Every built-in shortcut and gesture for Spaces and Mission Control on macOS 14 and later, plus the ones Spacepal adds. Print it or save it as a PDF and keep it next to your keyboard.
macOS, on by default
⌃↑
Mission Control (also the Mission Control key)
⌃↓
Application windows: all windows of the front app
⌃←⌃→
Move one desktop left or right
F11 or fn F11
Show Desktop
⌃⌘F
Enter or leave full screen (the app gets its own Space)
macOS, off until you turn them on
⌃1 … ⌃9
Switch to Desktop 1 to 9
System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Mission Control. Only desktops that already exist are listed, so add them in Mission Control first.
Trackpad and mouse
Three or four fingers left or right
Change desktop (two fingers on a Magic Mouse)
Three or four fingers up
Mission Control
Three or four fingers down
App Exposé, if turned on in Trackpad settings
Drag a window to the screen edge
Move it to the next desktop (hold briefly)
Moving a window (macOS)
Hold the title bar, then ⌃→
Take the window one desktop right (⌃← for left)
Hold the title bar, then ⌃2
Take it to Desktop 2, if that shortcut is on
⌃↑, drag to a desktop
Move a window in Mission Control
Spacepal: switching
⌥Tab
Open the overview (changeable in Settings)
⌃⌥1 … ⌃⌥0
Go to Space 1 to 10. Press again to go back to where you were.
⌃⌥←⌃⌥→
Previous or next Space (add ⇧ to take the window along)
⌃⌥↑⌃⌥↓
Up or down a row, when a grid column count is set in Settings
⌃⌥`
Last Space you were on
Spacepal: windows
⌃⌥⇧1 … ⌃⌥⇧0
Move the front window to Space 1 to 10
⌃⌥F
Search windows on all Spaces. Return goes to the window, ⌘Return brings it here.
⌃⌥W
Windows on this Space
⌃⌥L
Open an app on this Space
⌃⌥/
Show or hide the scratchpad app
⌃⌥M, then a letter
Mark the front window
⌃⌥', then a letter
Jump to a marked window
Spacepal's shortcuts use ⌃⌥ by default so they don't clash with the macOS ⌃ ones; you can change the modifier in Settings, Shortcuts. Each action also has a spacepal:// link (see URL scheme). For how to turn the built-in shortcuts on and what each one does, read every Spaces keyboard shortcut on macOS. More free tools: tools.
Written by Dan Bayer, developer of Spacepal. Last updated 2026-10-28.