Hotkeys

You can see all the main keyboard bindings with Super + K (Tmux bindings with Super + Alt + K and Herdr bindings with Super + Ctrl + K).

How hotkeys are laid out#

Every hotkey sits on a plane, set by its modifiers, and each plane has one job. That’s what keeps the hotkeys from blurring together, and it means you can usually guess where something lives.

Plane	What lives there	Examples
Super + key	The system: windows, workspaces, layouts, and core menus	Super + Space Omarchy menu, Super + W close window, Super + F full screen
Super + Shift + key	Apps	Super + Shift + B browser, Super + Shift + E email, Super + Shift + N editor
Super + Ctrl + key	Panels and system menus	Super + Ctrl + A audio, Super + Ctrl + N network, Super + Ctrl + C capture menu
Super + Ctrl + Alt + key	Quick actions and notices	Super + Ctrl + Alt + T show time, Super + Ctrl + Alt + B battery, Super + Ctrl + Alt + C screenshot

Adding Alt to a hotkey gives you a variant of the same thing, never something unrelated:

• Super + Shift + B opens the browser; Super + Shift + Alt + B opens a private window
• Super + Shift + E opens email; Super + Shift + Alt + E starts a new one
• Super + F goes full screen; Super + Alt + F goes full width
• Super + Ctrl + C opens the capture menu; Super + Ctrl + Alt + C skips the menu and takes a screenshot

When adding a hotkey:

1. Pick the plane from what it does, then pick the key.
2. Don’t move an existing hotkey to make room. Find a free key on the right plane.
3. Only use Alt for a variant of the hotkey without it.

A few hotkeys break these rules because they’re convenient. Shift with an arrow or Tab moves or reverses instead of opening an app, and Print, the media keys, Alt + Tab, and Ctrl + Alt + Del work the way they do everywhere else. They’re exceptions, not patterns to copy.

If a default doesn’t suit you (say you want Super + Shift + S for screenshots like on Windows), rebind it in ~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua.

Navigating#

Hotkey	Function
Super + Space	Omarchy menu (apps and everything else)
Super + Alt + Space	App grid
Super + Escape	System menu (suspend, restart, etc)
Super + Ctrl + L	Lock computer
Super + W or Super + Q	Close window
Ctrl + Alt + Del	Close all windows
Super + T	Toggle window between tiling/floating
Super + J	Toggle window position (horizontal/vertical)
Super + O	Toggle popping window into sticky’n’floating
Super + L	Cycle through the dwindle, scrolling, and floating layouts
Super + Alt + L	Cycle through the layouts in reverse
Super + P	Toggle pseudo window style (natural v stretch)
Super + F	Go full screen
Super + Alt + F	Go full width
Super + Ctrl + F	Go full screen inside window
Super + 1/2/3/4	Jump to specific workspace on the focused monitor
Super + Tab	Jump to next workspace on the focused monitor
Super + Shift + Tab	Jump to previous workspace on the focused monitor
Super + Ctrl + Tab	Jump to former workspace on the focused monitor
Super + Shift + 1/2/3/4	Move window to workspace on the focused monitor
Super + Shift + Alt + 1/2/3/4	Move window to workspace on the focused monitor without following
Super + S	Toggle full scratchpad
Super + Alt + S	Move window to full scratchpad
Super + Grave	Toggle Quake console
Super + Shift + Grave	Move window to Quake console
Super + Shift + Ctrl + Arrows	Move window to the monitor in that direction
Super + Shift + Alt + Arrows	Move workspace to the monitor in that direction
Super + Arrow	Move focus to window in direction of arrow, crossing to the monitor on that side at the screen’s edge
Super + Shift + Arrow	Swap window with another in direction of arrow, including one on the monitor on that side
Super + Minus	Expand window left
Super + Equal	Shrink window left
Super + Shift + Minus	Shrink window up
Super + Shift + Equal	Expand window down
Super + Alt + Minus/Equal	Same resizing in smaller steps
Super + Ctrl + Minus/Equal	Same resizing in bigger steps
Super + Alt + Home	Save window width
Super + Home	Restore saved window width
Super + Left Mouse	Drag window around
Super + Right Mouse	Resize window
Super + Scroll Wheel	Scroll through workspaces on the focused monitor
Super + G	Toggle window grouping
Super + Alt + G	Move window out of grouping
Super + Alt + Tab	Cycle between windows in grouping
Super + Alt + Shift + Tab	Cycle backward between windows in grouping
Super + Alt + Scroll Wheel	Cycle between windows in grouping
Super + Alt + 1/2/3/4/5	Jump to specific window in grouping
Super + Alt + Arrow	Move window into grouping in direction of arrow, including one on the monitor on that side
Super + Ctrl + Left/Right	Move between windows inside a tiling group
Super + Ctrl + Z	Zoom in on screen (repeat for more zoom)
Super + Ctrl + Alt + Z	Zoom fully out from screen
Super + /	Step forward through monitor scaling options
Super + Alt + /	Step backward through monitor scaling options
Alt + Tab	Cycle forward through windows on the active workspace
Alt + Shift + Tab	Cycle backward through windows on the active workspace
Ctrl + Alt + Tab	Cycle focus forward through monitors
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Tab	Cycle focus backwards through monitors

Resize shortcuts use physical keys code:20 and code:21 (XKB <AE11> and <AE12>), regardless of the characters printed on the keyboard. On US keyboards these keys are - and =; on Japanese (JIS) keyboards they are - and ^; on Spanish keyboards they are ' and ¡. On JIS, Super + ^ is Super + Equal, while Super + Shift + - (which types =) is Super + Shift + Minus.

System controls#

Hotkey	Function
Super + Ctrl + A	Audio panel
Super + Ctrl + B	Bluetooth panel
Super + Ctrl + N	Wifi/network panel
Super + Ctrl + D	Display panel
Super + Ctrl + P	Power panel
Super + Ctrl + X	Agents panel
Super + Ctrl + Alt + D	Calendar panel
Super + Ctrl + Alt + E	World clock panel
Super + Ctrl + 1-9	Toggle bar panel by position
Super + Ctrl + S	Share menu (via LocalSend)
Super + Ctrl + C	Capture controls (screenshot/-recording/picker)
Super + Ctrl + O	Toggle menu
Super + Ctrl + H	Hardware menu
Super + Ctrl + E	Emoji picker
Super + Ctrl + .	Transcode media
Super + Shift + Ctrl + A	Pick an AI agent

Adjustments#

Hotkey	Function
Shift + Brightness Up	Maximum screen brightness
Shift + Brightness Down	Minimum screen brightness
Alt + Brightness Up/Down	Precise 1% brightness changes
Alt + Volume Up/Down	Precise 1% volume changes
Keyboard Brightness Up/Down	Keyboard backlight brighter/dimmer
Keyboard Backlight	Cycle the keyboard backlight levels
Alt + Play	Next track
Alt + Shift + Play	Previous track

Launching apps#

Hotkey	Function
Super + Return	Terminal
Super + Alt + Return	Tmux terminal
Super + Ctrl + Return	Herdr (agent manager)
Super + Shift + Return	Browser
Super + Shift + Alt + B	Browser (private/incognito)
Super + Shift + F	File manager
Super + Shift + Alt + F	File manager in cwd of terminal
Super + Shift + M	Music (Spotify)
Super + Shift + Alt + M	Music (cliamp)
Super + Shift + /	Password manager (1password)
Super + Shift + Q	Calculator (Omacalc)
Super + Shift + T	Activity (btop)
Super + Shift + N	Editor (Neovim)
Super + Shift + C	Calendar (HEY)
Super + Shift + E	Email (HEY)
Super + Shift + Alt + E	New email (HEY)
Super + Shift + A	AI (ChatGPT)
Super + Shift + Alt + A	AI (Grok)
Super + Shift + G	Messenger (Signal)
Super + Shift + P	Google Photos
Super + Shift + S	Google Maps
Super + Shift + Alt + G	Messenger (WhatsApp)
Super + Shift + Ctrl + G	Messenger (Google)
Super + Shift + O	Obsidian
Super + Shift + W	Writing (Omawrite)
Super + Shift + X	X
Super + Shift + Alt + X	X Compose
Super + Shift + Y	YouTube

Change/add bindings in ~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua.

Universal clipboard#

Hotkey	Function
Super + A	Select all in apps that support Ctrl + A
Super + C	Copy
Super + X	Cut (not in terminal)
Super + V	Paste
Super + Ctrl + V	Clipboard manager

Usually on Linux, you need Ctrl + Shift + C/V to copy’n’paste in the terminal and Ctrl + C/V to do it everywhere else. These Omarchy unified clipboard hotkeys work everywhere.

Capture#

Hotkey	Function
Print Screen	Screenshot
Super + Ctrl + Alt + C	Screenshot (the same shot, for keyboards with no Print Screen key)
Super + Ctrl + C	Capture menu
Alt + Print Screen	Screenrecord
Super + Print Screen	Color picker
Super + Ctrl + Print Screen	Text extraction to clipboard
Super + Alt + [	Make webcam overlay smaller while recording
Super + Alt + ]	Make webcam overlay larger while recording
Alt + Shift + L	Copy current URL from webapp or browser
Alt + Shift + D	Download the video on the current page to ~/Videos
Alt + Space	Start/stop dictation (requires Setup > Defaults > Dictation)
Right Alt	Hold to dictate (requires Setup > Defaults > Dictation)

With screenrecordings, the hotkey first asks which audio you want, then starts recording. Hit it again to stop. See screenshots and recording for the details.

All capture options are also accessible under Trigger > Capture in the Omarchy menu (Super + Space).

Notifications#

Hotkey	Function
Super + ,	Act on latest notification: open it or press its only button, pick from its choices, or dismiss it when it has none
Super + Shift + ,	Dismiss all notifications
Super + Ctrl + ,	Control notifications with the keyboard
Super + Alt + ,	Dismiss latest notification
Super + Shift + Alt + ,	Open notification history
Super + Ctrl + Alt + ,	Toggle silencing notifications

Style#

Hotkey	Function
Super + Ctrl + T	Pick a new theme (also Super + Ctrl + Shift + Space)
Super + Ctrl + W	Pick theme background (also Super + Ctrl + Space)
Super + Backspace	Toggle transparency on a window
Super + Ctrl + Backspace	Toggle single-window square aspect

Extra background images live in ~/.config/omarchy/backgrounds/<theme name>. Also available via Install > Style > Background in the Omarchy menu.

All style options are also accessible under Style in the Omarchy menu (Super + Space).

Toggles#

Hotkey	Function
Super + Ctrl + I	Toggle locking on idle
Super + Ctrl + Delete	Toggle laptop display on/off
Super + Ctrl + Alt + Delete	Toggle laptop display mirroring
Super + Shift + Space	Toggle the top bar
Shift + Mute	Switch to next audio output
Shift + Play	Switch to next media source
Super + Shift + Backspace	Toggle window gaps
Super + Ctrl + Alt + F	Toggle full screen desktop (top bar + window gaps)

Reminders#

Hotkey	Function
Super + Ctrl + R	Set a reminder
Super + Ctrl + Alt + R	See all reminders
Super + Ctrl + Shift + R	Clear all reminders

Notices#

Hotkey	Function
Super + Ctrl + Alt + T	Show time as notification
Super + Ctrl + Alt + B	Show battery as notification
Super + Ctrl + Alt + W	Toggle weather as notification

Tmux#

The prefix key is Ctrl + Space (Ctrl + B also works). You can change these bindings in ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf.

Panes#

Hotkey	Function
Prefix + v	Split pane beside (vertical)
Prefix + h	Split pane below (horizontal)
Prefix + x	Kill pane
Prefix + z	Toggle pane zoom (fullscreen)
Alt + Enter	Split pane below (no prefix)
Alt + Shift + Enter	Split pane beside (no prefix)
Alt + Escape	Kill pane (no prefix)
Ctrl + Alt + Arrows	Move between panes
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Arrows	Resize panes

Windows#

Hotkey	Function
Prefix + c	New window
Prefix + k	Kill window
Prefix + r	Rename window
Alt + 1-9	Go to specific window
Alt + Arrow Left/Right	Move between windows
Alt + Shift + Arrow Left/Right	Move window left/right

Sessions#

Hotkey	Function
Prefix + C	New session
Prefix + K	Kill session
Prefix + R	Rename session
Prefix + N	Next session
Prefix + P	Previous session
Alt + Arrow Up/Down	Move between sessions
Prefix + s	List sessions
Prefix + d	Detach from session

Copy mode (vi-style)#

Hotkey	Function
Prefix + [	Enter copy mode
v	Begin selection (in copy mode)
y	Copy selection (in copy mode)

General#

Hotkey	Function
Prefix + q	Reload config
Prefix + ?	Show Tmux keybindings
Prefix + :	Command prompt

Tmux layout functions#

These functions must be run inside a Tmux session.

Command	Function
tdl <ai> [<second_ai>]	Create dev layout with editor, AI, and terminal
tdlm <ai> [<second_ai>]	Create dev layout per subdirectory
tsl <count> <command>	Create multi-pane swarm layout

Ghostty Terminal#

Ghostty terminal is installed using Install > Terminal via the Omarchy menu.

Hotkey	Function
Ctrl + Shift + E	New split below
Ctrl + Shift + O	New split besides
Ctrl + Alt + Arrows	Move between splits
Super + Ctrl + Shift + Arrows	Resize split by 10 lines
Super + Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Arrows	Resize split by 100 lines
Ctrl + Shift + T	New tab
Ctrl + Shift + Arrows	Move between tabs
Alt + Numbers	Go to specific tab
Shift + Pg Up/Down	Scroll the history
Ctrl + Left mouse	Open link in browser

File Manager#

Hotkey	Function
Ctrl + L	Go to path
Space	Preview file (arrows navigate)
Alt + Up	Go up to parent folder

Neovim (w/ lazyvim)#

Navigation#

Hotkey	Function
Space	Show command options
Space Space	Open file via fuzzy search
Space E	Toggle sidebar
Space G G	Show git controls
Space S G	Search file content
Ctrl + W W	Jump between sidebar and editor
Ctrl + Left/right arrow	Change size of sidebar
Shift + H	Go to left file tab
Shift + L	Go to right file tab
Space B D	Close file tab

While in sidebar#

Hotkey	Function
A	Add new file in parent dir
Shift + A	Add new subdir in parent dir
D	Delete highlighted file/dir
M	Move highlighted file/dir
R	Rename highlighted file/dir
?	Show help for all commands

See all the Neovim hotkeys configured by LazyVim.

Quick Emojis#

You can use Super + Ctrl + E to show a complete emoji picker that’ll put the selection on the clipboard or you can use these quick access options.

Hotkey	EM	Clue
Shift + CapsLock M S	😄	smile
Shift + CapsLock M C	😂	cry
Shift + CapsLock M L	😍	love
Shift + CapsLock M V	✌️	victory
Shift + CapsLock M H	❤️	heart
Shift + CapsLock M Y	👍	yes
Shift + CapsLock M N	👎	no
Shift + CapsLock M F	🖕	fuck
Shift + CapsLock M W	🤞	wish
Shift + CapsLock M R	🤘	rock
Shift + CapsLock M K	😘	kiss
Shift + CapsLock M E	🙄	eyeroll
Shift + CapsLock M I	😉	wink
Shift + CapsLock M P	🙏	pray
Shift + CapsLock M D	🤤	drool
Shift + CapsLock M M	💰	money
Shift + CapsLock M X	🎉	xellebrate
Shift + CapsLock M 1	💯	100%
Shift + CapsLock M T	🥂	toast
Shift + CapsLock M O	👌	ok
Shift + CapsLock M G	👋	greeting
Shift + CapsLock M A	💪	arm
Shift + CapsLock M B	🤯	blowing

Quick Completions#

Hotkey	Completion
Shift + CapsLock Space Space	- (mdash)
Shift + CapsLock Space N	Your name (as entered on setup)
Shift + CapsLock Space E	Your email (as entered on setup)

You can add more of your own by editing ~/.XCompose, then running omarchy-restart-xcompose in the terminal to get the changes picked up.