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🧠 DWM Keybindings Cheat Sheet

A handy reference for all your DWM shortcuts.

🔀 Window Focus & Stack Manipulation

Shortcut	Action
`MOD + j/k`	Focus next/previous window
`MOD + Shift + j/k`	Push window down/up in stack

🔢 Tag Management

Shortcut	Action
`MOD + 1..9`	View tag 1–9
`MOD + Shift + 1..9`	Move focused window to tag 1–9
`MOD + 0`	View all tags
`MOD + Shift + 0`	Tag window to all tags

🎹 System & App Launchers

Shortcut	Action
`MOD + grave (``)	Launch `dmenuunicode`
`MOD + Backspace`	Run `sysact` (power menu)
`MOD + Shift + Backspace`	Run `sysact` again
`MOD + w`	Launch browser
`MOD + Shift + w`	Launch `nmtui` in terminal
`MOD + e`	Launch Thunderbird and update blocks
`MOD + r`	Launch `spf` in terminal
`MOD + Shift + r`	Launch `htop` in terminal

🧱 Layouts

Shortcut	Action
`MOD + t`	Set layout: Tile
`MOD + Shift + t`	Set layout: Bstack
`MOD + y`	Set layout: Spiral
`MOD + Shift + y`	Set layout: Dwindle
`MOD + u`	Set layout: Deck
`MOD + Shift + u`	Set layout: Monocle
`MOD + i`	Centered Master
`MOD + Shift + i`	Centered Floating Master

🪟 Window & Master Area Control

Shortcut	Action
`MOD + o`	Increase number of master clients
`MOD + Shift + o`	Decrease number of master clients
`MOD + q`	Kill focused window
`MOD + Shift + q`	Launch `sysact` (redundant)
`MOD + Tab`	Toggle to last used tag
`MOD + \` (backslash)	Toggle to last tag (again?)

🔈 Volume & Media Controls

Shortcut	Action
`MOD + -`	Decrease volume by 5%
`MOD + =`	Increase volume by 5%
`MOD + p`	Toggle music (MPD)
`MOD + Shift + p`	Pause music
`MOD + [`	Seek -10s in music
`MOD + Shift + [`	Seek -60s in music
`MOD + ]`	Seek +10s in music
`MOD + Shift + ]`	Seek +60s in music

🎛 Gaps & Sticky

Shortcut	Action
`MOD + a`	Toggle gaps
`MOD + Shift + a`	Reset gaps to default
`MOD + s`	Toggle sticky window

📝 Notes

MOD usually refers to the Super/Windows key or Alt, depending on your config.
Commands like sysact, spf, dmenuunicode, etc., are user-defined scripts or apps — make sure they’re installed and available in your system path.
Some commented out bindings are omitted here for clarity.

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