The Openbox configuration is carefully designed to be usable without changes both with full-size and 60% keyboards (namely Vortex Pok3r).
This keymap adheres to the following principles:
- all WM and system management actions start with, or, at least, include the
Winkey; all other combinations of modifier keys are reserved for use in applications; - the most frequent actions should use only one modifier key (i.e.
Win); - the most frequent actions should tend to the home row or the most comfortable top/bottom row keys;
- the F-row is banned due to being unusable and uncomfy crap even on full-sized keyboards;
- dangerous hotkeys (shutdown, reboot, etc.) should be hard to mess with other ones, but still should be simple.
The most lucky and extremely useful findings here are
Win-Escfor shutdown;Win-Wfor window termination;Win-Afor window maximization toggling;Win-<>/for volume tuning.
The only hotkey from F-row which is allowed to exist as an exception:
| Base Key | Win-<Key> | Ctrl-Win-<Key> | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esc | Shutdown | Reboot | Really nice to hit blindly |
The numeric row keymap includes only rare actions:
| Base Key | Win-<Key> | Ctrl-Win-<Key> | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~ | Toggle Tilda | Delegated to app (exception) | |
| 1 | Go to desktop 1 | ||
| 2 | Go to desktop 2 | ||
| 3 | Go to desktop 3 | ||
| 4 | Go to desktop 4 | ||
| 5...0 | |||
| - | |||
| = | |||
| Bksp | Suspend | Hibernate |
The top row:
| Base Key | Win-<Key> | Ctrl-Win-<Key> | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tab | Cycle windows | Better than Alt-Tab! |
|
| Q | Reconfigure Openbox | ||
| W | Close window | Run Wireshark | W-W beats Alt-F4 |
| E | Show window menu | Run editor (Sublime) | |
| R | Open quick run window (gmrun) | Run Telegram | W-R is from Windows |
| T | Run terminal | Run Transmission | |
| Y | |||
| U | Move to desktop left | ||
| I | Reconfigure screens (optional) | Run IDEA | |
| O | Move to desktop right | Run Vivaldi | |
| P | |||
| [ | |||
| ] | |||
| \ |
The home row:
| Base Key | Win-<Key> | Ctrl-Win-<Key> | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Toggle maximize | Incredibly useful | |
| S | |||
| D | Toggle show desktop | Run DoubleCmd | W-D is from Windows |
| F | Toggle fullscreen | Run Firefox | |
| G | Run Gimp | ||
| H | Go to desktop left | ||
| J | Minimize window | ||
| K | Maximize window | ||
| L | Go to desktop right | Run Mattermost | |
| ; | Lock screen | ||
| ' |
Finally, the bottom row:
| Base Key | Win-<Key> | Ctrl-Win-<Key> | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Z | Move to edge left | Run Kiwix | |
| X | Move to edge down | Run Xournalpp | |
| C | Move to edge up | ||
| V | Move to edge right | Run VisualVM | |
| B | |||
| N | Change window size | Run Netbeans | |
| M | Move window | Run Chromium | |
| < | Volume down | One more awesome finding | |
| > | Volume up | Two more awesome findings... | |
| / | Volume mute | Three more awesome findings! |
Some legacy hotkeys are still kept alive and may be used along main hotkeys:
Alt-Tab(superseded byWin-Tab);Alt-F4(superseded byWin-W);Win-Down/Up(superseded byWin-J/K, but actuallyWin-Ais used for both actions in 99% of cases).
Someday these will be gone due to uselessness.