hotkey-overlay { // Uncomment this line to disable the "Important Hotkeys" pop-up at startup. skip-at-startup } // Alt+Tab recent-windows { binds { Mod+Tab { next-window; } Mod+Shift+Tab { previous-window; } Mod+grave { next-window filter="app-id"; } Mod+Shift+grave { previous-window filter="app-id"; } } } binds { // Mod-Shift-/, which is usually the same as Mod-?, // shows a list of important hotkeys. Mod+Shift+Slash { show-hotkey-overlay; } // Suggested binds for running programs: terminal, app launcher, screen locker. Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open a Terminal: alacritty" { spawn "alacritty"; } Mod+D hotkey-overlay-title="App Launcher" { spawn "qs" "-c" "noctalia-shell" "ipc" "call" "launcher" "toggle"; } //Mod+S hotkey-overlay-title="Control Center" { spawn "qs" "-c" "noctalia-shell" "ipc" "call" "controlCenter" "toggle"; } Mod+L hotkey-overlay-title="Lock the Screen" { spawn "qs" "-c" "noctalia-shell" "ipc" "call" "lockScreen" "lock"; } Mod+Escape hotkey-overlay-title="Power Options" { spawn "qs" "-c" "noctalia-shell" "ipc" "call" "sessionMenu" "toggle"; } Mod+E hotkey-overlay-title="File Manager" { spawn "nemo"; } Mod+B hotkey-overlay-title="Firefox" { spawn "firefox-wayland"; } Mod+V hotkey-overlay-title="Clipboard History" { spawn "qs" "-c" "noctalia-shell" "ipc" "call" "launcher" "clipboard"; } //niri-sidebar // Toggle the focused window into/out of the sidebar Mod+X { spawn-sh "/usr/bin/niri-sidebar toggle-window"; } // Toggle sidebar visibility (hide/show) Mod+Shift+X { spawn-sh "/usr/bin/niri-sidebar toggle-visibility"; } // Flip the order of the sidebar Mod+Ctrl+X { spawn-sh "/usr/bin/niri-sidebar flip"; } // Force reorder (useful if something gets misaligned manually) Mod+Ctrl+Shift+X { spawn-sh "/usr/bin/niri-sidebar reorder"; } // Use spawn-sh to run a shell command. Do this if you need pipes, multiple commands, etc. // Note: the entire command goes as a single argument. It's passed verbatim to `sh -c`. // For example, this is a standard bind to toggle the screen reader (orca). Super+Alt+S allow-when-locked=true hotkey-overlay-title=null { spawn-sh "pkill orca || exec orca"; } // Example volume keys mappings for PipeWire & WirePlumber. // The allow-when-locked=true property makes them work even when the session is locked. // Using spawn-sh allows to pass multiple arguments together with the command. XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.05+"; } XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.05-"; } XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle"; } XF86AudioMicMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn-sh "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle"; } // Example brightness key mappings for brightnessctl. // You can use regular spawn with multiple arguments too (to avoid going through "sh"), // but you need to manually put each argument in separate "" quotes. XF86MonBrightnessUp allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "+5%"; } XF86MonBrightnessDown allow-when-locked=true { spawn "brightnessctl" "--class=backlight" "set" "5%-"; } // Open/close the Overview: a zoomed-out view of workspaces and windows. // You can also move the mouse into the top-left hot corner, // or do a four-finger swipe up on a touchpad. Mod+O repeat=false { toggle-overview; } Mod+Q repeat=false { close-window; } Mod+Left { focus-column-left; } Mod+Down { focus-window-down; } Mod+Up { focus-window-up; } Mod+Right { focus-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+Left { move-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+Down { move-window-down; } Mod+Ctrl+Up { move-window-up; } Mod+Ctrl+Right { move-column-right; } Mod+Home { focus-column-first; } Mod+End { focus-column-last; } Mod+Ctrl+Home { move-column-to-first; } Mod+Ctrl+End { move-column-to-last; } Mod+Shift+Left { focus-monitor-left; } Mod+Shift+Right { focus-monitor-right; } // Mod+Shift+Down { focus-monitor-down; } // Mod+Shift+Up { focus-monitor-up; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-column-to-monitor-left; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Down { move-column-to-monitor-down; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Up { move-column-to-monitor-up; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Right { move-column-to-monitor-right; } Mod+Shift+Down { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+Up { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Down { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Up { move-column-to-workspace-up; } // You can bind mouse wheel scroll ticks using the following syntax. // These binds will change direction based on the natural-scroll setting. // // To avoid scrolling through workspaces really fast, you can use // the cooldown-ms property. The bind will be rate-limited to this value. // You can set a cooldown on any bind, but it's most useful for the wheel. Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-up; } Mod+WheelScrollRight { focus-column-right; } Mod+WheelScrollLeft { focus-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollRight { move-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollLeft { move-column-left; } // Usually scrolling up and down with Shift in applications results in // horizontal scrolling; these binds replicate that. Mod+WheelScrollDown { focus-column-right; } Mod+WheelScrollUp { focus-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollDown { move-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollUp { move-column-left; } // Similarly, you can bind touchpad scroll "ticks". // Touchpad scrolling is continuous, so for these binds it is split into // discrete intervals. // These binds are also affected by touchpad's natural-scroll, so these // example binds are "inverted", since we have natural-scroll enabled for // touchpads by default. // Mod+TouchpadScrollDown { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.02+"; } // Mod+TouchpadScrollUp { spawn-sh "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.02-"; } // Switches focus between the current and the previous workspace. // Mod+Tab { focus-workspace-previous; } // The following binds move the focused window in and out of a column. // If the window is alone, they will consume it into the nearby column to the side. // If the window is already in a column, they will expel it out. Mod+BracketLeft { consume-or-expel-window-left; } Mod+BracketRight { consume-or-expel-window-right; } // Consume one window from the right to the bottom of the focused column. Mod+Comma { consume-window-into-column; } // Expel the bottom window from the focused column to the right. Mod+Period { expel-window-from-column; } Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width; } // Cycling through the presets in reverse order is also possible. // Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width-back; } Mod+Shift+R { switch-preset-window-height; } Mod+Ctrl+R { reset-window-height; } Mod+F { maximize-column; } Mod+Shift+F { fullscreen-window; } // Expand the focused column to space not taken up by other fully visible columns. // Makes the column "fill the rest of the space". Mod+Ctrl+F { expand-column-to-available-width; } Mod+C { center-column; } // Center all fully visible columns on screen. Mod+Ctrl+C { center-visible-columns; } Mod+Minus { set-column-width "-10%"; } Mod+Equal { set-column-width "+10%"; } // Finer height adjustments when in column with other windows. Mod+Shift+Minus { set-window-height "-10%"; } Mod+Shift+Equal { set-window-height "+10%"; } // Move the focused window between the floating and the tiling layout. Mod+Ctrl+V { toggle-window-floating; } Mod+Shift+V { switch-focus-between-floating-and-tiling; } // Toggle tabbed column display mode. // Windows in this column will appear as vertical tabs, // rather than stacked on top of each other. Mod+W { toggle-column-tabbed-display; } // Actions to switch layouts. // Note: if you uncomment these, make sure you do NOT have // a matching layout switch hotkey configured in xkb options above. // Having both at once on the same hotkey will break the switching, // since it will switch twice upon pressing the hotkey (once by xkb, once by niri). // Mod+Space { switch-layout "next"; } // Mod+Shift+Space { switch-layout "prev"; } Print { screenshot; } Mod+Shift+S { screenshot; } Ctrl+Print { screenshot-screen; } Alt+Print { screenshot-window; } // Applications such as remote-desktop clients and software KVM switches may // request that niri stops processing the keyboard shortcuts defined here // so they may, for example, forward the key presses as-is to a remote machine. // It's a good idea to bind an escape hatch to toggle the inhibitor, // so a buggy application can't hold your session hostage. // // The allow-inhibiting=false property can be applied to other binds as well, // which ensures niri always processes them, even when an inhibitor is active. Mod+Shift+Escape allow-inhibiting=false { toggle-keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit; } // The quit action will show a confirmation dialog to avoid accidental exits. Mod+Shift+E { quit; } Ctrl+Alt+Delete { quit; } // Powers off the monitors. To turn them back on, do any input like // moving the mouse or pressing any other key. Mod+Shift+P { power-off-monitors; } }