Keybindings

Press Super + / inside dwm to open a live, searchable Quickshell keybind viewer.

MODKEY = Super (Windows key) in the shipped config.h.

Bindings are defined in config/hotkeys.toml and reload instantly on save — no recompile needed.

Launchers

Keys	Action
`Super` + `R`	App launcher (Quickshell)
`Super` + `X`	Terminal workspace (Herdr when available)
`Super` + `E`	File manager
`Super` + `B`	Browser
`Super` + `/`	Keybind viewer
`Super` + `F1`	Control Center
`Super` + `Shift` + `R`	Restart Quickshell

Screenshots

Keys	Action
`Super` + `P`	Screenshot active monitor (cursor omitted)
`Super` + `Shift` + `P`	Screenshot selection → file
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `P`	Screenshot selection → clipboard

All dwm-screenshot capture modes omit the mouse cursor. maim region captures start selection immediately without a monitor chooser. The active-monitor shortcut uses the monitor under the pointer. Clipboard captures are PNG selections owned by xclip, while captures saved to disk use JPEG. The lightweight capture flow intentionally has no annotation toolbar.

Web Apps

Keys	Action
`Super` + `A`	ChatGPT
`Super` + `Shift` + `A`	Gemini
`Super` + `Shift` + `X`	X/Twitter — new post

Window Management

Keys	Action
`Super` + `J`	Focus next window
`Super` + `K`	Focus previous window
`Super` + `Shift` + `J`	Move window down in stack
`Super` + `Shift` + `K`	Move window up in stack
`Super` + `Return`	Promote window to master
`Super` + `Q`	Close window
`Super` + `I`	Add window to master area
`Super` + `D`	Remove window from master area
`Super` + `H`	Shrink master area
`Super` + `L`	Expand master area
`Super` + `Shift` + `H`	Increase window cfact size
`Super` + `Shift` + `L`	Decrease window cfact size
`Super` + `Shift` + `O`	Reset window cfact

Layouts

Keys	Action
`Super` + `T`	Tiling layout
`Super` + `M`	Fullscreen (monocle)
`Super` + `Space`	Toggle floating for window
`Super` + `Shift` + `M`	Toggle floating for window
`Super` + `Shift` + `Y`	Fake fullscreen (bar stays)
`Super` + `Shift` + `B`	Toggle bar visibility

Tags (Workspaces)

Keys	Action
`Super` + `1`–`9`	Switch to tag
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `1`–`9`	Also show tag alongside current
`Super` + `Shift` + `1`–`9`	Move window to tag
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `1`–`9`	Also show window on that tag
`Super` + `0`	Show windows from all nine tags; `0` is not a tag
`Super` + `Tab`	Previous tag

Multi-Monitor

Keys	Action
`Super` + `,`	Focus left monitor
`Super` + `.`	Focus right monitor
`Super` + `Shift` + `,`	Send window to left monitor
`Super` + `Shift` + `.`	Send window to right monitor

Media Keys

Keys	Action
`XF86AudioRaiseVolume`	Volume up
`XF86AudioLowerVolume`	Volume down
`XF86AudioMute`	Mute toggle
`XF86MonBrightnessUp`	Brightness up
`XF86MonBrightnessDown`	Brightness down

Session & Power

Keys	Action
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `Q`	Power menu
`Super` + `Shift` + `Q`	Quit dwm and cleanly end the graphical session
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`	Reboot
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `S`	Suspend

Mouse

Action	Function
`Super` + Left drag	Move window
`Super` + Middle click	Toggle floating
`Super` + Right drag	Resize window

Customizing Keybinds

Edit config/hotkeys.toml — changes take effect on save, no recompile required.

[vars]
terminal = "dwm-terminal"

keys = [
  { mod="SUPER SHIFT", key="f", desc="Firefox", func="spawn", exec=["firefox"] },
]

See the comments in hotkeys.toml for a full list of func values and modifier syntax.

The browser binding uses dwm-default-apps open. Configure it with dwm-default-apps browsers and dwm-default-apps set-browser <desktop-id>.

The default dwm-terminal wrapper opens Herdr inside Alacritty when Herdr is installed. Set DWM_HERDR=0 to keep the same binding as a plain terminal.

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