Key Bindings

The defaults

Keys	Does
Super+T, Alt+Return	open a terminal (`$TERMINAL`, or the GEM one)
Super+B	open the default browser
Print	screenshot of the whole screen
Shift+Print	screenshot of an area you drag out
Alt+Print	screenshot of the focused window
Volume keys	volume up, down, mute; mic mute
Super+Q	close the focused window
Super+Z	full size (toggle)
Super+F	fullscreen (toggle)
Super+Tab, Alt+Tab	cycle windows (Shift goes backwards)
Super+W	the overview: every window at once
Super+Arrows	focus the neighbouring tile or column
Super+Ctrl+Arrows	tiling: swap with the window that way; scrolling: move the column or the window
Super+Shift+Left/Right	tiling: push the window into the other column
Super+[ / Super+]	scrolling: consume or expel the window
Super+R	scrolling: column width ⅓, ½, ⅔
Super+1..9, Alt+1..9	switch workspace
Super+Shift+1..9, Alt+Shift+1..9	move the focused window to a workspace
Alt+Escape	quit GemWM

While Super is held, the focused window gets a thick pink border (see the focus border).

Changing them

Keys are set in ~/.config/gemwm/config. You only list what you change: each line adds or replaces one binding, and none removes one.

[keys]
Super+Q = none                       # unbind
Super+Return = exec foot             # run a program
Super+W = close-window focused
Super+Page_Down = workspace next
Super+Page_Up = workspace prev
Ctrl+Alt+Delete = quit

Modifiers are Super, Alt, Ctrl and Shift; keys use xkb names (Q, Tab, Return, Page_Down, F1, 1…).

An action is any gemwm msg command, plus exec <command> and quit. So anything you can script, you can bind:

[keys]
Super+M = mode toggle                # window, tiling, scrolling, in turn
Super+S = mode scrolling
Super+O = overview
Super+Shift+Return = exec gemweb --app https://mail.example.com --name Mail

Apply changes with gemwm msg reload-config.