[i3/sway cheatsheet] List of key bindings for i3wm/swaywm #linux #tiling-wm #desktop #cheat-sheet

i3-cheat-sheet.md

i3 Window Manager Cheat Sheet

• i3 -- A tiling window manager
  https://i3wm.org/
  https://github.com/i3/i3
  https://github.com/Airblader/i3
• Sway -- i3-compatible Wayland compositor
  https://swaywm.org/
  https://github.com/swaywm/sway

⋄Mod refers to the modifier key (⎇ Alt by default)

General

• startx i3 start i3 from command line
• ⋄Mod+⏎ Enter open a terminal
• ⋄Mod+d open dmenu (text based program launcher)
• ⋄Mod+r resize mode ( or to leave resize mode)
• ⋄Mod+Shift+e exit i3
• ⋄Mod+Shift+r restart i3 in place
• ⋄Mod+Shift+c reload config file
• ⋄Mod+Shift+q kill window (does normal close if application supports it)

Windows

• ⋄Mod+w tabbed layout
• ⋄Mod+e vertical and horizontal layout (switches to and between them)
• ⋄Mod+s stacked layout
• ⋄Mod+f fullscreen

Moving Windows

• ⋄Mod+Shift+✥ Arrow Move window in direction (depends on direction keys settings)