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Keyboard shortcuts

Singularity is built to be driven from the keyboard. These are the defaults.

ShortcutAction
Super + SpaceOpen the overview
Super + WWorkspace overview
Super + TabSpotlight
Shift + Alt + F2Spotlight
Super + ReturnOpen a terminal
Super + DReveal or restore the desktop
ShortcutAction
Super + MMute audio
Super + LLock the screen

Volume and brightness changes show an on-screen indicator as you adjust them.

ShortcutAction
Super + Left / RightMove one slot in scrolling tiling, otherwise snap left or right
Super + Up / DownSnap the focused window to the top or bottom half
Super + RArrange tiled windows again
PrintScreenshot
Shift + PrintScreenshot a region
Alt + PrintScreenshot the current window

You can add your own shortcuts from the keyboard settings. Custom shortcuts are applied to the compositor as well, so a binding you set works the same whether the shell or labwc handles it.

Touchpad actions are listed separately in Touchpad gestures.