Keyboard shortcuts

Vibranium is designed around keyboard navigation.
The default layout follows a simple principle: keys are chosen to be memorable.
Most shortcuts use the first letter of the action they perform whenever practical.
For example, T for Theme, W for Wallpaper, and U for Utilities.

Layout philosophy

The shortcut layout is organized into two primary groups.

• Blue — Super (primary modifier)
• Green — additional keys used together with Super
• Orange — Ctrl Alt (Vibranium-specific actions)

The keyboard is also divided into two logical halves:

The left hand primarily holds the modifiers while the right hand performs the action key.
Most shortcuts can therefore be executed with minimal hand movement.

Primary shortcuts (SUPER)

These shortcuts cover everyday desktop usage.

Shortcut	Action
Super+Q	Close active window
Super+Shift+Q	Force close active window
Super+F	Toggle fullscreen
Super+Shift+F	Toggle floating
Super+A	Application launcher
Super+E	File manager
Super+V	Clipboard history
Super+Shift+V	Clear clipboard
Super+Shift+S	Screenshot: region
Super+Shift+A	Screenshot: active window
Super+Shift+Z	Screenshot: entire screen
Print	Annotated screenshot
Super+M	Toggle microphone mute
Super+B	Cycle power profiles
Super+.	Emoji picker
Super+Enter	Terminal
Super+Shift+Enter	Floating terminal
Super+Esc	System monitor (btop)
Ctrl+Shift+Esc	System monitor (btop)
Super+`	GPU monitor (nvtop)
XF86Calculator	Calculator
Super+G	Toggle window group
Super+Ctrl+G	Lock or unlock window group
Super+R	Resize mode
Super+1 … Super+0	Switch workspace
Super+Shift+1 … Super+Shift+0	Move window to workspace
Super+Tab	Cycle workspaces
Super+Alt+Left / Super+Alt+Right	Previous/next workspace

Window movement uses the IJKL cluster:

• Super+J / Super+L / Super+I / Super+K — change focus
• Super+Shift+J / Super+Shift+L / Super+Shift+I / Super+Shift+K — move the active window

Arrow keys are available as an alternative.

Vibranium shortcuts (CTRL + ALT)

These shortcuts open menus and Vibranium-specific functionality.

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Alt+V	Vibranium menu
Ctrl+Alt+U	Utilities menu
Ctrl+Alt+T	Theme picker
Ctrl+Alt+W	Next wallpaper
Ctrl+Alt+C	Color picker
Ctrl+Alt+R	Recording menu
Ctrl+Alt+P	Password manager
Ctrl+Alt+L	Lock session
Ctrl+Alt+Del	Power menu
Ctrl+Alt+F	Freeze or unfreeze a process
Super+Alt+Esc	Alternate power menu

Hardware keys

Standard multimedia keys (XF86*) behave as expected.
Media playback, volume, brightness, and similar controls work through the dedicated hardware keys provided by the keyboard.
Some media keys continue to function while the session is locked.

Mouse bindings

Floating windows behave as in most desktop environments.

• Drag with the left mouse button to move a floating window.
• Drag with the right mouse button to resize a floating window.

In addition, Super + mouse wheel adjusts the playback volume of the focused application.

Note

Some applications do not persist per-application volume levels between launches. In those cases, volume must be adjusted again after restarting the application.

Window groups

Window groups allow multiple windows to occupy the same position and be cycled without changing workspace.

The most important shortcuts are:

• Super+G — create or toggle a group
• Alt+J / Alt+L — switch between grouped windows
• Alt+1 … Alt+0 — jump directly to a grouped window
• Super+Ctrl+G — lock or unlock the group

See Window groups for complete documentation.

Listing all shortcuts

The complete list of active shortcuts can be viewed in two ways.

From the menu: Vibranium Menu -> Help -> Keybindings, or from a terminal:

vb-cmd-keybindings --list

Both methods display the currently active configuration, including user-defined shortcuts.

Customizing shortcuts

Default bindings are defined by Vibranium and can be overridden without modifying the installation.

See Customizing keybindings for details.