Alright, let’s talk about this Hyprland keybinds thing. I ain’t no fancy computer person, ya know? Just an old woman trying to figure out these newfangled contraptions. But I heard some young folks talkin’ about it, so I figured I’d try to make sense of it for ya, in plain ol’ English, the way I understand it.
So, first things first, they say this “Super” key is important. Sounds like somethin’ Superman would use, right? But turns out it’s just that there Windows key on your keyboard. You know, the one with the little flag on it? Yeah, that one. And if they say “Super Shift,” well, that just means holdin’ down that Windows key and the Shift key at the same time. Not rocket science, see?
Now, these “keybinds,” they’re like shortcuts, I guess. Ways to make the computer do stuff faster without clickin’ all over the place. Like, instead of movin’ the mouse and clickin’ on a button, you press a couple of keys and boom, it’s done. Saves ya time, they say. I ain’t got much time to waste, so that sounds good to me.
- Super Key: That there Windows key.
- Super Shift: Windows key plus the Shift key.
Someone was askin’ about findin’ a list of all the possible keybinds in Hyprland. Said they didn’t want just a cheat sheet, but somethin’ that showed all the things you could do. Well, I ain’t got that fancy list, but I can tell ya what I’ve heard.
Seems like you can bind keys to do all sorts of things. Like, switchin’ keyboard layouts. You know, if you wanna type in a different language or somethin’. They say you gotta use somethin’ called “hyprctl switchxkblayout.” Sounds complicated, but it just means tellin’ the computer to change the keyboard. And to find out what layouts are available, you gotta look for “valid layouts and kb_options.” Where to look? I ain’t sure, maybe they got a book about it somewhere.
Then there’s this Hyprland thing itself. They say it’s a “dynamic tiling Wayland compositor.” Don’t ask me what that means! Sounds like a bunch of gibberish to me. But from what I gather, it’s somethin’ that makes your computer screen look fancy and lets you move windows around easily. And these keybinds help you control all that fancy stuff.
I heard someone talkin’ about bindin’ a “QMK keycode.” Said somethin’ about holdin’ down the Left Control key. Sounds like more fancy computer talk to me. But I guess it’s just another way to make the computer do stuff with your keyboard.
There’s even scripts you can use, they say. To help you see and use the keybinds you’ve set up. And they use somethin’ called “Rofi” to do it. Again, no idea what that is, but it sounds like it makes things easier.
And then there’s all the different ways to make your screen look. Different “workspaces” they call ’em. Circles, Roman numerals, even those squiggly Japanese letters! Sounds like a lot of choices, too many if you ask me. I just want somethin’ simple and easy to see.
Important thing to remember: That Super key, the Windows key, that’s the main one they use for these shortcuts. But if you don’t like it, you can change it, they say. Gotta mess with the “*” file, whatever that is. Sounds like a headache to me, but if you’re one of them computer whizzes, maybe you know how to do it.
They also say all the shortcuts are written down in that “*” file. At least until they change it in the next version. So if you wanna know what keys do what, that’s where you gotta look. Or maybe ask a young person, they seem to know all about this stuff.
So, that’s about all I know about these Hyprland keybinds. Like I said, I ain’t no expert, just tryin’ to make sense of it all. Hope it helped a little, even if it was just a bunch of old lady rambling. At least now you know what that Super key is, and that keybinds are just shortcuts to make the computer do stuff faster. And if you need more help, well, go find yourself a computer whiz, they’ll know what to do. Me? I’m gonna go make myself a cup of tea. This computer talk has tired me out.
