bspwm is a tiling window manager along the lines of qtile and i3. The window manager, bspwm, does not handle any keyboard inputs and a third party program, sxhkd, is needed in order to translate keyboard events to navigate around bspwm.

Most of my keyboard shortcuts are the default from 'sxhkd'. However, there are a few additions which have made navigation much easier for me.

1. Rotate an application around the current desktop

super + shift + {p,o}
      bspc node @/ -C {forward,backward}

The keys 'p' and 'o' can be changed for whatever you prefer - they just work for me! If you use 'super + shift + p' this will move your windows in a clockwise direction around the desktop.

2. Expand/contract a window by moving one of its side outward/inward

There is a command in 'sxhkd' which allows you to expand and contract a window but, for me, it feels cumbersome and counter-intuitive. The original sxhkd keyboard shortcuts are:

# expand a window by moving one of its side outward
      super + alt + {h,j,k,l}
      	bspc node -z {left -20 0,bottom 0 20,top 0 -20,right 20 0}

# contract a window by moving one of its side inward
      super + alt + shift + {h,j,k,l}
      	bspc node -z {right -20 0,top 0 20,bottom 0 -20,left 20 0}

For me a simpler method is as follows:

alt  {Left,Down,Up,Right}
      STEP=20; SELECTION={1,2,3,4}; \
      bspc node -z $(echo "left -$STEP 0,bottom 0 $STEP,top 0 -$STEP,right $STEP 0" | cut -d',' -f$SELECTION) || \
      bspc node -z $(echo "right -$STEP 0,top 0 $STEP,bottom 0 -$STEP,left $STEP 0" | cut -d',' -f$SELECTION)

3. Focus the next/previous desktop in the current monitor

This one took me a while to find but one which I really wanted. It allows you to rotate through your desktops - in my case I have 5. The shortcut makes it a breeze to move through them, either backwards or forwards:

      super + bracket{left,right}
      	bspc desktop -f {prev,next}.local

If needed, my configuration file can be found on my GitLab page.