Yabai keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 30 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Yabai 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top 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

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