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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