[compiz] Feature request.

David Reveman davidr at novell.com
Sun May 21 13:36:17 PDT 2006


On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 21:38 +0100, Bjørn Haagensen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Metacity has a keyboard shortcut for activating the window menu. I
> thinks it defaults to <Alt>Space. Now that compiz has a "proper" window
> menu it would be nice to have the keyboard shortcut for activating it. 

It should be possible to change the window menu binding which by default
is <Alt>Button3 to <Alt>Space. We probably want to allow both a
key-binding and button-binding to exist for each action but that's not
yet supported.

> 
> Rationale: Being among those who suffer from latent strain injuries from
> mouse use, I prefer to use the keyboard as much as possible. I can only
> speak for myself, but the ability to move/resize windows without the
> mouse makes a difference. 
> 
> Related, but less important at this stage, would be to have something
> similar to the entire keyboard shortcut handling system for window
> movement/resizing found in Metacity. I.e. shortcuts for:
> 
> 	-maximizing horizontally/vertically
> 	-snap-to movement/resizing behavior.
> 
> Anyway, these are just some whishes. Take them for what you think
> they're worth.

Maximize key-bindings should probably land in CVS sometime soon.

-David



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