Hotkeys

Hyprland

Hyprland hotkey configuration is located at ~/.config/hypr/keybindings.conf.

Syntax:

bind=MODIFIER,KEY,DISPATCHER,PARAMS

Where MODIFIER can be one of the following values: super, alt, control, shift, meta. KEY is the symbol of the desired key. DISPATCHER specifies the action that will be performed when the key combination is pressed.

Usage examples:

# This command will open kitty terminal when Super + T is pressed.
bind=SUPER,T,exec,kitty

# You can also bind mouse buttons by adding a prefix to the mouse key code: mouse:, for example:
bind=SUPER,mouse:272,exec,firefox

For more detailed information and examples, you can refer to the official Hyprland documentation here.

bspwm

Hotkey configuration is located at ~/.config/bspwm/sxhkdrc.

Each line in the file is interpreted as follows:
If a line starts with #, it is ignored.
If a line starts with whitespace, it is read as a command to run.
Otherwise, the line is read as a key combination: key names separated by space or + symbol. \

Syntax:

[MODIFIER + ]*[@]SYMBOL
    COMMAND

Where MODIFIER can have one of the following values: super, hyper, meta, alt, control, ctrl, shift, mode_switch, lock, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5. If you add @ before the key symbol, the command will be executed when the key is released, not immediately when pressed. You can find out the SYMBOL of the desired key using the xev command.

For tracking mouse buttons, you can use special key codes button1, button2, button3, …, button24. You can also set multiple key codes as a sequence {SYMBOL_1,…,SYMBOL_N} and add to the command a sequence of strings (in curly brackets and separated by commas) of the same length — then the command will substitute the element of the sequence that corresponds to the given key code in the order you specified. If you need to add regular curly brackets to the command, so they don’t conflict with sequence syntax, escape them with a backslash: for example, if you want to add the command awk ‘{print $1}’, write it as awk ‘{print $1}’. You can also set a sequence as a range A-Z, where A and Z are a letter or digit.

Usage examples:

# On left mouse button press, emulate Alt_R+F1 press
button1
    xte "keydown Alt_R" "keydown F1" "keyup Alt_R" "keyup F1"

# On middle mouse button press, wait 3 seconds and emulate Alt_R+F2 press
button2
    xte "sleep 3" "keydown Alt_R" "keydown F2" "keyup Alt_R" "keyup F2"

For more detailed information and examples, you can refer to the official sxhkd repository here, or the documentation presented on Arch Wiki.

Meowrch Hotkeys

System Shortcuts

Action	Hyprland	Bspwm
Open terminal	super + enter
Open file manager	super + e
Open application menu	super + a
Open power menu	super + x
Open emoji picker	super + .
Take a screenshot	PrintScreen
Take a full screenshot	super + PrintScreen
Change wallpaper	super + w
Change theme	super + t
Switch keyboard layout	alt + shift
Pick color from screen	super + c
Lock screen	super + l
Open task manager (btop)	ctrl + shift + esc
Pin window	super + p
Clipboard manager	super + v
Toggle bar	super + b
Switch bar to mewline/waybar	super + shift + b	N/A

Window and Workspace Management

Action	Hyprland	Bspwm
Switch to another workspace	super + 1-9	super + 1-9
Switch to next workspace	super + ctrl + right	super + ctrl + right
Switch to previous workspace	super + ctrl + left	super + ctrl + left
Switch to first empty workspace	super + ctrl + down	super + ctrl + down
Scroll workspaces forward	super + mouse_down	super + mouse_down
Scroll workspaces backward	super + mouse_up	super + mouse_up
Switch to special workspace	super + s	N/A
Move active window to another workspace	super + shift + 1-9	super + shift + 1-9
Toggle active window to floating mode	super + space
Toggle active window to fullscreen mode	alt + enter
Close active window	super + q
Kill active window	super + k
Move window focus	super + arrow keys
Resize window	super + shift + arrow keys
Move window	super + shift + ctrl + arrow keys

Launch Applications

Action	Hyprland	Bspwm
Open Firefox	super + shift + f
Open VSCode	super + shift + c
Open Telegram	super + shift + t
Open Obsidian	super + shift + o
Open pavucontrol	super + shift + p

System Control

Action	Hyprland	Bspwm
Exit session	super + delete
Restart window manager	ctrl + shift + r
Disable/Enable hotkey tracking	super + escape