Keyboard shortcuts · Nightdrive docs

⌘ is the Super key (Command on a Mac, the Windows key on a PC). Hyper is Caps Lock: Hyper + a letter opens an app, and which app is yours to choose (launcher › Settings › Keyboard Shortcuts).

Keys	Action
⌘ Space · ⌘ Enter	Launcher · terminal
⌘ ⌥ Enter	Claude Code (with text typed in the launcher: sends it as the prompt)
⌘ C / V / X · ⌘ S	Copy / paste / cut, in every app · save
⌘ W · ⌘ Q	Close (background apps are only hidden) · really quit
⌘ ⇧ F · ⌘ ⇧ T · ⌘ ⇧ J	The window: fullscreen · tile or float · split direction (⌘ ⇧ arrows move it)
⌥ Tab · ⌥ ⇧ Tab	The app's next · previous window
⌘ F · ⌘ T · ⌘ J	The app's own: find · new tab · downloads
⌘ 1…0 · ⌘ ⇧ 1…0	Go to workspace · move the window there
⌘ D · ⌘ ⇧ D	Drawer: show / hide · put the window in it, or take it back out
⌘ ⇧ V · ⌘ ⇧ E	Clipboard history · emoji
⌘ R · ⌘ ⇧ R	Reload · without the cache (browsers)
⌘ ⇧ S · ⌘ ⌥ S · ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ S	Screenshot of a region · of a window · of the screen, to the clipboard
Hyper B / F / P / M / E	Browser / Files / 1Password / Music / Email
⌘ ⇧ Space	Walk through the top bar menus with the keyboard
⌘ + drag	On a top bar icon: move it to another place in the bar
⌘ Esc	Notifications
F5 (hold; Fn on a Mac)	Dictation
⌘ ⇧ K	All shortcuts (also in the launcher under Keybindings)

The full list is in config/hypr/SHORTCUTS.md.

All shortcuts

Everything ⌘⇧K shows, with the keys plugins add marked.

Apps

`Hyper`	Caps Lock: Hyper + a letter opens an app (below); your own: launcher › Settings › Keyboard Shortcuts
`⌘` `Enter`	Terminal
`⌘` `⌥` `Enter`	Claude Code (with text typed in the launcher: sends it as the prompt)
`⌘` `Space`	App launcher (↑↓ select, Enter open, Esc close; on an app ⌃Enter adds/removes it in Apps, ⌥Enter starts it at login)
`Hyper` `B` / `⌘` `⇧` `Enter`	Browser (the default apps: launcher › Settings › Default apps)
`Hyper` `F`	Files
`Hyper` `E`	Email
`Hyper` `W`	WhatsApp WhatsApp
`Hyper` `S`	Slack Slack
`Hyper` `Y`	YouTube YouTube
`⌘` `Esc` / `F3`	Notifications (history, do not disturb)
`⌘` `Ctrl` `L`	Lock screen
`⌘` `⇧` `Space`	Top bar by keyboard (←/→ menu, ↑/↓ row, Enter select, Esc close)
`⌘` `⇧` `K`	This help

Copy and paste (in every app)

`⌘` `C` / `⌘` `V` / `⌘` `X`	Copy / paste / cut
`⌘` `Z` / `⌘` `⇧` `Z`	Undo / redo (not in the terminal)
`⌘` `A`	Select all (not in the terminal)
`⌘` `S`	Save (not in the terminal)
`⌘` `R` / `⌘` `⇧` `R`	Reload / reload without the cache (not in the terminal)
`⌘` `F` / `⌘` `T` / `⌘` `J`	Find / new tab / downloads: the app's own keys (not in the terminal)
`⌘` `⇧` `V`	Clipboard history (Enter pastes into the active window, ⇧ Enter copies only)
`⌘` `⇧` `E`	Emoji picker (Enter pastes, ⇧ Enter copies only)

Windows

`⌘` `W`	Close window; background apps (Deck, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Teams, 1Password) are only hidden and keep running, their other windows (Settings, dialogs) close (green dot in the launcher; their shortcut or the launcher brings them back)
`⌘` `Q`	Quit the app for real: closes all its windows, and an app left running in the tray is asked to quit too (also the background apps; in Deck `q` does the same)
`⌘` `⇧` `F`	Fullscreen
`⌘` `⇧` `T`	Tile or float the window; a floating one goes to the centre (Deck: tiled → floating at start size in the centre; moved → back to centre; already there → tiles)
`⌘` `⇧` `J`	Toggle split direction (vertical/horizontal)
`⌘` arrows	Move focus between windows
`⌥` `Tab` / `⌥` `⇧` `Tab`	Next / previous window of the same app (on any workspace)
`⌘` `⇧` arrows	Move window
`⌘` + mouse drag	Move window / right button: resize
`⌘` + drag	A top bar icon: move it (the order is kept; also launcher › Settings › Top bar › Items)
`⌘` `⌥` `←` / `→`	Previous / next tab (any app: sends Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown)
`⌃` `⌘` `←` / `→`	Back / forward (browsers, web apps, Nautilus)
`⌥` `←` / `→`	Move by word (⇧ selects)

Workspaces (like macOS Spaces)

`⌘` `1` … `⌘` `0`	Go to workspace
`⌘` `⇧` `1` … `⌘` `⇧` `0`	Move window to workspace
`⌘` `Tab` / `⌘` `⇧` `Tab`	Next / previous workspace
3-finger swipe	Switch workspace
4-finger swipe	Move window in the swipe direction
`⌘` `D`	Drawer: show / hide (slides up over the windows)
`⌘` `⇧` `D`	Put the window in the drawer / take it back out

Screenshots

`⌘` `⇧` `S`	Region to the clipboard
`⌘` `⌥` `S`	Window to the clipboard (click the window)
`⌘` `⌥` `⇧` `S`	Whole screen to the clipboard
`⌘` `Space` `→` Tools › Screenshot	Region, window or whole screen (saved to a file and the clipboard)

Other

`⌘` `⌫` / `Delete` in Settings › Background	Delete the selected own background (press twice; moves it to the trash)
Top-row keys	Volume, screen brightness (F1/F2); keyboard backlight = ⌘F1/⌘F2
`F3`	Notification center (hamburger menu)
`F4`	App launcher (like ⌘Space)
`⌘` `F5`	Mic on/off (toast)
`F6`	Do not disturb (hides notifications, toast shows state)

1Password 1Password plugin

Hyper P

1Password

Deck Deck plugin

`Hyper` `M`	Music (Deck, Spotify): floating window in the centre
`F8` (play)	Play/pause; starts Deck if no player is running

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Mac Keyboard Shortcuts plugin

`⌥` `⌫`	Delete the previous word
`⌘` `⌫`	Delete to the start of the line (Files: move to trash; Thunderbird: delete the message)
`⌘` `,`	The app's settings (Ctrl+,; not in the terminal)
`Enter`	Rename file (in Files; F2 too)
`⌘` `O`	Open file (in Files)

VS Code VS Code plugin

Hyper C

VS Code