Keybindings
Super is the Windows key, or Command on a Mac keyboard.
Based Poweruser
The tiling keys follow Based's own scheme, which differs from Omarchy's in a few places (below).
Super+Ctrl+K lists every key.
Windows
| keys | does |
|---|---|
Super+H J K L |
focus the window left, below, above, right (the arrows work too) |
Super+Shift+H J K L |
move the window that way |
Super+M |
full screen |
Super+- |
split: the next window opens below |
Super+| |
split: the next window opens to the right |
Super+D |
float the window, or tile it again (D for draggable) |
Super+Q |
close the window, as Cmd+Q does on a Mac |
Super+R |
resize with the arrows or H J K L, then Return |
Super+=, Super+Shift+-, Super+Shift+= |
grow or shrink the window |
Ctrl+H J K L is left alone on purpose, so tmux and Neovim can use it to move between their
own panes.
Apps, menus and panels
| keys | does |
|---|---|
Super+T |
terminal |
Super+B |
browser |
Super+F |
files |
Super+E |
text editor |
Super+Space |
the Omarchy menu, where search reaches everything |
Super+Alt+Space |
apps only |
Super+Escape |
lock, suspend, restart, shut down |
Super+C, Super+V, Super+X |
copy, paste and cut, in terminals too |
Super+Ctrl+V |
clipboard history |
Super+Ctrl+E |
emoji |
Super+Ctrl+W, B, A, D, P |
network, Bluetooth, audio, display and power panels |
Super+Ctrl+T |
notifications |
Super+Ctrl+L |
lock the screen |
Super+Ctrl+N |
night light |
Super+Ctrl+Space |
wallpaper |
Super+Shift+Ctrl+Space |
theme |
Super+Shift+W |
Omawrite |
Super+Ctrl+Q |
Omacalc, as the calculator key does |
Capture and reminders
| keys | does |
|---|---|
Print |
screenshot |
Alt+Print |
screen recording |
Super+Print |
colour picker |
Super+Ctrl+Print |
copy the text in an area of the screen |
Super+Ctrl+C |
the capture menu |
Super+Ctrl+R |
set a reminder; Super+Ctrl+Alt+R shows them, Super+Shift+Ctrl+R clears them |
Super+Ctrl+Alt+T, W, B |
show the time, the weather, the battery |
Workspaces
Super+1 to Super+0 switch to workspace 1 to 10. Add Shift to take the window with you,
Shift+Alt to send it without following. Super+Tab and Super+Shift+Tab go to the next and
previous workspace, and Super+Ctrl+Tab back to the last one.
Super+S opens the scratchpad, a workspace of its own, and pressing it again takes you back.
Super+Shift+S sends the window there, and Super+Alt+S brings back a window you minimised.
The top row on a Mac
On an Apple Silicon Mac the top row does what its icons say, and fn with a key gives F1 to F12.
| key | does |
|---|---|
| F3, Mission Control | takes a screenshot, like Print |
| F4, Spotlight | apps only, like Super+Alt+Space |
| F5, dictation | starts or stops dictation where voxtype is installed, else mutes the microphone |
| F6, Do Not Disturb | silences notifications, and lets them through again |
Where Omarchy's keys went
| Omarchy | on Based |
|---|---|
Super+T float |
Super+D |
Super+W close |
Super+Q; Super+W does nothing |
Super+F full screen |
Super+M |
Super+Shift+F files |
Super+F |
Super+Enter terminal |
Super+T; Super+Enter does nothing |
Super+K keybindings |
Super+Ctrl+K |
Super+L workspace layout |
Super+Alt+L |
Super+J toggle split |
Super+- and Super+| pick the split |
Super+Ctrl+T btop |
open btop from Super+Alt+Space; the key shows your notifications |
Super+Ctrl+K Herdr keys |
the Omarchy menu, under Learn |
Omarchy's app keys, such as Super+Shift+M for Spotify, aren't bound, since Based installs none of
those apps.
Changing a key
Add a bindsym --no-warn line at the end of ~/.config/sway/config, below the include, then press
Super+Shift+C to reload. The last binding for a key wins. To make the Alt key your $mod, put
set $mod Mod1 in a file under ~/.config/sway/config-vars.d/. Your config
files has why.
Based Workstation
Workstation has Poweruser's keys except the tiling ones, since GNOME stacks windows instead. So
Super+T, B, F and E open the terminal, browser, files and editor, Super+Space is the
Omarchy menu and Super+Alt+Space the apps, Super+1 to Super+0 switch workspaces, Super+Q
closes a window and Super+M maximizes it. The Super+Ctrl keys open Settings' pages, GNOME's
notification list and the Omarchy menus, and Super+Ctrl+K opens Settings' keyboard page, which
lists every shortcut. Ctrl+Alt+T opens Ghostty.
What differs from Poweruser:
| keys | on Workstation |
|---|---|
Super+H J K L, Super+-, Super+|, Super+D |
GNOME's own, until you turn on Toggle, then Tiling Keys in the menu, which gives Super+H J K L focus and Super+Shift+H J K L move through Zorin's tiling |
Super+S |
GNOME's quick settings |
Super+C, Super+V, Super+X, Super+Ctrl+V |
not bound: GNOME can't type into another window, and keeps no clipboard history. Super+V stays the notification list |
Super+Escape |
GNOME's, to take shortcuts back from an app that grabbed the keyboard. The power menu is Ctrl+Alt+Delete |
| switching keyboard layout | Shift+Super+Space, since Super+Space is the menu |
The shortcuts are the system's defaults, so any you change in Settings, under Keyboard, then View and Customize Shortcuts, stay yours.
On a Mac
Omarchy on a Mac lists the chords the macOS install binds.
The pure editions
Pure Omarchy and SwayOS keep upstream's keys and none of the above. Omarchy's own hotkeys page applies to Pure Omarchy.