A standard for global/desktop environment shortcuts to prevent conflicts with Linux apps

[Noah Davis]

Thanks for replying.

> This key is perfect for window manager operations and other global DE-related actions since it is never mapped to any in-app actions.

It's not never used, but it is rarely used. Digikam uses Meta + Left
Click in Table View to open pictures in external apps. There are
probably a few other apps that use Meta. Thankfully Emacs is not one
of them since it uses Alt for M-* shortcuts instead of actually using
Meta.

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 12:24 AM Vladimir Kudrya <vladimir-csp at yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> This is an exellent idea. This key is perfect for window manager operations and other global DE-related actions since it is never mapped to any in-app actions.
>
> Some of this may be questionable, but here are shortcuts I use in Openbox. I hope at least some of it can be useful.
>
> # windows
> Super-{number} Desktop N
> Ctrl-Super-{number} SendToDesktop N
> Super-Left MoveToEdgeWest
> Super-Right MoveToEdgeEast
> Super-Up MoveToEdgeNorth
> Super-Down MoveToEdgeSouth
> Ctrl-Super-Left GrowToEdgeWest
> Ctrl-Super-Right GrowToEdgeEast
> Ctrl-Super-Up GrowToEdgeNorth
> Ctrl-Super-Down GrowToEdgeSouth
> Alt-Super-Left DirectionalFocusWest
> Alt-Super-Right DirectionalFocusEast
> Alt-Super-Up DirectionalFocusNorth
> Alt-Super-Down DirectionalFocusSouth
> Super-d ToggleShowDesktop
> Super-F4 Close
> Super-c Close
> Super-i Iconify
> Super-F2 Iconify
> Super-F3 ToggleMaximizeFull
> Super-m ToggleMaximizeFull
> Super-h ToggleMaximizeVert
> Super-w ToggleMaximizeHorz
> Ctrl-Super-m ToggleFullscreen
> Super-a ToggleAlwaysOnTop
> Super-s ToggleOmnipresent
> Super-u ToggleDecorations
>
> Super-Tab NextWindow
> Ctrl-Super-Tab PreviousWindow
>
> # app launch
> Super-F1 Execute jgmenu (xdg menu)
> Super-r Execute gmrun (launcher)
> Super-t Execute sakura (terminal)
> Super-e Execute spacefm (file manager)
> Super-l Execute loginctl lock-session
> Super-f Execute spacefm --find-files ~/ (file search)
> Print Execute screengrab --fullscreen (screenshot)
> Super-Print Execute screengrab --active (active window screenshot)
> Ctrl-Super-Print Execute screengrab --region (area select screenshot)
> Super-Escape Execute lxqt-leave (end session/shutdown dialog)
>
> # mouse
> Super-Left Move
> Super-Right Resize
> Super-Middle Lower
> Super-Up DesktopPrevious
> Super-Down DesktopNext
> Ctrl-Super-Up SendToDesktopPrevious
> Ctrl-Super-Down SendToDesktopNext
>
>
> On 2020-05-06 22:41, Noah Davis wrote:
>
> Hello, KDE is currently trying to standardize on reserving the
> Meta/Super/Start/Command key for global/desktop environment shortcuts.
>
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