GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 655031
Add keyboard shortcuts to arrange windows (à la Windows 7)
Last modified: 2011-07-21 09:44:20 UTC
[Not sure if this is Mutter-related or GNOME Shell-related thing. Please move it if I've posted it to the wrong place. Thank you!] I've discovered some really useful keyboard shortcuts recently in Windows 7 (maybe they're also available on Vista, I don't know) and I think it'd make sense to implemented them in GNOME 3, since both desktops share this drag-windows-to-specific-areas-to-resize feature (the behavior I'm referring to is demonstrated in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip9Bgjaspjs). These shortcuts are the following: Windows key + Up = Maximize window Windows key + Down = Minimize window (maybe this one wouldn't make much sense in GNOME 3, since minimize buttons are gone) Windows key + Left = Move window to the left and resize it so it fits half the screen Windows key + Right = Move window to the right and resize it so it fits half the screen Sure these shortcuts aren't obvious and the average user probably won't use them, but I think power users will find them pretty convenient (at least I do). I also believe the design team plans to release a brief, brochure-like user guide for new GNOME 3 users, including some basics shortcuts. Maybe these ones could be included there to increase its discoverability (in fact, I discovered them by accident in Windows 7).
(In reply to comment #0) > [Not sure if this is Mutter-related or GNOME Shell-related thing. Please move > it if I've posted it to the wrong place. Thank you!] Mutter is fine. However, we already have an open bug report requesting this feature, so I'll close this one. Feel free to report any other issues you encounter. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 648700 ***