# Keys

> Every keyboard shortcut WolOS ships, grouped as Settings lists them, and how to change one.

Source: https://wolos.org/reference/keys

## 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` |
| Print | `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. |