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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 + Shift + KEY_LEFT
27 Make the active window tiled left.
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29 mod + Shift + KEY_RIGHT
30 Make the active window tiled right.
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32 mod + Shift + KEY_UP
33 Make the active window tiled top.
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35 mod + Shift + KEY_DOWN
36 Make the active window tiled bottom.
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38 mod + Tab
39 Switch active window
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41 Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
42 If supported, terminate Weston. (Note this combination often is
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45 Ctrl + Alt + F
46 Toggle if Weston is fullscreen; only works when nested under a Way‐
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49 Ctrl + Alt + S
50 Share output screen, if possible
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52 Ctrl + Alt + F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F8
53 Switch virtual terminal, if possible
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55 Super + S
56 Make a screenshot of the desktop
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58 Super + R
59 Start or stop recording video of the desktop
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62 TOUCH / MOUSE BINDINGS
63 There are also a number of bindings involving a mouse:
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65 <Touch>, <Left button>, <Right button>
66 Activate clicked window
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68 Super + Alt + <Vertical Scroll>
69 Change the opacity of a window
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71 mod + <Vertical Scroll>
72 Zoom/magnify the visible desktop
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74 mod + <Left button>
75 Click and drag to move a window
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77 mod + Shift + <Left button>, mod + <Right button>, mod + <Touch>
78 Click and drag to resize a window
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81 Rotate the window (if supported)
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84 DEBUG BINDINGS
85 The combination mod + Shift + Space begins a debug binding. Debug bind‐
86 ings are completed by pressing an additional key. For example, pressing
87 F may toggle texture mesh wireframes with the GL renderer. (In fact,
88 most debug effects can be disabled again by repeating the command.)
89 Debug bindings are often tied to specific backends. Below are the debug
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92 - KEY_D :
93 Subscribe for flight recorder.
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95 Enable/Disable cursor planes.
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97 Enable/Disable overlay planes.
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99 Start VAAPI recorder.
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101 Enable fragment debugging for gl-renderer.
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103 Enable fan debugging for gl-renderer.
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105 Enable repaint debugging for Pixman.
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