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What I find really useful in (default?) Unity: * Ctrl + Alt + left/right/up/down to switch workspaces * Ctrl + Alt + Shift + left/right/up/down to move the cu

by smhg 9y ago

What I find really useful in (default?) Unity: * Ctrl + Alt + left/right/up/down to switch workspaces * Ctrl + Alt + Shift + left/right/up/down to move the current window to a different workspace * Alt + Left mouse button to drag windows * Alt + Middle mouse button to resize windows * Drag a window to the left or right edge to resize it to that half of the screen. No idea how much of this is Gnome/remains in 17.10. Or how easy it is to set up. I guess I need to give it a try.

noobermin 9y ago
Settings->keyboard or just search "shortcuts" in the search bar
josteink 9y ago
My main app-switching feature across machines, OSes an desktop environments has been Super+[1-9] to focus my pinned app number [1-9] on the taskbar. This works in Windows. It worked in Unity. It works with my custom i3/sway setup. I never quite got it working in Gnome/KDE though. This single key-combo is super-crucial to my flow, and if Canonical has shipped a default-config which preserves this behaviour from Unity, I'd be super happy to give it a spin.
- emilsedgh 9y ago
  I have the same flow on KDE. Right click on any application, go to "Special Application Settings" and set a shortcut for it.
- Shorel 9y ago
  Install the Dash to Dock extension.
audidude 9y ago
Workspace switching with and without window is as you mention. Drag to left/right too. With 3.26 you can also drag the left/right split to arbitrary positions that may be more beneficial to the task at hand. GNOME uses Super (Windows) by default instead of Alt for drag/resize. You can change it (and lots of other stuff) in the Tweaks application. Resize uses secondary click instead of middle I think, but also available in Tweaks.
Pengwin 9y ago
Gnome 3 has all those shortcuts, albeit Workspaces are now in a single column, so you only have up and down navigating workspaces.
- JoshMnem 9y ago
  That's a terrible restriction for people who have many virtual desktops. I've used 10 in two rows for years (or 9 in xmonad) so that's my mental model of where everything is located.
- mcjiggerlog 9y ago
  I can't work without workspaces on a grid, but luckily there is a gnome shell plugin that works perfectly on 17.10 - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/484/workspace-grid/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/484/workspace-grid/
  - fmoralesc 9y ago
    You can configure gnome-shell to use static workspaces from the gnome-tweak-tool application as well.
    - mcjiggerlog 9y ago
      Ah yes - you'll want to set the number of spaces to static first.
pizza234 9y ago
I have XFCE and they all work (resize is Alt+Right button), I think they're standard.
bipson 9y ago
How it works on Gnome (since "shell"/3.x IIRC): * Super + Alt + up/down to switch workspaces * Super + Alt + Shift + up/down to move the current window to a different workspace * Super + left click to drag windows * Super + left/right to resize to half screen * Super + up/down to maximize/restore * Drag a window to the left or right edge to resize it to that half of the screen. hth
- vesak 9y ago
  > * Super + Alt + up/down to switch workspaces > * Super + Alt + Shift + up/down to move the current window to a different workspace These are pgup/pgdown, I believe?
- sjapkee 9y ago
  It's awesome, but Gnome still has two shortcuts to change keyboard layout. Why? Why's it can't be fixed without some hacks?
majewsky 9y ago
For what it's worth, you can have all this in Plasma 5: * The "Switch to adjacent workspace" and "Move Window to adjacent workspace" actions are not bound to shortcuts by default, but you can do so via System Settings > Shortcuts > Global Shortcuts > KWin. * Alt+Left and Alt+Right for drag and resize, but can be configured to be the same as in Unity in System Settings > Window Management > Window Behavior > Window Actions. * Quick-tiling (full, half, quarter) is enabled by default.

by smhg 9y ago

noobermin 9y ago

Settings->keyboard or just search "shortcuts" in the search bar

josteink 9y ago

My main app-switching feature across machines, OSes an desktop environments has been Super+[1-9] to focus my pinned app number [1-9] on the taskbar. This works in Windows. It worked in Unity. It works with my custom i3/sway setup. I never quite got it working in Gnome/KDE though. This single key-combo is super-crucial to my flow, and if Canonical has shipped a default-config which preserves this behaviour from Unity, I'd be super happy to give it a spin.

emilsedgh 9y ago
I have the same flow on KDE. Right click on any application, go to "Special Application Settings" and set a shortcut for it.
Shorel 9y ago
Install the Dash to Dock extension.

audidude 9y ago

Workspace switching with and without window is as you mention. Drag to left/right too. With 3.26 you can also drag the left/right split to arbitrary positions that may be more beneficial to the task at hand. GNOME uses Super (Windows) by default instead of Alt for drag/resize. You can change it (and lots of other stuff) in the Tweaks application. Resize uses secondary click instead of middle I think, but also available in Tweaks.

Pengwin 9y ago

Gnome 3 has all those shortcuts, albeit Workspaces are now in a single column, so you only have up and down navigating workspaces.

JoshMnem 9y ago
That's a terrible restriction for people who have many virtual desktops. I've used 10 in two rows for years (or 9 in xmonad) so that's my mental model of where everything is located.
mcjiggerlog 9y ago
I can't work without workspaces on a grid, but luckily there is a gnome shell plugin that works perfectly on 17.10 - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/484/workspace-grid/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/484/workspace-grid/
- fmoralesc 9y ago
  You can configure gnome-shell to use static workspaces from the gnome-tweak-tool application as well.
  - mcjiggerlog 9y ago
    Ah yes - you'll want to set the number of spaces to static first.

pizza234 9y ago

I have XFCE and they all work (resize is Alt+Right button), I think they're standard.

bipson 9y ago

How it works on Gnome (since "shell"/3.x IIRC): * Super + Alt + up/down to switch workspaces * Super + Alt + Shift + up/down to move the current window to a different workspace * Super + left click to drag windows * Super + left/right to resize to half screen * Super + up/down to maximize/restore * Drag a window to the left or right edge to resize it to that half of the screen. hth

vesak 9y ago
> * Super + Alt + up/down to switch workspaces > * Super + Alt + Shift + up/down to move the current window to a different workspace These are pgup/pgdown, I believe?
sjapkee 9y ago
It's awesome, but Gnome still has two shortcuts to change keyboard layout. Why? Why's it can't be fixed without some hacks?

majewsky 9y ago

For what it's worth, you can have all this in Plasma 5: * The "Switch to adjacent workspace" and "Move Window to adjacent workspace" actions are not bound to shortcuts by default, but you can do so via System Settings > Shortcuts > Global Shortcuts > KWin. * Alt+Left and Alt+Right for drag and resize, but can be configured to be the same as in Unity in System Settings > Window Management > Window Behavior > Window Actions. * Quick-tiling (full, half, quarter) is enabled by default.