Awesome Window Manager keyboard shortcuts

Awesome Window Manager

Zeynel -
6 years ago
- Shortcuts

Note: Mod4 key is probably mapped to Windows key on your keyboard.

3
Mod4 + Ctrl + R

Restart Awesome

1
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + Q

Quit Awesome

1
Mod4 + R

Run prompt

0
Mod4 + X

Run Lua code prompt

1
Mod4 + ⤶ Enter

Spawn terminal emulator

0
Mod4 + W

Open main menu

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2
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + R

Redraw the focused window

1
Mod4 + M

Maximize client

0
Mod4 + N

Minimize client

0
Mod4 + F

Set client fullscreen

-1
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + C

Kill focused client

1
Mod4 + T

Mark a client

2
Mod4 + J

Focus next client

0
Mod4 + K

Focus previous client

0
Mod4 + U

Focus first urgent client

1
Mod4 +

View previous tag

2
Mod4 +

View next tag

1
Mod4 + 1 - 9

Switch to tag 1-9

1
Mod4 + Ctrl + J

Focus next screen

0
Mod4 + Ctrl + K

Focus previous screen

0
Mod4 + Esc

Focus previously selected tag set

2
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + J

Switch client with next client

2
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + K

Switch client with previous client

2
Mod4 + O

Send client to next screen

0
Mod4 + H

Decrease master width factor by 5%

0
Mod4 + L

Increase master width factor by 5%

0
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + H

Increase number of master windows by 1

0
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + L

Decrease number of master windows by 1

0
Mod4 + Ctrl + H

Increase number of columns for non-master windows by 1

1
Mod4 + Ctrl + L

Decrease number of columns for non-master windows by 1

0
Mod4 + Space

Switch to next layout

0
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + Space

Switch to previous layout

0
Mod4 + Ctrl + Space

Toggle client floating status

0
Mod4 + Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Swap focused client with master

-1
Mod4 + Ctrl + 1 - 9

Toggle tag view

1
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + 1 - 9

Tag client with tag

1
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + Ctrl + 1 - 9

Toggle tag on client

0
Mod4 + ↑  Shift + F1

...to F9: Tag marked clients with tag.


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Program information

Program name: Awesome Window Manager Awesome Window Manager (Productivity)

Awesome is a dynamic window manager for X Windows System. It is quite fast and customizable. One of Awesome's highlight feature is that software makes it possible to manage windows with keyboard.

Web page: awesomewm.org

Last update: 12/26/2019 9:21 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 43%

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Shortcut count: 38

Platform detected: Windows or Linux


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? joge OP says : 5 years ago 9/26/2019 11:26 PM
any shortcuts without mod4
? Guest says in reply to joge : 3 years ago 10/29/2020 9:47 PM
No, not unless you set theme