Awesome Cheat Sheet

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Client = Application window. Mod4 + j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Focus next client /.config/awesome/rc.lua

Mod4 + k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Focus previous client /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua
Mod4 + Ctrl + r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restart awesome Mod4 + u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Focus first urgent client
Mod4 + Return . . . . Start terminal in current tag Mod4 + Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View previous tag
Mod4 + F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Run terminal prompt Mod4 + Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View next tag Links and information
Mod4 + F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Run Lua code prompt Mod4 + 1-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switch to tag 1-9
Mod4 + Ctrl + j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Focus next screen http://awesome.naquadah.org/
Mod4 + Ctrl + k . . . . . . . . . Focus previous screen http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/
Clients Mod4 + Esc . . . . Focus previously selected tag set

Mod4 + Shift + r . . Redraw the focused window

Mod4 + m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximize client Layout modification Created by Michael Müller, 2010
Mod4 + f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set client fullscreen http://micha.elmueller.net/
Mod4 + Shift + c . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kill focused client Mod4 + Shift + k / j . . . . . Rotate clients around
Mod4 + h / l . . . . . . . Change master width by 5% Released under the MIT license.
Mod4 + Shift + h Number of master windows +1 The LATEX source and license for
Mod4 + 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Go to Tag 1 Mod4 + Shift + l . Number of master windows –1 this sheet can be found at github:
Mod4 + Ctrl + 1-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toggle tag view Mod4 + Ctrl + h . . . . . . . . Number of columns for http://github.com/cmichi/awesome-cheatsheet.
Mod4 + t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark a client non-master windows +1
Mod4 + Shift + 1-9 . Tag marked clients with tag Mod4 + Ctrl + l . . . . . . . . . Number of columns for
Mod4 + Shift + Ctrl + 1-9 . Toggle tag on client non-master windows –1

Mod4 + Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Next layout

Mouse Mod4 + Shift + Space . . . . . . . . . . Previous layout
Mod4 + Ctrl + Space . . . . . . . . . . . Floating master
B1, B2, B3 = Mouse buttons 1–3. Mod4 + Ctrl + Return . Swap focused client with
master
Mod4 + B1 on tag . . . . . . Tag client with this tag
Mod4 + B1 on client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Move window
Mod4 + B3 on tag . . . . . Toggle this tag for client
Mod4 + B3 on client . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resize window
B3 clicked on tag . . . . . . . Add tag to current view