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title: "Hyprland Keybindings Cheatsheet"
author: "mw-pfeddersheim-workstation"
date: "May 2026"
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# Hyprland Keybindings — Full Cheatsheet

**Layout:** German (de) | **Mod key:** SUPER (Windows key) | **Source:** `hyprctl binds` live

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## General

| Shortcut | Action | Details |
|----------|--------|---------|
| `SUPER+Q` | Open terminal | kitty |
| `SUPER+C` | Kill active window | killactive |
| `SUPER+M` | Exit Hyprland | exit |
| `SUPER+E` | File manager | dolphin |
| `SUPER+V` | Toggle floating | togglefloating |
| `SUPER+D` | App launcher | hyprlauncher |
| `SUPER+P` | Toggle pseudo-split | pseudo |
| `SUPER+J` | Toggle split direction | layoutmsg togglesplit |
| `SUPER+F` | Toggle fullscreen | fullscreen 0 |
| `SUPER+R` | Reload config | hyprctl reload |
| `SUPER+SPACE` | Toggle float (popup) | togglefloating |
| `SUPER+TAB` | Cycle next window | cyclenext |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+TAB` | Cycle previous window | cyclenext prev |
| `SUPER+` `` ` `` (Grave) | Toggle scratchpad | togglespecialworkspace |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+` `` ` `` | Send window to scratchpad | movetoworkspace special |
| `SUPER+CTRL+K` | Keybind cheat menu | *(broken — pipelines to grep+fuzzel)* |
| `SUPER+CTRL+L` | Lock screen | hyprlock |
| `SUPER+B` | Web browser | google-chrome-stable |

## Navigation / Focus

| Shortcut | Action |
|----------|--------|
| `SUPER+TAB` | Cycle next window |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+TAB` | Cycle previous window |
| `SUPER+H` | Move focus left |
| `SUPER+L` | Move focus right |
| `SUPER+left arrow` | Move focus left |
| `SUPER+right arrow` | Move focus right |
| `SUPER+up arrow` | Move focus up |
| `SUPER+down arrow` | Move focus down |

## Window Movement

| Shortcut | Action |
|----------|--------|
| `SUPER+SHIFT+H` | Move window left |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+L` | Move window right |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+K` | Move window up |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+J` | Move window down |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+left` | Move window left |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+right` | Move window right |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+up` | Move window up |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+down` | Move window down |

## Window Resize

| Shortcut | Action |
|----------|--------|
| `SUPER+ALT+H` | Resize active: width -40 |
| `SUPER+ALT+L` | Resize active: width +40 |
| `SUPER+ALT+K` | Resize active: height -40 |
| `SUPER+ALT+J` | Resize active: height +40 |

## Screenshots

| Shortcut | Action | Tool |
|----------|--------|------|
| `Print` | Area select → save + copy | grimblast copysave area |
| `SUPER+Print` | Active window → save + copy | grimblast copysave active |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+Print` | Full monitor → save + copy | grimblast copysave output |
| `SUPER+ALT+Print` | Area select → annotate | grim | slurp | satty |

## Workspaces

| Shortcut | Action |
|----------|--------|
| `SUPER+1..9` | Switch to workspace 1-9 |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+1..9` | Move active window to workspace 1-9 |
| `SUPER+` `` ` `` | Toggle scratchpad (togglespecialworkspace) |
| `SUPER+SHIFT+` `` ` `` | Move to scratchpad (movetoworkspace special) |

### Workspace Layout

| Workspace | Monitor | Position |
|-----------|---------|----------|
| 1 | DP-1 (TERRA 3280W) | Left, 2560x1440@144 |
| 2 | DVI-D-1 (BenQ BL2405) | Center, 1920x1080@60 rotated 90deg |
| 3 | HDMI-A-1 (TERRA 3280W) | Right, 2560x1440@144 |

## Notes

- `SUPER+CTRL+K` (keybind menu) does **not work** — the `sed` pipeline breaks. Needs fix.
- The `sed` pipeline `sed 's/^bind\s*=\s*\$mainMod/SUPER/;s/\s*#/#/'` fails silently because the unescaped `$` in the `sed` command gets interpreted as a variable.

## Troubleshooting

| Issue | Check |
|-------|-------|
| Print key not working | `hyprctl binds | grep Print` |
| `SUPER+R` not working | `hyprctl binds | grep 'reload'` |
| Screenshots fail | `which grimblast satty slurp grim` |
| Clipboard empty | `echo test | wl-copy && wl-paste` |

## Satty Editor Shortcuts

| Action | Shortcut |
|--------|----------|
| Freehand | F |
| Rectangle | R |
| Ellipse | E |
| Line/Arrow | L |
| Text | T |
| Blur | B |
| Crop | C |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Save | Ctrl+S |
| Quit | Esc or Ctrl+Q |