Navigation #

Everything in Omarchy happens via the keyboard — EVERYTHING! When the system first starts, you literally can't do a thing with the mouse alone. But you can hit Super + Space to reveal the wofi application launcher. That'll show you everything that's installed on the system.

But wofi is not even intended to be the main way to operate the system. We can get faster than that! All the most important applications are bound directly to individual hotkeys. You start a browser with Super + B and the terminal with Super + Return. Try doing one after the other, and you'll see the magic of Hyprland's tiling in action:

You can then hit Super + J to stack them horizontally instead of vertically:

Hit Super + J again to return them to horizontal positions. Then try Super + Shift + Arrow Right while on the browser to swap the windows.

Now try Super + T to start the Activity monitor and then Super + F to open the files manager. You'll have a neat four-way setup:

You navigate between the window you want to be active with Super + Arrow. This will switch focus and move the cursor to the center of the new application.

If you hit Super + Shift + 2, you'll move the current focused application onto the second workspace. Super + Shift + 1 moves it back.

If you hold down Super and use the mouse to click on a window, you'll be able to rearrange where it sits. If you hold Super and use the right button on the mouse, you can freely resize the window.

You close a window on Super + W and you can turn a window free-floating with Super + V (and again to return it to a tile).

It takes a little while to get used to navigating your desktop like this, but once you do, it'll be hard to go back to a traditional mouse-driven desktop experience!