TL;DR. Default chords use ⌃+⌥. Arrows focus and move. ⌃+⌥+R cycles width. ⌃+⌥+F goes full width. ⌃+⌥+S stacks. ⌃+⌥+Space toggles floating. ⌃+⌥+N sends the window to the next display. Number keys 1–9 focus that column. Vim, Option, and Command-Option styles are available. Everything is rebindable in Settings → Shortcuts.
Want to feel the chords first? Open the interactive shortcuts lab — press the keys and watch a live strip move in the browser.
Direct answer
Drive the strip from the keyboard the same way you drive an editor: focus, move, resize, stack, jump. If a chord conflicts with macOS or with another Ribbon action, Settings warns you before you keep it.
Default Control-Option set
| Action | Chord |
|---|---|
| Focus left / right / up / down | ⌃+⌥+←/⌃+⌥+→/⌃+⌥+↑/⌃+⌥+↓ |
| Move / swap with neighbor | ⌃+⌥+⇧+←/⌃+⌥+⇧+→/⌃+⌥+⇧+↑/⌃+⌥+⇧+↓ |
| Cycle column width | ⌃+⌥+R |
| Full width | ⌃+⌥+F |
| Match other columns to focused width | ⌃+⌥+B |
| Stack with next column | ⌃+⌥+S |
| Unstack | ⌃+⌥+⇧+S |
| Tabs in column | ⌃+⌥+T |
| Even a stack | ⌃+⌥+0 |
| Toggle floating | ⌃+⌥+Space |
| Next display | ⌃+⌥+N |
| Focus column 1–9 | ⌃+⌥+1 |
| Center column | ⌃+⌥+C |
⌥+← and ⌥+→ also step focus one column when you use the Option style.
Shortcut styles
In Settings → Shortcuts you can switch between:
- Arrows (⌃+⌥ + arrows)
- Vim (H J K L in place of arrows)
- Option
- Command-Option
Pick a style, then Record to change any single action. If two actions share a chord, or macOS already owns it, the UI shows a warning.
Beyond the keyboard
The same actions exist as ribbon://focus?direction=east URLs and as the ribbon CLI. See the repository README for automation notes.
Trackpad: three-finger swipe by default (gestures guide). Option + two fingers if Finger swipe is Off.