From ba53331bd2f127166c445f9b76858d406baac749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek Taylor <derek@distrotube.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:51:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Assigning saner keybindings to Niri.

---
 .config/niri/config.kdl | 50 ++++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/niri/config.kdl b/.config/niri/config.kdl
index aa295ec..83f8d7e 100644
--- a/.config/niri/config.kdl
+++ b/.config/niri/config.kdl
@@ -413,28 +413,25 @@ binds {
 
     Mod+Shift+C repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Close window" { close-window; }
 
-    Mod+Left  { focus-column-left; }
-    Mod+Down  { focus-window-down; }
-    Mod+Up    { focus-window-up; }
-    Mod+Right { focus-column-right; }
+    // Move focus right, down, up, left
     Mod+H hotkey-overlay-title="Focus column left" { focus-column-left; }
-    //Mod+J     { focus-window-down; }
-    //Mod+K     { focus-window-up; }
+    Mod+J hotkey-overlay-title="Focus window/workspace down" { focus-window-or-workspace-down; }
+    Mod+K hotkey-overlay-title="Focus window/workspace up" { focus-window-or-workspace-up; }
     Mod+L hotkey-overlay-title="Focus column right"{ focus-column-right; }
 
-    Mod+Shift+Left  { move-column-left; }
+    // Move columns right, down, up, left
+    Mod+Shift+H     { move-column-left; }
+    Mod+Shift+J     { move-column-to-workspace-down; }
+    Mod+Shift+K     { move-column-to-workspace-up; }
+    Mod+Shift+L     { move-column-right; }
+
+    // These are useful moving windows up/down in tabbed columns.
+    // Using arrow keys because I'm running out of HJKL keybinds.
     Mod+Shift+Down  { move-window-down; }
     Mod+Shift+Up    { move-window-up; }
-    Mod+Shift+Right { move-column-right; }
-    Mod+Shift+H     { move-column-left; }
-    Mod+Shift+J     { move-window-down; }
-    Mod+Shift+K     { move-window-up; }
-    Mod+Shift+L     { move-column-right; }
 
     // Alternative commands that move across workspaces when reaching
     // the first or last window in a column.
-    Mod+J hotkey-overlay-title="Focus window/workspace down" { focus-window-or-workspace-down; }
-    Mod+K hotkey-overlay-title="Focus window/workspace up" { focus-window-or-workspace-up; }
     // Mod+Ctrl+J     { move-window-down-or-to-workspace-down; }
     // Mod+Ctrl+K     { move-window-up-or-to-workspace-up; }
 
@@ -444,39 +441,20 @@ binds {
     Mod+Ctrl+End   { move-column-to-last; }
 
     // Switch focus of multiple monitors
-    Mod+Alt+Left   { focus-monitor-previous; }
-    Mod+Alt+Down   { focus-monitor-down; }
-    Mod+Alt+Up     { focus-monitor-up; }
-    Mod+Alt+Right  { focus-monitor-next; }
     Mod+Alt+H      { focus-monitor-previous; }
     Mod+Alt+J      { focus-monitor-down; }
     Mod+Alt+K      { focus-monitor-up; }
     Mod+Alt+L      { focus-monitor-next; }
 
     // Move column to multiple monitors
-    Mod+Ctrl+Left  { move-column-to-monitor-left; }
-    Mod+Ctrl+Down  { move-column-to-monitor-down; }
-    Mod+Ctrl+Up    { move-column-to-monitor-up; }
-    Mod+Ctrl+Right { move-column-to-monitor-right; }
     Mod+Ctrl+H     { move-column-to-monitor-left; }
     Mod+Ctrl+J     { move-column-to-monitor-down; }
     Mod+Ctrl+K     { move-column-to-monitor-up; }
     Mod+Ctrl+L     { move-column-to-monitor-right; }
 
-    // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window:
-    // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left  { move-window-to-monitor-left; }
-    // ...
-
-    // And you can also move a whole workspace to another monitor:
-    // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left  { move-workspace-to-monitor-left; }
-    // ...
-
-    Mod+U           { focus-workspace-down; }
-    Mod+I           { focus-workspace-up; }
-    Mod+Shift+U     { move-column-to-workspace-down; }
-    Mod+Shift+I     { move-column-to-workspace-up; }
-    Mod+Ctrl+U      { move-workspace-down; }
-    Mod+Ctrl+I      { move-workspace-up; }
+    // Not sure what these even do, so I'm keeping them.
+    Mod+Ctrl+U     { move-workspace-down; }
+    Mod+Ctrl+I     { move-workspace-up; }
 
     // You can bind mouse wheel scroll ticks using the following syntax.
     // These binds will change direction based on the natural-scroll setting.