Universal Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a reference for all of my universal keybaord shortcuts, i.e. shortcuts which don't change depending on the window manager/desktop environment.
Note that the exact behaviour might be different based on WM/DE, but the function is the same. e.g. a window being placed differently, or a different application with the same function

Program Launchers

Shortcut	Function	Notes
Super+Return	Launch terminal	Alacritty, Kitty or st
Super+Shift+Return	Launch backup terminal	Normally xterm
Super+w	Launch browser	Firefox or NetSurf
Super+b	Launch btop
Super+n	Launch nethogs
Super+g	Launch pulsemixer
Super+c	Launch calculator	qalc in terminal
Super+e	Launch TUI file browser	ranger, lf or nnn
Super+Shift+e	Launch graphical file browser	Thunar, Dolphin or xfiles

(Fun fact: I use Super+g for volume control becuase in Windows Super+g is the game bar, which has per application volume control, so when I moved to Linux I stuck with that shortcut)

Other Functions

Shortcut	Function	Notes
Super+q	Bookmarks
Super+i	Color picker	xcolor or kcolorchooser
Super+o	Snippets	Bits of text/symbols to type

System Control

Shortcut	Function	Notes
Super+]	Volume up
Super+[	Volume down
Super+Shift+/	Toggle mute
Super+#	Brightness up	Only when using a laptop/dimmable screen
Super+'	Brightness down	Only when using a laptop/dimmable screen
Super+Shift+x	System menu	Shutdown, reboot etc

Music

Shortcut	Function	Notes
Super+m	Play music	Music from ~/Music/CurrentPlaylist
Super+Shift+m	Play music	Opens menu to choose playlist
Super+u	Launch cava visualiser
Super+Shift+[	Toggle pause
Super+=	Next song
Super+-	Previous song
Super+Shift+-	Stop music/quit player
Super+Shift+=	Add song to favourites	Symlinks to ~/Music/Favourites

Note that Super+- is for the previous song, rather than jumping back to the start of the current song. To jump to the start I would just press Super+- then Super+=