Tiling

Summary

This note is a quick reference for Sway tiling shortcuts and the tmux shortcuts that go well with a keyboard-first workflow.

Sway tiling shortcuts

Shortcut	Purpose
`Mod + F`	toggle fullscreen
`Mod + V`	split vertically and open below
`Mod + B`	split horizontally and open to the right
`Mod + E`	toggle split direction
`Mod + Shift + arrows`	move window
`Mod + Shift + Space`	toggle floating mode
`Mod + R`	enter resize mode
`Mod + 1-0`	switch workspace
`Mod + Shift + 1-0`	move window to workspace

tmux basics

Default prefix

Ctrl + B means: press Ctrl + B, release it, then press the next key.

Sessions

Shortcut	Description
`tmux new -s name`	create a new session called `name`
`tmux ls`	list active sessions
`tmux attach -t name`	attach to an existing session
`tmux kill-session -t name`	destroy a session
`Prefix + D`	detach from session
`Prefix + S`	list sessions interactively
`Prefix + $`	rename current session

Windows

Shortcut	Description
`Prefix + C`	create a new window
`Prefix + ,`	rename current window
`Prefix + N`	next window
`Prefix + P`	previous window
`Prefix + 0-9`	jump to a window by number
`Prefix + W`	open interactive window list
`Prefix + &`	close current window

Panes

Shortcut	Description
`Prefix + %`	vertical split
`Prefix + "`	horizontal split
`Prefix + arrows`	move between panes
`Prefix + Z`	zoom or unzoom pane
`Prefix + X`	close pane
`Prefix + O`	cycle to next pane
`Prefix + Q`	show pane numbers
`Prefix + {`	swap pane left
`Prefix + }`	swap pane right
`Prefix + Space`	cycle pane layouts
`Prefix + Alt + arrows`	resize pane

Copy mode and helpers

Shortcut	Description
`Prefix + [`	enter copy / scroll mode
`Q`	exit copy mode
`Prefix + ]`	paste copied text
`tmux source ~/.tmux.conf`	reload config
`tmux list-keys`	list all tmux bindings
`Prefix + ?`	open help
`Prefix + T`	display clock

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