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Setting up your hotkeys

Hyperspaces provides hotkeys for common tasks you may want to perform. Many of the keys are not set by default, but you can customize them to use whatever key combination you would like.

List of all hotkeys

Name Default Description
Show/hide the switcher Option-` Shows or hides the Space Switcher.
Show/hide desktop icons Shift-Option-` Shows or hides the desktop icons.
Add a new row of spaces -- Adds a new row of spaces to the system.
Remove a row of spaces -- Removes the last row of spaces from the system.
Add a new column of spaces -- Adds a new column of spaces to the system.
Remove a column of spaces -- Removes the last column of spaces from the system.
Switch to the next space -- Switches to the next space sequentially, ie. Space 1 → Space 2 → Space 3 → Space 4.
Switch to the previous space -- Switches to the previous space sequentially, ie. Space 4 → Space 3 → Space 2 → Space 1.
Switch to the previously active space -- This works similarly to Safari's "Snap back" function. Pressing this hotkey will take you back the space you were on before your current space.
Switch left -- Switches to the space to the left of the current space. If the current space is on an edge, pressing this key will wrap around the spaces grid.
Switch right -- Switches to the space to the right of the current space. If the current space is on an edge, pressing this key will wrap around the spaces grid.
Switch up -- Switches to the space above the current space. If the current space is on an edge, pressing this key will wrap around the spaces grid.
Switch down -- Switches to the space below the current space. If the current space is on an edge, pressing this key will wrap around the spaces grid.

Note: If the system is already using a key combination, you will not be able to set it. Hyperspaces will do it's best to let you know when this happens.