Reference · Commands and keys
Keys
Every keyboard shortcut WolOS ships, grouped as Settings lists them, and how to change one.
On this page
What it is
The keyboard shortcuts WolOS starts with: 82 keys for 80 actions. The names and keys here are the ones you see in System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts.
Why
Super is the Command key. Super (the key with the Windows logo, shown as ⌘) with a letter gives the app in front its own command, so Super+C copies and Super+Q quits in every app, terminals included. Ctrl keeps its usual meaning inside apps. Spaces use Ctrl+Alt, so Ctrl+1 to 4 and Ctrl with the arrows stay with your apps.
How
- See them on screen: press Shift+Super+/ (Super+?) for a sheet of every shortcut.
- Change one: open Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts, click the shortcut and press the new keys. If another shortcut has them, you see … is used by “…”. Swap their shortcuts? with Swap and Cancel. The reset button on a row brings back its key; Restore Defaults brings back every key on this page.
- Add your own: in the same pane, a custom shortcut opens an app or runs a command; it needs a name and a command.
- Settings shows keys as symbols: ⌃ Ctrl, ⌥ Alt, ⇧ Shift, ⌘ Super.
Search
Search finds apps, settings, files and commands.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Show Search | Super+Space | ⌘Space |
Overview
Overview shows every window and every space (desktop) at once.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Ctrl+Up arrow or Super+Up arrow | ⌃↑ ⌘↑ |
| Move left a space | Ctrl+Alt+Left arrow | ⌃⌥← |
| Move right a space | Ctrl+Alt+Right arrow | ⌃⌥→ |
| Switch to Desktop 1 | Ctrl+Alt+1 | ⌃⌥1 |
| Switch to Desktop 2 | Ctrl+Alt+2 | ⌃⌥2 |
| Switch to Desktop 3 | Ctrl+Alt+3 | ⌃⌥3 |
| Switch to Desktop 4 | Ctrl+Alt+4 | ⌃⌥4 |
Windows
These act on the window in front.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Switch apps | Super+Tab | ⌘⇥ |
| Switch apps backwards | Shift+Super+Tab | ⇧⌘⇥ |
| Quit app | Super+Q | ⌘Q |
| Hide app | Super+H | ⌘H |
| Hide other apps | Alt+Super+H | ⌥⌘H |
| Minimize window | Super+M | ⌘M |
| Enter full screen | Ctrl+Super+F | ⌃⌘F |
| Move window | Super+drag | ⌘Drag |
| Resize window | Super+right-drag | ⌘Right-drag |
Tiling
Only while Settings > Desktop & Dock > Tile windows is on; otherwise these keys stay with the app in front.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Focus the window on the left | Alt+Super+Left arrow | ⌥⌘← |
| Focus the window on the right | Alt+Super+Right arrow | ⌥⌘→ |
| Focus the window above | Alt+Super+Up arrow | ⌥⌘↑ |
| Focus the window below | Alt+Super+Down arrow | ⌥⌘↓ |
| Move window left | Shift+Super+Left arrow | ⇧⌘← |
| Move window right | Shift+Super+Right arrow | ⇧⌘→ |
| Move window up | Shift+Super+Up arrow | ⇧⌘↑ |
| Move window down | Shift+Super+Down arrow | ⇧⌘↓ |
| Make window narrower | Ctrl+Super+Left arrow | ⌃⌘← |
| Make window wider | Ctrl+Super+Right arrow | ⌃⌘→ |
| Make window shorter | Ctrl+Super+Up arrow | ⌃⌘↑ |
| Make window taller | Ctrl+Super+Down arrow | ⌃⌘↓ |
| Float or tile window | Alt+Super+F | ⌥⌘F |
Apps
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Open Terminal | Super+Enter | ⌘↩ |
| Open System Settings | Super+, | ⌘, |
App commands
Super is the Command key: the app in front gets its own key for each of these (for example Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+Shift+C in a terminal), so the same keys work in every app.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Copy | Super+C | ⌘C |
| Paste | Super+V | ⌘V |
| Cut | Super+X | ⌘X |
| Undo | Super+Z | ⌘Z |
| Redo | Shift+Super+Z | ⇧⌘Z |
| Select All | Super+A | ⌘A |
| Save | Super+S | ⌘S |
| Open | Super+O | ⌘O |
Super+P | ⌘P | |
| Find | Super+F | ⌘F |
| Find Next | Super+G | ⌘G |
| New Tab | Super+T | ⌘T |
| Close tab or window | Super+W | ⌘W |
| New window | Super+N | ⌘N |
| Reload | Super+R | ⌘R |
| Go to an address or location | Super+L | ⌘L |
| Zoom In | Super+= | ⌘= |
| Zoom Out | Super+- | ⌘- |
| Actual Size | Super+0 | ⌘0 |
| Emoji & Symbols | Ctrl+Super+Space | ⌃⌘Space |
Screenshots
A saved picture lands on your Desktop as Screenshot with the date and time; the Copy shortcuts put it on the clipboard instead.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Save picture of the screen | Shift+Super+3 or Print Screen | ⇧⌘3 Print |
| Save picture of selected area | Shift+Super+4 | ⇧⌘4 |
| Screenshot and recording options | Shift+Super+5 | ⇧⌘5 |
| Copy picture of screen | Ctrl+Shift+Super+3 | ⌃⇧⌘3 |
| Copy picture of selected area | Ctrl+Shift+Super+4 | ⌃⇧⌘4 |
Accessibility
Zoom magnifies the screen around the pointer.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Turn zoom on or off | Alt+Super+8 | ⌥⌘8 |
| Zoom in | Alt+Super+= | ⌥⌘= |
| Zoom out | Alt+Super+- | ⌥⌘- |
Media and brightness
The keys printed on your keyboard. They work on the lock screen too.
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Volume up | Volume Up key | Volume Up |
| Volume down | Volume Down key | Volume Down |
| Mute | Mute key | Mute |
| Mute microphone | Microphone Mute key | XF86AudioMicMute |
| Brightness up | Brightness Up key | Brightness Up |
| Brightness down | Brightness Down key | Brightness Down |
| Play or pause | Play key | Play |
| Next track | Next Track key | Next Track |
| Previous track | Previous Track key | Previous Track |
System
| Action | Keys | In Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Show Shut Down options | Super+Esc | ⌘⎋ |
| Force Quit apps | Alt+Super+Esc | ⌥⌘⎋ |
| Show keyboard shortcuts | Shift+Super+/ | ⇧⌘/ |
| Move focus to the menu bar | Ctrl+F2 | ⌃F2 |
| Move focus to the Dock | Ctrl+F3 | ⌃F3 |
| Lock Screen | Ctrl+Super+Q | ⌃⌘Q |
| Show clipboard history | Shift+Super+V | ⇧⌘V |
| Choose a theme | Ctrl+Super+T | ⌃⌘T |
| Turn Night Shift on or off | Ctrl+Super+N | ⌃⌘N |
| Turn Do Not Disturb on or off | Ctrl+Super+D | ⌃⌘D |
| Turn Stay Awake on or off | Ctrl+Super+I | ⌃⌘I |
If something goes wrong
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| A shortcut does nothing | Check Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts: it may have been changed or turned off. Restore Defaults brings back the keys on this page. |
| An app's own shortcut no longer works | A WolOS shortcut has those keys. Give the WolOS shortcut other keys in Settings, and the app gets them back. |
| The tiling keys do nothing | They work only while Settings > Desktop & Dock > Tile windows is on. |
| The volume or brightness keys do nothing | Some keyboards send them only with the Fn key held. |
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From the developer documentation, wonderlandos/wolos crates/core/src/shortcuts.rs and the compositor's shortcut file.