Learn Awesome WM keyboard shortcuts

Practice Awesome WM 2025 keyboard shortcuts with timed drills. Memorize all 27 hotkeys and keybindings faster through interactive exercises.

Top shortcuts

  • Enter — Open terminal
  • J — Focus next
  • K — Focus previous
  • Shift+J — Swap next
  • Shift+K — Swap previous
  • Ctrl+J — Focus next screen
  • Ctrl+K — Focus previous screen
  • U — Jump to urgent
  • Tab — Go back
  • L — Increase master width
  • H — Decrease master width
  • Shift+L — Increase columns
  • Shift+H — Decrease columns
  • Space — Select layout 1
  • Shift+Space — Select layout 2
  • F — Toggle fullscreen
  • M — Toggle maximized
  • Ctrl+Space — Toggle floating
  • Shift+C — Close window
  • N — Minimize
  • Ctrl+N — Restore minimized
  • W — Toggle menu
  • W — Show main menu
  • R — Run prompt
  • X — Run Lua prompt
  • Ctrl+R — Restart awesome
  • Shift+Q — Quit awesome

Other Operating Systems apps

  • GNOME shortcuts
  • Hyprland shortcuts
  • i3 Window Manager shortcuts
  • KDE Plasma shortcuts
  • macOS shortcuts
  • Sway shortcuts
  • Windows shortcuts
  • Yabai shortcuts
  • Zoom for Windows shortcuts

Related pages

  • Awesome WM shortcuts
  • Awesome WM cheat sheet
  • Learn Awesome WM shortcuts
  • All Operating Systems apps