Overview Kanagawa uses Hyprland as its Wayland compositor and dynamic tiling window manager. Hyprland provides smooth animations, dynamic tiling layouts, and extensive customization options.
Key Features
Dynamic Tiling Automatic window tiling with dwindle layout for optimal workspace organization
Smooth Animations Custom “Slipstream” animation profile with bezier curves for fluid transitions
Workspaces 10 workspaces plus special scratchpad workspace for quick access
Keyboard-First Comprehensive keybindings for window management, navigation, and system control
Window Management Focus Navigation Move focus between windows using arrow keys:
# Move focus with SUPER + arrow keys bind = $mainMod, left, movefocus, l bind = $mainMod, right, movefocus, r bind = $mainMod, up, movefocus, u bind = $mainMod, down, movefocus, d
Window Actions
SUPER + W - Close active windowSUPER + V - Toggle floating modeF11 - Toggle fullscreenSUPER + P - Toggle pseudo-tiling (dwindle)SUPER + J - Toggle split direction (dwindle)
Swap window positions: bind = $mainMod SHIFT, left, swapwindow, l bind = $mainMod SHIFT, right, swapwindow, r bind = $mainMod SHIFT, up, swapwindow, u bind = $mainMod SHIFT, down, swapwindow, d
Resize active window: bind = $mainMod, minus, resizeactive, -100 0 bind = $mainMod, plus, resizeactive, 100 0 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, minus, resizeactive, 0 -100 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, plus, resizeactive, 0 100
SUPER + Left Click - Move windowSUPER + Right Click - Resize windowSUPER + Scroll Up/Down - Switch workspaces Workspace Management Switching Workspaces # Switch to workspace 1-10 bind = $mainMod, 1, workspace, 1 bind = $mainMod, 2, workspace, 2 # ... up to workspace 10
Moving Windows Between Workspaces # Move active window to workspace with SUPER + SHIFT + [0-9] bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 1, movetoworkspace, 1 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 2, movetoworkspace, 2 # ... up to workspace 10
Scratchpad Workspace The special “magic” scratchpad provides a hidden workspace for temporary windows:
# Toggle scratchpad visibility bind = $mainMod, S, togglespecialworkspace, magic # Move window to scratchpad bind = $mainMod SHIFT, S, movetoworkspace, special:magic
Animations Kanagawa uses the custom Slipstream animation profile for smooth, responsive transitions:
animations { enabled = true bezier = myBezier, 0.05, 0.9, 0.1, 1.05 animation = windows, 1, 7, myBezier animation = windowsIn, 1, 5, myBezier, slide animation = windowsOut, 1, 5, myBezier, slide animation = border, 1, 10, default animation = borderangle, 1, 8, default animation = fade, 1, 7, default animation = workspaces, 1, 7, myBezier, slide animation = layers, 1, 2, myBezier, slide }
The layers animation is optimized for fast panel animations (SwayNC, etc.) with a speed of 2.
Application Launchers # Application shortcuts bind = $mainMod, T, exec, ghostty # Terminal bind = $mainMod, C, exec, vscodium # Code editor bind = $mainMod, E, exec, nautilus # File manager bind = $mainMod, B, exec, brave # Browser bind = $mainMod, space, exec, wofi --show drun # App launcher
System Controls Screenshots bind = , PRINT, exec, hyprshot -m output # Full screen bind = shift, PRINT, exec, hyprshot -m region # Region select
Volume
Brightness
Media Playback
bindel = ,XF86AudioRaiseVolume, exec, wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%+ bindel = ,XF86AudioLowerVolume, exec, wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%- bindel = ,XF86AudioMute, exec, wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle bindel = ,XF86AudioMicMute, exec, wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle
bindel = ,XF86MonBrightnessUp, exec, brightnessctl s 10%+ bindel = ,XF86MonBrightnessDown, exec, brightnessctl s 10%-
bindl = , XF86AudioNext, exec, playerctl next bindl = , XF86AudioPause, exec, playerctl play-pause bindl = , XF86AudioPlay, exec, playerctl play-pause bindl = , XF86AudioPrev, exec, playerctl previous
Other System Actions
SUPER + L - Lock screen (Hyprlock)SUPER + A - Logout menu (wlogout)SUPER + N - Toggle notifications (SwayNC)SUPER + Q - Clipboard manager (cliphist + wofi)SUPER + SHIFT + Enter - Theme selectorSUPER + U - Toggle monitor
Configuration Files Hyprland configuration is modular and located in ~/.config/hypr/:
hyprland.conf
animations.conf
source = ./colors/colors.conf # Color scheme source = ./monitors.conf # Monitor configuration source = ./keybindings.conf # Keyboard shortcuts source = ./animations.conf # Animation settings source = ./autostart.conf # Programs to autostart
Learn More
Hyprland Wiki Official documentation and configuration reference
Theme System Learn how Hyprland integrates with the theme system
