# Default layout

> The Capslock Classic layout that ships with the app, plane by plane.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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A fresh install starts with the complete **Capslock Classic V3** layout: 357
bindings, one for tapping Caps Lock and 356 for holding it with another key.
Nothing has to be configured before it works. These pages list every binding.
In the app, the Keyboard page shows the same layout, one plane at a time, and
[Hold-to-Reveal](/docs/start/learn/#hold-to-reveal) shows it while you type.

## How to read the tables {#notation}

`⇪` means "hold Caps Lock". `⇪ H` is: hold Caps Lock, press H. `⇪ ⌘ H` is:
hold Caps Lock and Command, press H. Modifier glyphs follow the macOS order:
⌃ Control, ⌥ Option, ⇧ Shift, ⌘ Command.

In the default **Classic** Hyper mode only the **left** Command, Option,
Control and Shift choose a plane. The right-side ones are what Capslock itself
holds down for other apps; see [Hyper mode](/docs/guide/hyper-mode/).

## The Caps Lock key {#caps}

| Press | What happens |
| --- | --- |
| Tap Caps Lock | Escape, sent when you release the key |
| Hold Caps Lock | The Hyper layer: the keys below take on their mapped actions |
| `⇪ Esc` | Turns real Caps Lock on or off |
| `⇪ Space` | Sends ⌃Space, the macOS shortcut for switching input sources |
| `⇪ ⌘ Space` | Sends ⌃⌘Space, which opens Emoji & Symbols |

A tap counts only if you release Caps Lock within one second and press no
other key, mouse button, or scroll wheel in between. Modifiers you already hold
travel with the Escape: hold Shift and tap Caps Lock to send ⇧Esc.

> [!NOTE] While Caps Lock is on
> When real Caps Lock is switched on, every chord except `⇪ Esc` types its
> ordinary key. Press `⇪ Esc` to switch Caps Lock off again.

## The sixteen planes {#planes}

The modifiers you hold with Caps Lock choose one of sixteen planes. Each
modifier is a bit (Command 1, Option 2, Control 4, Shift 8), and the plane
number is their sum. Matching is exact: a chord with an extra modifier never
falls back to a plane with fewer.

| Plane | Hold with ⇪ | Name in the app | Default bindings |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| P0 | nothing | Navigation & Actions · Base | 88 |
| P1 | ⌘ | Selection & Quick Actions · Command | 64 |
| P2 | ⌥ | Mouse & Apps · Option | 43 |
| P3 | ⌥⌘ | Extended Selection · Command + Option | 13 |
| P4 | ⌃ | Windows & Spaces · Control | 17 |
| P8 | ⇧ | Apps & Scrolling · Shift | 30 |
| P9 | ⇧⌘ | Fast Scrolling · Command + Shift | 26 |
| P10 | ⌥⇧ | Fast Mouse · Option + Shift | 26 |
| P12 | ⌃⇧ | Scrolling · Control + Shift | 14 |
| P5, P6, P7, P11, P13, P14, P15 | other combinations | Custom | 5 each (keypad mouse buttons only) |

The seven "Custom" planes are free for your own bindings. Only the five keypad
mouse buttons are bound there, so that a click keeps working whatever
modifiers you hold.

## Apps the layout opens {#apps}

Twenty-three bindings open an app, among them Safari, iTerm, Visual Studio Code,
Alfred, Codex and Claude. If an app is not installed, its key does nothing.
The full list is in [Windows and apps](/docs/layout/windows-apps/#apps).

## What the layout does not contain {#not-included}

- No Shell commands. App launches, sleep, and clipboard slots are built-in
  actions, so nothing in the default layout runs a script.
- No double-tap bindings and no per-app rules. Both are available for your own
  mappings.
- `⇪ A` and the number keys 1 to 5 have no binding on the base plane.

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Section pages:

- [Navigation and selection](/docs/layout/navigation/): Move the cursor with H J K L U I O P, select with Command, and switch tabs, apps, windows and Spaces.
- [Mouse and scrolling](/docs/layout/mouse/): Move the pointer, click, drag, and scroll from the keyboard, with or without a numeric keypad.
- [Editing, symbols and clipboard](/docs/layout/editing/): Delete by character, word or line, type programming symbols from the home row, and keep five extra clipboards.
- [Windows and apps](/docs/layout/windows-apps/): Switch and close apps, windows, tabs and Spaces with the left hand, and open your most-used apps with one chord.
- [Function and media keys](/docs/layout/function-keys/): Brightness, keyboard light, media, volume and screenshots on the function row, with fine steps on the editing cluster.

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Backlinks:

- [Docs](/docs/)