to search |
Ctrl+Alt+T | Terminal |
Ctrl+Alt+E | File manager |
Super+C | Notification center |
Super+V | Clipboard history |
Super+Space | Switches the keyboard layout |
Ctrl+Alt+L | Locks the screen |
Ctrl+Alt+Delete | Session menu: lock, log out, suspend, restart, shut down |
Super+R | Reloads the Sway configuration |
Super+Shift+O | Turns the screen back on if it stays off (works while locked) |
Windows
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
Alt+Tab / Alt+Shift+Tab | Switches windows in the order of use, with the switcher on screen |
Super+Tab / Super+Shift+Tab | Next or previous window in screen order |
Super+H J K L or Super+Alt+arrows | Focuses the window to the left, below, above or to the right |
Super+Shift+H J K L | Moves the window |
Super+Ctrl+H J K L | Resizes the window |
Super+Enter | Swaps the window with the first one in the workspace (the “master”) |
Super+Q or Super+Ctrl+Esc | Closes the window |
Super+F | Floats or tiles the window |
Super+Shift+F | Floats or tiles every window in the workspace |
Super+M, Super+Page Up or Super+Ctrl+F | Fullscreen |
Super+Page Down | Puts the window aside (Sway’s “minimize”) |
Super+Backspace or Super+Z | Brings the window back |
Super+Shift+G | Keeps a floating window on every workspace |
Layout
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
Super+] | Cycles side by side, one above the other, stacked and tabbed |
Super+Ctrl+T | Back to side by side |
Super+Ctrl+Enter | Toggles the next split between horizontal and vertical |
Super+Ctrl+X / Z | More or less space between windows |
Super+Ctrl+R | Turns the space between windows on or off |
Workspaces and monitors
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
Super+1…9 | Goes to the workspace |
Super+Ctrl+1…9 | Takes the window to the workspace, and follows it |
Super+← / → | Previous or next workspace, even if empty |
Super+Ctrl+← / → | Takes the window to the previous or next workspace |
Super+mouse wheel | Previous or next workspace |
Super+W / E | Focuses the monitor on the left or on the right |
Super+Ctrl+W / E or Super+Shift+← / → | Takes the window to the other monitor |
Screenshots and recording
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
Print | Captures a region |
Shift+Print | Captures the whole screen |
Super+Print | Captures the window |
Ctrl + any of the three | The same, and opens the capture in Gradia to edit |
Super+Shift+E | Screenshot panel |
Super+Shift+R | Recording panel; while recording, stops it |
In the panels: R region, S screen, W window, Esc closes. In the screenshot panel, G turns Gradia on or off and D changes the delay. In the recording panel, Shift+key records with the system sound, Ctrl+key with the microphone, and A changes the audio.
They also work while the screen is locked.
| Key | What it does |
|---|
| Volume +, −, mute | Volume, with the on-screen indicator |
| Microphone mute | Turns the microphone on or off |
| Play, next, previous | Controls the player that is playing |
| Brightness +, − | Brightness, with the on-screen indicator |