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reference Niri Default Key Bindings Complete table of all default key bindings organized by category — window management, navigation, workspaces, media keys, etc.
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Default Key Bindings

Application Launching

Key Action
Mod+T Open terminal (alacritty)
Mod+D Run application launcher (fuzzel)
Super+Alt+L Lock screen (swaylock)
Super+Alt+S Toggle screen reader (orca)

Window Management

Key Action
Mod+Q Close window
Mod+F Maximize column (with gaps)
Mod+Shift+F Fullscreen window
Mod+M Maximize window to edges (like double-click titlebar)
Mod+Ctrl+F Expand column to fill remaining space
Mod+V Toggle window floating
Mod+Shift+V Switch focus between floating and tiling
Mod+W Toggle column tabbed display mode
Mod+BracketLeft Consume/expel window left
Mod+BracketRight Consume/expel window right
Mod+Comma Consume window into column
Mod+Period Expel window from column

Column Navigation

Key Action
Mod+Left or Mod+H Focus column left
Mod+Right or Mod+L Focus column right
Mod+Home Focus first column
Mod+End Focus last column
Mod+C Center focused column
Mod+Ctrl+C Center all visible columns

Column Movement

Key Action
Mod+Ctrl+Left or Mod+Ctrl+H Move column left
Mod+Ctrl+Right or Mod+Ctrl+L Move column right
Mod+Ctrl+Home Move column to first position
Mod+Ctrl+End Move column to last position

Column Sizing

Key Action
Mod+R Switch preset column width (1/3, 1/2, 2/3)
Mod+Shift+R Switch preset width (reverse)
Mod+Minus Decrease column width by 10%
Mod+Equal Increase column width by 10%

Window Navigation (within column)

Key Action
Mod+Up or Mod+K Focus window up
Mod+Down or Mod+J Focus window down

Window Height Sizing

Key Action
Mod+Ctrl+Shift+R Switch preset window height
Mod+Ctrl+R Reset window height
Mod+Shift+Minus Decrease window height by 10%
Mod+Shift+Equal Increase window height by 10%

Multi-Monitor Navigation

Key Action
Mod+Shift+Left or Mod+Shift+H Focus monitor left
Mod+Shift+Right or Mod+Shift+L Focus monitor right
Mod+Shift+Up or Mod+Shift+K Focus monitor up
Mod+Shift+Down or Mod+Shift+J Focus monitor down

Multi-Monitor Column Movement

Key Action
Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left Move column to monitor left
Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Right Move column to monitor right
Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Up Move column to monitor up
Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Down Move column to monitor down

Workspace Navigation

Key Action
Mod+Page_Down or Mod+U Focus workspace down
Mod+Page_Up or Mod+I Focus workspace up
Mod+1 through Mod+9 Focus workspace 1-9
Mod+Shift+Page_Down or Mod+Shift+U Move workspace down
Mod+Shift+Page_Up or Mod+Shift+I Move workspace up
Mod+Tab Focus previous workspace (commented out by default)

Workspace Column Movement

Key Action
Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down or Mod+Ctrl+U Move column to workspace down
Mod+Ctrl+Page_Up or Mod+Ctrl+I Move column to workspace up
Mod+Ctrl+1 through Mod+Ctrl+9 Move column to workspace 1-9

Mouse/Touchpad Scrolling

Key Action
Mod+WheelScrollDown Focus workspace down
Mod+WheelScrollUp Focus workspace up
Mod+WheelScrollRight Focus column right
Mod+WheelScrollLeft Focus column left
Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollDown Move column to workspace down
Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollUp Move column to workspace up
Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollRight Move column right
Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollLeft Move column left
Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown Focus column right
Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp Focus column left
Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollDown Move column right
Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollUp Move column left

Overview

Key Action
Mod+O Toggle overview (zoomed-out view of workspaces/windows)

Screenshot

Key Action
Print Interactive screenshot UI
Ctrl+Print Screenshot screen
Alt+Print Screenshot window

System

Key Action
Mod+Shift+E Quit niri (with confirmation)
Ctrl+Alt+Delete Quit niri (with confirmation)
Mod+Shift+P Power off monitors
Mod+Escape Toggle keyboard shortcuts inhibitor
Mod+Shift+/ Show hotkey overlay

Media Keys

Key Action
XF86AudioRaiseVolume Increase volume 10%
XF86AudioLowerVolume Decrease volume 10%
XF86AudioMute Toggle mute
XF86AudioMicMute Toggle mic mute
XF86AudioPlay / XF86AudioPause Play/pause
XF86AudioStop Stop
XF86AudioPrev Previous track
XF86AudioNext Next track
XF86MonBrightnessUp Increase brightness 10%
XF86MonBrightnessDown Decrease brightness 10%