Sway keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 45 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Sway 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top shortcuts

  • Meta+Enter — Open terminal
  • Meta+J — Focus left
  • Meta+K — Focus down
  • Meta+L — Focus up
  • Meta+Semicolon — Focus right
  • Meta+A — Focus parent
  • Meta+Space — Toggle focus mode
  • Shift+Meta+J — Move window left
  • Shift+Meta+K — Move window down
  • Shift+Meta+L — Move window up
  • Shift+Meta+Semicolon — Move window right
  • Meta+F — Toggle fullscreen
  • Meta+V — Split vertically
  • Meta+H — Split horizontally
  • Meta+R — Enter resize mode
  • Meta+E — Default layout
  • Meta+S — Stacking layout
  • Meta+W — Tabbed layout
  • Shift+Meta+Space — Toggle floating
  • Meta+1 — Switch to workspace 1
  • Meta+2 — Switch to workspace 2
  • Meta+3 — Switch to workspace 3
  • Meta+4 — Switch to workspace 4
  • Meta+5 — Switch to workspace 5
  • Meta+6 — Switch to workspace 6
  • Meta+7 — Switch to workspace 7
  • Meta+8 — Switch to workspace 8
  • Meta+9 — Switch to workspace 9
  • Meta+0 — Switch to workspace 10
  • Shift+Meta+1 — Move to workspace 1

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