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Amethyst

Modifiers

Name Meaning
mod1 Alt + Shift
mod2 meh

Layouts

Shortcut
Action
Alt + Shift + Space Cycle layout forward
Alt + Shift + A Select tall layout
Alt + Shift + S Select bsp layout
Alt + Shift + D Select fullscreen layout
Alt + Shift + F Select column layout
Alt + Shift + G Select floating layout

Focus and resize

Shortcut
Action
Alt + Shift + H Shrink main pane
Alt + Shift + L Expand main pane
Alt + Shift + J Focus next window counter-clockwise
Alt + Shift + K Focus next window clockwise
Alt + Shift + Enter Swap focused window with main window

Move and swap windows

Shortcut
Action
meh + H Move focused window to next screen counter-clockwise
meh + L Move focused window to next screen clockwise
meh + J Swap focused window to next window counter-clockwise
meh + K Swap focused window to next window clockwise
meh + Left Move focused window to Space on the left
meh + Right Move focused window to Space on the right

State and maintenance

Shortcut
Action
Alt + Shift + T Toggle floating state of current focused window
Alt + Shift + R Relaunch Amethyst