VI(M) keybindings for moving between hyprland windows

[danielnolan]

Currently super k is bound to the keybindings menu, and super j is bound to toggle split. As a long time vim and tmux user I prefer to navigate splits/windows with hjkl like you would in vim. Having things bound to k and j in the main bindings isn't allowing for them to be overridden in the ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf file. Is there a way to completely override these that I am missing, or could we consider a way to allow for hyprland window navigation with super hkjl?

[maxhungry]

I am a tmux/vim user, this is what I have in my bindings.conf, hope it helps 🙂

unbind = SUPER, J
unbind = SUPER, K

bind = SUPER CONTROL, K, exec, ~/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-menu-keybindings

bind = SUPER, S, togglesplit

bind = SUPER, H, movefocus, l
bind = SUPER, J, movefocus, d
bind = SUPER, K, movefocus, u
bind = SUPER, L, movefocus, r

bind = SUPER SHIFT, H, swapwindow, l
bind = SUPER SHIFT, J, swapwindow, d
bind = SUPER SHIFT, K, swapwindow, u
bind = SUPER SHIFT, L, swapwindow, r

[danielnolan]

Thanks so much, this is exactly what I wanted! I didn't realize unbind was a thing. I obviously need to spend some more time reading the hyprland docs.

[rafaelbernard]

Indeed! Very helpful.

[brianspragge]

Resize active window

bindd = SUPER ALT, L, Expand window left, resizeactive, 100 0
bindd = SUPER ALT, H, Shrink window left, resizeactive, -100 0
bindd = SUPER ALT, K, Shrink window up, resizeactive, 0 -100
bindd = SUPER ALT, J, Expand window down, resizeactive, 0 100

Hint:
SUPER S is bound to toggle Scratchpad in the new keybindings:
Location: .local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/bindings/tiling-v2.conf
Solution 1: unbind = SUPER, S # Toggle scratchpad
Solution 2: bindd = SUPER CTRL, J, Toggle split, togglesplit, # dwindle

[gobijan]

Wanted to open the same discussion. SUPER + h and SUPER + l are not used at the moment and would be a great addition to the arrow keys to stay on the home row.

[bartdorsey]

It would be cool if Omarchy had "binding themes" like the default could be "DHH" theme, but then there could also be a "vim" theme and you could just swap it out.

[sweetpeteza]

thank you! what threw me off is that the instructions on the bindings.conf suggest bindd with 2 d's. thought that was to show up 'show keys' command but it breaks the config so for anyone else, just use the above

[celsobenedetti]

For anyone stumbling upon this.
Here is a script to make it so the vim navigation respects window groups (navigate between windows in group)

• If not in a group, it just moves focus left/right.
• If in a group, it checks the current window's position within the group:
  • If at the left edge and moving left, it moves focus left.
  • If at the right edge and moving right, it moves focus right.
  • Otherwise, it changes group active (b/f).

# ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf
bind = SUPER, H, exec, ~/.local/bin/focus.sh left
bind = SUPER, L, exec, ~/.local/bin/focus.sh right
bind = SUPER, J, movefocus, d
bind = SUPER, K, movefocus, u

# ~/.local/bin/focus.sh
#!/bin/bash

win_info=$(hyprctl activewindow -j)
group=$(jq -r '.grouped' <<<"$win_info")
group_size=$(jq 'length' <<<"$group")

if [[ "$group_size" -eq 0 ]]; then
    # Not in a group, just move focus as usual
    if [[ "$1" == "left" ]]; then
        hyprctl dispatch movefocus l
    else
        hyprctl dispatch movefocus r
    fi
    exit 0
fi

# In a group, find the position of the current window
address=$(jq -r '.address' <<<"$win_info")
position=$(jq -r --arg addr "$address" 'map(tostring) | index($addr)' <<<"$group")

if [[ "$1" == "left" ]]; then
    if [[ "$position" -eq 0 ]]; then
        hyprctl dispatch movefocus l
    else
        hyprctl dispatch changegroupactive b
    fi
else
    last_index=$((group_size - 1))
    if [[ "$position" -eq "$last_index" ]]; then
        hyprctl dispatch movefocus r
    else
        hyprctl dispatch changegroupactive f
    fi
fi

credit: hyprwm/Hyprland#1087

[eerison]

It did not work :'(

I can group using SUPER + ALT + left but not with SUPER + ALT + H

[brianspragge]

It did not work :'(

I can group using SUPER + ALT + left but not with SUPER + ALT + H

This is in the defaults for reference:

Join groups

bindd = SUPER ALT, LEFT, Move window to group on left, moveintogroup, l
bindd = SUPER ALT, RIGHT, Move window to group on right, moveintogroup, r
bindd = SUPER ALT, UP, Move window to group on top, moveintogroup, u
bindd = SUPER ALT, DOWN, Move window to group on bottom, moveintogroup, d

[eerison]

Thank you brian it worked <3

[eerison]

hey @maxhungry maybe you could add this in your comment, it will be easier to have this in one place. or maybe create a gist?

[brianspragge]

SUPER CTRL combo is already used for showing battery remaining and showing time. Let's use it for showing keybinds as well:

bindd = SUPER CTRL, K, Show key bindings, exec, omarchy-menu-keybindings