Dwm default keys cheatsheet

Basic
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[Shift]+[Mod]+[Enter]   - launch terminal.

[Mod]+[b]               - show/hide bar.
[Mod]+[p]               - dmenu for running programs like the x-www-browser.
[Mod]+[Enter]           - push acive window from stack to master, or pulls last used window from stack onto master.

[Mod] + [j / k]         - focus on next/previous window in current tag.
[Mod] + [h / l]         - increases / decreases master size.

Navigation
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[Mod]+[2]               - moves your focus to tag 2.
[Shift]+[Mod]+[2]       - move active window to the 2 tag.

[Mod] + [i / d]         - increases / decreases number of windows on master
[Mod] + [, / .]         - move focus between screens (multi monitor setup)
[Shift]+[Mod]+[, / .]   - move active window to different screen.

[Mod]+[0]               - view all windows on screen.
[Shift]+[Mod]+[0]       - make focused window appear on all tags.
[Shift]+[Mod]+[c]       - kill active window.
[Shift]+[Mod]+[q]       - quit dwm cleanly.

Layout
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[Mod]+[t]               - tiled mode. []=
[Mod]+[f]               - floating mode. ><>
[Mod]+[m]               - monocle mode. [M] (single window fullscreen)

Floating
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[Mod]+[R M B]           - to resize the floating window.
[Mod]+[L M B]           - to move the floating window around.
[Mod]+[Space]           - toggles to the previous layout mode.
[Mod]+[Shift]+[Space]   - to make an individual window float.
[Mod]+[M M B]           - to make an individual window un-float.

this is outdated, and likely wont work, a lot of these keybinds are incorrect

Every single one of the above keybinds works in dwm 6.5 (currently the latest version). You might want to check the integrity of your setup.

one can also view all keybindings using man dwm in the terminal