Every shortcut
Every default shortcut, grouped by what you want to do. Point at one (or tap it) and its keys light up on the keyboard.
What the symbols mean
- ⌃ Control
- ⌥ Option
- ⇧ Shift
- ⌘ Command
They sit at the bottom left of a Mac keyboard. ↩ is Return. A shortcut written ⌃⌥← means: hold Control and Option, then press the left arrow.
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space
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Pick a shortcut below.
Layouts
| ⌥1 … ⌥9 | Switch to that layout |
| ⇧⌥1 … 9 | Send the focused window to a layout |
| ⌥Tab | Next layout |
| ⌥N | Next empty layout |
| ⌥↑ | Layouts Bar: every layout and its windows |
| ⌃⌥S | Save the current workspace |
Snapping
| ⌃⌥ + ←→ | Left or right half |
| ⌃⌥ + ↑↓ | Top or bottom half |
| ⌃⌥ + UIJK | Quarters |
| ⌃⌥ + DFG | Thirds (on ISO keyboards the middle one can be the key left of Z) |
| ⌃⌥ + ET | First or last two thirds |
| ⌃⌥↩ | Maximize |
| ⌃⌥R | Retile the display (Bento Box) |
| ⌃⌥Space | Snap Wheel (or middle-click, or tap with three fingers) |
Windows and tabs
| ⌃⌥⌘ + ←→↑↓ | Focus the window to the left, right, above or below |
| ⌃Tab | Next tab in the focused group (Tabs mode) |
Overview, views and Expand
| ⌃⌥O | Overview: every window on every display |
| ⌃⌥= | Expand a level |
| ⌃⌥- | Back a level |
| ⌃⌥Z | Show the focused window on its own |
| ⌃⌥[ · ⌃⌥] | Go back · go forward |
| ⌃⌥1 … 9 | Go to a saved view |
| ⌃⌥⇧1 … 9 | Save what you're looking at as a view |
Dock mode
| ⌃⌥H | Show or hide the Desktop's tile |
| ⌃⌥A | Arrange every window into tiles |
| ⌃⌥N | Split with a new Finder window |
| ⌃⌥L | Float or dock the focused window |
Moving and sizing
| ⌃⌥⇧ + ←→↑↓ | Swap the window with the one beside it that way. In a tab group, ↑ and ↓ move the tab along |
| ⌃⌥W | Wider: ½, then ⅔, then 90%, then full |
| ⌃⌥⇧W | Narrower: back down the same steps |
| ⌃⌥C | Centre the window, keeping its size (in Dock mode it floats onto the Desktop tile) |
| ⌃⌥B | Put windows back in their places, after an app moved or resized its own |
| ⌃⌥M | Send the window to the other display |
| ⌃⌥⌘ + HJKL | Focus left, down, up, right (H J K L work like the arrows) |
| ⌃⌥⇧ + HJKL | Move left, down, up, right |
You can change any of them, or clear one with ⌫, in Settings › Shortcuts. Forgot one? They are all listed there, and Help › Getting Started in Bower's menu walks you through the first moves again. The full guide