Ombuntu keyboard cheatsheet

The essentials for your first week. Everything else is one keypress away.

Super is the Windows key (⌘ on a Mac keyboard). Nearly every shortcut starts with it. Press Super+K any time for the full searchable list.

Start here

`Super`+`Space`	Open any app start typing its name, Enter to launch
`Super`+`Enter`	Terminal
`Super`+`Shift`+`B`	Web browser
`Super`+`Shift`+`F`	File manager
`Super`+`W`	Close the current window
`Super`+`Alt`+`Space`	Ombuntu menu themes, settings, install, update, power
`Super`+`Esc`	Lock, sleep, log out, restart, shut down
`Super`+`K`	Every keyboard shortcut, searchable

Windows

`Super`+`←` `→` `↑` `↓`	Move focus between windows
`Super`+`Shift`+`←` `→` `↑` `↓`	Swap the window with its neighbour
`Super`+`F`	Full screen on / off
`Super`+`T`	Float the window / tile it again
`Super`+`J`	Flip the split (side by side ↔ stacked)
`Super`+`-` / `=`	Make the window narrower / wider
`Super`+`drag`	Left button moves, right button resizes
`Alt`+`Tab`	Cycle through windows on this workspace

Workspaces

`Super`+`1` … `9` `0`	Go to workspace 1 to 10 they appear in the top bar as you use them
`Super`+`Shift`+`1` … `0`	Send the current window there
`Super`+`Tab`	Next workspace add Shift for previous
`Super`+`scroll`	Scroll through workspaces
`Super`+`S`	Scratchpad: a hidden workspace that drops over the top Super + Alt + S sends a window into it

Copy, paste and text

`Super`+`C` / `V` / `X`	Copy / paste / cut, works in the terminal too
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`V`	Clipboard history
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`E`	Emoji picker
`Caps Lock` then two keys	Compose key for accents and symbols Caps, ', e → é Caps, -, > → →

Screenshots and capture

`Print`	Screenshot: drag a region, or click a window saved to Pictures and copied; click the notification to annotate
`Alt`+`Print`	Screen recording (press again to stop)
`Super`+`Print`	Colour picker
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`Print`	Copy text out of anything on screen (OCR)

Look and feel

`Super`+`Shift`+`Ctrl`+`Space`	Pick a theme
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`Space`	Next wallpaper
`Super`+`Shift`+`Space`	Hide / show the top bar
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`N`	Night light (warmer screen)
`Super`+`Backspace`	Window transparency on / off

System and hardware

`Super`+`Ctrl`+`W`	Wi-Fi
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`B`	Bluetooth
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`A`	Audio devices and volume
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`T`	Activity monitor (CPU, memory, processes)
`Super`+`Ctrl`+`L`	Lock the screen
`Super`+`,`	Dismiss a notification add Shift to clear them all
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Delete`	Close every window

Quick apps

`Super`+`Shift`+`G`	Signal
`Super`+`Shift`+`N`	Text editor (Neovim)
`Super`+`Shift`+`A` / `Y` / `X`	ChatGPT / YouTube / X as app windows
`Super`+`Shift`+`K`	This cheatsheet

Shortcuts live in ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf; edit it from the menu under Setup, Keybindings. Print this page with Ctrl+P.