Yabai keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 30 Yabai 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Alt+H — Focus west
  • Alt+J — Focus south
  • Alt+K — Focus north
  • Alt+L — Focus east
  • Shift+Alt+H — Swap west
  • Shift+Alt+J — Swap south
  • Shift+Alt+K — Swap north
  • Shift+Alt+L — Swap east
  • Shift+Alt+1 — Move to space 1
  • Shift+Alt+2 — Move to space 2
  • Shift+Alt+3 — Move to space 3
  • Shift+Alt+4 — Move to space 4
  • Shift+Alt+5 — Move to space 5
  • Alt+1 — Focus space 1
  • Alt+2 — Focus space 2
  • Alt+3 — Focus space 3
  • Alt+4 — Focus space 4
  • Alt+5 — Focus space 5
  • Shift+Alt+Space — Toggle float
  • Alt+F — Toggle fullscreen
  • Shift+Alt+0 — Balance layout
  • Alt+R — Rotate clockwise
  • Alt+X — Mirror x-axis
  • Alt+Y — Mirror y-axis
  • Shift+Alt+Equal — Increase window
  • Shift+Alt+Minus — Decrease window
  • Alt+E — Toggle BSP layout
  • Alt+S — Toggle stack layout
  • Alt+P — Toggle padding
  • Shift+Alt+R — Restart yabai

Other Operating Systems apps

  • Awesome WM shortcuts
  • GNOME shortcuts
  • Hyprland shortcuts
  • i3 Window Manager shortcuts
  • KDE Plasma shortcuts
  • macOS shortcuts
  • Sway shortcuts
  • Windows shortcuts
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Related pages

  • Yabai shortcuts
  • Yabai cheat sheet
  • Learn Yabai shortcuts
  • All Operating Systems apps