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dwm cheatsheet Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

Keybinds and shortcuts for my custom build of dwm.

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

Clie­nts

j
Move focus to the next window in the stack
k
Move focus to the previous window in the stack
J
Move window to the next space in the stack
K
Move window to the previous space in the stack
Backspace
Swap a master window with one from the stack
q
Termin­ate­/kill the currently active client
Tab
Toggle view to the previously active tag
h
Increase the width of the master window area
l
Decrease the width of the master window area
H
Increase the number of windows allowed in the master area
L
Decrease the number of windows allowed in the master area
f
Toggle the active window between tiled and floating states
 

Layouts

t
Set layout to Tiled
F
Set layout to Floating
m
Set layout to Monocle
M
Set layout to Deck
^m
Set layout to Grid
Space
Cycle layout back to the previous layout state

Workspaces (Tags)

[1-4]
Switch view to workspace
[1-4]
Shift + [1-4]
Move the focused window to workspace
[1-4]
S
Stick currently focused window to all tags