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Yabai Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

Personal Yabai shortcuts

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

General

Option + Return
Open Terminal
ctrl + b
Enter [A]ction mode
[A] Escape
Exit [A]ction mode
shift + lctrl + alt + r
Restart Yabai

Spaces

lctrl + alt + 1
Move space to display 1
lctrl + alt + 2
Move space to display 2
alt + -
Switch to previous space or last one
alt + =
Switch to next space or first one
alt + (1|2|3­|4|5|6)
Switch to space X (one of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6)
[A] =
Create new space
[A] -
Destroy current space
[A] l
Switch space layout
 

Windows

shift + alt + -
Move window to previous space
shift + alt + =
Move window to next space
shift + alt + (1|2|3­|4|5|6)
Move window to space X (one of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6)
[A] alt +
Move window left
[A] alt +
Move window right
[A] alt +
Move window up
[A] alt +
Move window down
[A] shift +
Swap window with the on the left
[A] shift +
Swap window with the on the right
[A] shift +
Swap window with the one upwards
[A] shift +
Swap window with the one downward

Navigation

[A] +
Move focus to window on the left
[A] +
Move focus to window on the right
[A] +
Move focus to window up
[A] +
Move focus to window down