Sway Cheatsheet

https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki

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.

Basics

+ ⏎	open new terminal
+ h	focus left
+ j	focus down
+ k	focus up
+ l	focus right
+ a	focus parent
+ space	toggle focus mode

Moving windows

+ ⇧ + h	move window left
+ ⇧ + j	move window down
+ ⇧ + k	move window up
+ ⇧ + l	move window right

Modifying windows

+ 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.

Changing the container layout

+ e	default (toggle vertical/horizontal)
+ s	stacking
+ w	tabbed

Floating

+ ⇧ + space	toggle floating
+ 🐭	drag floating

Using workspaces

+ 0-9	switch to another workspace
+ ⇧ + 0-9	move a window to another workspace

Opening applications / Closing windows

+ d	open application launcher (dmenu)
+ ⇧ + q	kill a window

Restart / Exit

+ ⇧ + c	reload the configuration file
+ ⇧ + e	exit Sway

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