1weston-bindings(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual weston-bindings(7)
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6 weston-bindings - a list of keyboard bindings for Weston - the refer‐
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10 The Weston desktop shell has a number of keyboard shortcuts. They are
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14 Almost all keyboard shortcuts for Weston include a specified modifier
15 mod which is determined in the file weston.ini(5).
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17 mod + Shift + F
18 Make active window fullscreen
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20 mod + K
21 Kill active window
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23 mod + Shift + M
24 Maximize active window
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26 mod + PageUp, mod + PageDown
27 Zoom desktop in (or out)
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29 mod + Tab
30 Switch active window
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32 mod + Up, mod + Down
33 Increment/decrement active workspace number, if there are multiple
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35 mod + Shift + Up, mod + Shift + Down
36 Move active window to the succeeding/preceding workspace, if possi‐
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39 mod + F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6
40 Jump to the numbered workspace, if it exists
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42 Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
43 If supported, terminate Weston. (Note this combination often is
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47 Toggle if Weston is fullscreen; only works when nested under a Way‐
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50 Ctrl + Alt + S
51 Share output screen, if possible
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53 Ctrl + Alt + F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F8
54 Switch virtual terminal, if possible
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57 Make a screenshot of the desktop
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60 Start or stop recording video of the desktop
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63 TOUCH / MOUSE BINDINGS
64 There are also a number of bindings involving a mouse:
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67 Activate clicked window
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69 Super + Alt + <Vertical Scroll>
70 Change the opacity of a window
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73 Zoom/magnify the visible desktop
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75 mod + <Left button>
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82 Rotate the window (if supported)
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85 DEBUG BINDINGS
86 The combination mod + Shift + Space begins a debug binding. Debug bind‐
87 ings are completed by pressing an additional key. For example, pressing
88 F may toggle texture mesh wireframes with the GL renderer. (In fact,
89 most debug effects can be disabled again by repeating the command.)
90 Debug bindings are often tied to specific backends.
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94 weston(1), weston-launch(1), weston-drm(7), weston.ini(5), xkeyboard-
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