Omarchy Keyboard Shortcuts: The Hotkeys You Actually Need

If you remember only two Omarchy shortcuts at first, make them:

• Super + K — show the main keyboard bindings.
• Super + Space — open the Omarchy menu.

Those two keys give you a way to rediscover almost everything else.

The following bindings were checked against the current Omarchy manual in September 2026.

Launch the essentials

Shortcut	Action
Super + Return	Terminal
Super + Shift + Return	Browser
Super + Shift + F	File manager
Super + Shift + N	Neovim
Super + Alt + Space	Apps menu

You do not need to memorize every application shortcut immediately.

The apps menu remains available when you forget one.

Control windows

Shortcut	Action
Super + W or Super + Q	Close active window
Super + T	Toggle tiled/floating
Super + F	Full screen
Super + Arrow	Move focus in that direction
Super + Shift + Arrow	Swap with window in that direction

The most important conceptual shift from a conventional desktop is that tiling is normal.

You usually navigate windows instead of dragging them into place.

Move between workspaces

Shortcut	Action
Super + 1/2/3/4	Jump to workspace
Super + Tab	Next workspace
Super + Shift + Tab	Previous workspace
Super + Shift + 1/2/3/4	Move window to workspace

Workspaces are central to the Omarchy workflow.

Using one workspace per activity can be easier than stacking many windows on one desktop.

Open system controls

A few system bindings save repeated menu navigation:

Shortcut	Action
Super + Ctrl + W	Wi-Fi/network panel
Super + Ctrl + B	Bluetooth panel
Super + Ctrl + A	Audio panel
Super + Ctrl + P	Power panel
Super + Escape	System menu

The exact list is longer, but these cover common daily needs.

Screenshots and capture

Current bindings include:

• Print Screen — screenshot;
• Alt + Print Screen — screen recording;
• Super + Ctrl + C — capture menu;
• Super + Print Screen — color picker.

The capture menu is useful on keyboards without a Print Screen key.

Learn the system from Super + K

Do not turn this article into a permanent printed wall of shortcuts.

Omarchy changes over time, and your installed version knows its own bindings.

Press Super + K whenever you need the current list.

That is more reliable than memorizing a six-month-old blog post.

Custom bindings belong in your user config

The current manual says user bindings can be changed or added in:

~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua

That is the right direction for customization instead of editing packaged Omarchy files.

Before changing defaults, learn the existing workflow long enough to know which binding is actually getting in your way.

For the broader desktop model, see What Is Omarchy?.

Shortcuts are not trivia in Omarchy. They are the primary interface language, and a dozen useful bindings are enough to make the desktop stop feeling foreign.