Samuel Onoja
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Add configurable mouse and wheel bindings, window move and resize, tab drops, cross-output dragging, and device settings. Adjust display scaling in 0.05 increments. Preserve opposite-edge positioning during scrolling resizes and show rows for edge drops into tabbed columns.
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# Commands and bindings
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See [Shortcuts and gestures](../shortcuts.md) for the full default keymap and mouse actions.
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`commands` maps arbitrary names to nonempty argument arrays. The built-in
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`terminal "foot"` can be overridden. Commands run directly, without a shell.
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| `binding` key | Type / values | Default |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| `keys` | chord or gesture, e.g. `"Super+Enter"`, `"Swipe3Up"` | required |
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| `match` | `"keysym"`, `"physical"` | `"keysym"` |
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| `action` | action name below | required unless disabled |
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| `argument` | string | required only for actions listed below |
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| `disabled` | boolean | `false` |
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Modifiers: `Super`/`Logo`/`Mod4`, `Ctrl`/`Control`, `Alt`, `Shift`.
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Keys use XKB keysyms (`Enter`, letters, `[`/`]`) or physical XKB names (`AD06`).
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A binding replaces the same normalized chord/match mode. Duplicate bindings are
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invalid. A disabled binding must omit `action` and `argument`.
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| Actions | Argument |
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| --- | --- |
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| `spawn` | Name in `commands` |
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| `binding-mode` | Named mode, or `"default"` to leave it |
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| `focus`, `move`, `resize`, `join-tab` | `"left"`, `"right"`, `"up"`, `"down"` |
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| `workspace`, `move-to-workspace` | Workspace number string, 1–255 |
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| `workspace-next`, `workspace-previous` | None; next/previous workspace on this monitor |
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| `workspace-back-and-forth` | None; return to the previous workspace on this monitor |
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| `focus-last-window` | None; return to the last focused window |
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| `focus-floating` | None; focus the last focused window in the opposite tiled/floating layer on this workspace |
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| `focus-mru-next`, `focus-mru-previous` | None; cycle windows in focus order |
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| `none` | None; ignore this trigger |
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| `close`, `exit`, `toggle-maximized`, `toggle-fullscreen`, `toggle-layout`, `cycle-column-width`, `center-column`, `consume`, `expel`, `toggle-column-tabbed`, `leave-tab`, `next-tab`, `previous-tab`, `toggle-floating`, `toggle-overview`, `toggle-launcher` | None |
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```kdl
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commands {
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terminal "foot"
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}
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binding keys="Super+Enter" action="spawn" argument="terminal"
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binding keys="Super+V" action="focus-floating"
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```
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See [Tabbed windows](../tabbed-windows.md) for grouping actions and
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[Layout configuration](layout.md#tabbed-columns) for scrolling tab settings.
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`focus-floating` switches focus between tiled and floating windows without
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changing placement. It stays on the active workspace and does nothing when the
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opposite layer has no candidate. `toggle-floating` changes window placement.
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## Binding modes
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Named modes provide a separate keyboard map for resizing, launching, or other
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sets of actions. No modes are enabled by default. For example:
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```kdl
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binding "Super+Shift+r" "binding-mode" "resize"
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binding "Super+Shift+Return" "binding-mode" "launch"
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binding-mode "resize" {
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binding "h" "resize" "left"
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binding "j" "resize" "down"
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binding "k" "resize" "up"
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binding "l" "resize" "right"
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binding "Return" "binding-mode" "default"
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}
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binding-mode "launch" {
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binding "t" "spawn" "terminal"
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binding "r" "binding-mode" "resize"
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binding "Return" "binding-mode" "default"
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}
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```
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Release the entry chord's modifiers before using an unmodified mode binding.
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Modifiers keep their usual exact matching semantics; entering a mode never
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changes the application's modifier state. Escape exits with any modifiers held
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and cannot be overridden inside a mode. The bar shows the active name and Escape
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hint, including over fullscreen windows, and restores its ordinary contents on
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exit. Long names truncate to keep the exit hint visible. Mode changes reach the
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shell through its existing snapshot protocol.
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Entering a mode closes panel popovers and workspace tooltips. An expanded Morph
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panel collapses and releases keyboard focus. Hover, activity updates, and queued
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menu requests cannot reopen it while the mode indicator is displayed.
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Live Activities continue updating their data, but leave the hidden Morph panel's
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geometry unchanged until the mode exits.
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Mode bindings replace the default keyboard map while active. Unmatched keys
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reach the focused application; default compositor bindings and portal shortcuts
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do not run as fallbacks. Gestures keep the default configuration. Normal shortcut
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inhibition still applies, with Escape available to leave the mode. A mode remains
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active across actions and focus/workspace changes until explicitly changed or
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exited; launching an application does not implicitly leave it.
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Each mode must have a unique name of 1–48 ASCII letters, digits, underscores, or
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hyphens. `default` is reserved. Mode bindings accept the same actions and physical
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key matching as ordinary bindings; swipes, disabled records, duplicate chords,
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and Escape bindings are rejected, including physical keys remapped to Escape.
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References to undefined modes reject the configuration before it is applied.
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An accepted change to bindings, modes, commands, or input settings returns to
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default and closes any focus preview. Unrelated reloads preserve the mode;
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rejected reloads keep the previous configuration and mode. Locking, input capture,
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and session suspension also exit.
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The first press owns its matching release across these transitions. Held keys
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are never reinterpreted by a new mode; consumed releases stay consumed. Repeated
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presses retain their original action and repeat only while its chord still
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matches. A mode/configuration transition stops that action's repeats.
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`feresectl keybindings` lists the active keyboard map.
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Defaults: Super+Enter terminal; Super+Q close; Super+H/J/K/L focus;
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Super+Shift+H/J/K/L move; Super+Ctrl+H/J/K/L resize; Super+1–9 workspace;
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Super+Shift+1–9 move to workspace; Super+R width cycle; Super+C center;
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Super+[/] consume/expel; Super+Shift+T stacked/tabbed column; Super+Ctrl+[/] previous/next tab;
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Super+F maximize; Super+Shift+F fullscreen;
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Super+M layout; Super+Shift+Space floating; Super+V focus tiled/floating; Super+Tab overview;
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Super+Escape previous visited workspace;
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Super+BackSpace last focused window; Alt+Tab/Alt+Shift+Tab MRU switching;
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Super+Shift+S area screenshot; Print Screen whole-screen screenshot;
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Super+Shift+E logout confirmation.
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Hold Super and drag a floating or tiled window with the left mouse button to move it.
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Hold Super and drag with the right mouse button to resize. The starting position
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selects an edge or corner using a 3×3 grid; the center selects the nearest corner.
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The selected edges stay fixed for the whole drag. These work even when an app has
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no title bar or resize border.
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Tiled drops can reorder windows, join tab groups or move between monitors.
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Mouse buttons and wheel directions can also use the regular binding actions;
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see [mouse bindings](input.md#mouse-bindings) for configuration and drag controls.
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For a floating window, Super+Shift+H/J/K/L moves left/down/up/right by 32 logical
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pixels. Super+Ctrl+H/L shrinks/grows its width; Super+Ctrl+K/J shrinks/grows its
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height by the same step. Keyboard adjustments respect client size limits and
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keep the window reachable in its output's work area. Fullscreen and maximized
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floating windows ignore these actions.
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Floating moves and resizes snap to work-area edges and nearby visible window edges at
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10 logical pixels, then resist movement until 20 pixels from the attached edge.
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Window edges are eligible only when the windows overlap along the other axis,
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with a 10-pixel allowance. Hold Shift during a drag to bypass snapping.
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The screenshot shortcut runs `ferese-screenshot`: drag to select an area, or
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press Escape to cancel. Captures open in Satty for annotation. Press Enter to
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save the edited PNG under your Pictures directory in `Screenshots` and copy it
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to the clipboard; Escape discards the capture. It requires `slurp`, `satty`, and
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`wl-copy` (from `wl-clipboard`); the capture itself is done by the compositor
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through `feresectl screenshot`. Override the `screenshot` command to use another
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screenshot tool.
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Print Screen runs `ferese-screenshot --full` and captures the active monitor
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without a selector, falling back to the sole enabled output when focus is
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unavailable. It never silently captures every output. Fn+PrtSc works when the
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keyboard emits the Print Screen key; Fn is handled by the keyboard firmware.
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Override `screenshot-full` to customize this command. Both modes open Satty with
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the same save and copy workflow.
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`ferese-screenshot --all` captures every enabled output as one image.
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Satty opens as a floating window sized for the captured image and constrained
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to the workspace.
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