Throughout this guide, the Sway logo will be used to refer to the configured modifier.
This is the Super/ (Mod4
) by default,
with key (Mod1
) being a popular alternative.
+ | open new terminal |
+ h | focus left |
+ j | focus down |
+ k | focus up |
+ l | focus right |
+ a | focus parent |
+ | toggle focus mode |
+ + h | move window left |
+ + j | move window down |
+ + k | move window up |
+ + l | move window right |
+ f | toggle fullscreen |
+ v | split a window vertically |
+ b | split a window horizontally |
+ r | resize mode |
Look at the “Resizing containers / windows” section of the user guide.
+ e | default (toggle vertical/horizontal) |
+ s | stacking |
+ w | tabbed |
+ + | toggle floating |
+ | drag floating |
+ 0-9 | switch to another workspace |
+ + 0-9 | move a window to another workspace |
+ d | open application launcher (dmenu) |
+ + q | kill a window |
+ + c | reload the configuration file |
+ + e | exit Sway |
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