Keybindings
Here are the most important keybindings that you need to know to start with the ML4W OS and Hyprland:
TIP
Press SUPER + CTRL + K at any time to open a searchable list of all keybindings.
🖥️ Window & Workspace Management
| Keybind | Action |
|---|---|
| SUPER + 1‒0 | Switch to workspace 1–10 |
| SUPER + SHIFT + 1‒0 | Move active window to workspace 1–10 |
| SUPER + 🖱️ Scroll | Switch to next/previous workspace |
| SUPER + Tab | Open window overview |
| SUPER + ←→↑↓ | Move focus between windows |
| SUPER + Q | Close active window |
| SUPER + SHIFT + Q | Close all windows of the active application |
| SUPER + F | Toggle fullscreen |
| SUPER + M | Toggle maximize |
| SUPER + T | Toggle floating/tiling window |
| SUPER + SHIFT + T | Toggle floating for all windows on the workspace |
| SUPER + ALT + T | Float and pin window (visible on all workspaces) |
| SUPER + 🖱️ Left Click | Move window |
| SUPER + 🖱️ Right Click | Resize window |
| SUPER + SHIFT + ←→↑↓ | Resize window with the keyboard |
| SUPER + ALT + ←→↑↓ | Swap tiled window in that direction |
| SUPER + J | Toggle split direction |
| SUPER + K | Swap split |
| SUPER + G | Toggle window group |
| SUPER + S | Toggle scratchpad workspace |
| SUPER + SHIFT + S | Move window to scratchpad (as floating) |
INFO
On French and Belgian AZERTY layouts, the workspace keybindings use the keys of the number row without SHIFT (e.g. &, é, "). ML4W OS detects the layout automatically from ~/.config/hypr/input.lua.
💻 Applications & Utilities
| Keybind | Action |
|---|---|
| SUPER + RETURN | Open terminal |
| SUPER + B | Open browser |
| SUPER + E | Open file manager |
| SUPER + C | Open calculator |
| SUPER + V | Open clipboard manager |
| SUPER + CTRL + E | Open emoji picker |
| SUPER + CTRL + RETURN | Open application launcher (rofi or walker) |
| SUPER + CTRL + K | Show all keybindings |
| SUPER + CTRL + S | Open ML4W sidebar |
| SUPER + CTRL + C | Open ML4W calendar |
| SUPER + CTRL + W | Open ML4W wallpaper selector |
| SUPER + CTRL + P | Open ML4W power menu |
🖼️ UI & Environment
| Keybind | Action |
|---|---|
| SUPER + SPACE | Focus the status bar for keyboard navigation |
| SUPER + SHIFT + W | Change to a random wallpaper |
| SUPER + ALT + W | Start/stop automatic wallpaper rotation |
| SUPER + SHIFT + M | Toggle light/dark mode |
| CTRL + ALT + T | Open theme switcher |
| SUPER + SHIFT + B | Reload status bar |
| SUPER + CTRL + B | Toggle status bar |
| SUPER + ALT + B | Toggle status bar autohide |
| SUPER + SHIFT + D | Reload dock |
| SUPER + CTRL + D | Toggle dock |
| SUPER + ALT + D | Toggle dock autohide |
| SUPER + SHIFT + H | Toggle Hyprsunset (blue light filter) |
| SUPER + SHIFT + A | Toggle animations |
| SUPER + ALT + G | Toggle game mode |
| SUPER + SHIFT + R | Reload Hyprland configuration |
| SUPER + CTRL + L | Lock screen |
📸 Screenshots
| Keybind | Action |
|---|---|
| SUPER + PRINT | Take a screenshot (interactive) |
| SUPER + ALT + F | Take an instant full-screen screenshot |
| SUPER + ALT + S | Take an instant screenshot of an area |
| SUPER + ALT + A | Extract text from an area (OCR) |
🔊 Media Keys
The volume, mute, microphone mute, brightness and media player keys (play/pause, next, previous) of your keyboard work out of the box, also on the lock screen.
All keybindings for Hyprland with right mouse click on Apps in the status bar or here: