Inspired by Aurélien Gâteau’s blogpost and the thread on KDE Forums, I decided to change my global KWin short-cuts as well to see how it fares.
Shortcuts¶
As proposed in the forum thread and by Aurélien, I have concentrated my desktop/window manipulation short-cuts around the Meta key.
In addition I figured out that to navigate virtual desktops and activities I practically only use the following effects:
- Activities bar
- Activities menu (which I have bound to right-click on background)
- Desktop grid
- Show all windows on all desktops
Here are the most important changes:
Virtual desktops¶
Meta+F?
– goes to the desktop number?
Meta+Shift+F?
– moves/shifts the active window to desktop number?
Meta+Down
– shows all desktops in the grid effect
Window management¶
Meta+F
– puts window in full-screen mode (i.e. maximises and hides windows decorations)Meta+Up
– maximises the window (or de-maximises it)Meta+Left
– window occupies the left half of the screenMeta+Right
– window occupies the right half of the screenMeta+PageUp
– keep window above othersMeta+PageDown
– keep window below othersMeta+Tabr
– show all windows from all desktopsMeta+Esc
– close windowMeta+Ctrl+Esc
– kill window
Launchers, Activities, etc.¶
Meta+A
– opens the Activities barMeta+Space
– KrunnerMeta+Enter
– Yakuake
How does it feel¶
I actually quite like it and it does not need a lot to get used to. It is far easier to remember than the KDE Plasma default. And I am saying this after years and years of using the default as well as years of using a different custom set up (concentrated on Alt).
Personally, I think it would make sense to adopt such a change of defaults. But if that does not happen, I know I can still just change it myself locally …and I will ☺
hook out → taking a final sip of honey-sweetened Yorkshire Gold tea (Taylors of Harrogate) and going to sleep