weston-bindings - a list of keyboard bindings for
Weston
-
the reference Wayland compositor
The Weston desktop shell has a number of keyboard shortcuts. They
are listed here.
Almost all keyboard shortcuts for
Weston
include a
specified modifier
mod
which is determined in the file
weston.ini(5)
.
mod + Shift + F
Make active window fullscreen
mod + K
Kill active window
mod + Shift + M
Maximize active window
mod + Shift + KEY_LEFT
Make the active window tiled left.
mod + Shift + KEY_RIGHT
Make the active window tiled right.
mod + Shift + KEY_UP
Make the active window tiled top.
mod + Shift + KEY_DOWN
Make the active window tiled bottom.
mod + Tab
Switch active window
Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
If supported, terminate Weston. (Note this combination
often is used to hard restart Xorg.)
Ctrl + Alt + F
Toggle if Weston is fullscreen; only works when nested
under a Wayland compositor
Ctrl + Alt + S
Share output screen, if possible
Ctrl + Alt + F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F8
Switch virtual terminal, if possible
Super + S
Make a screenshot of the desktop
Super + R
Start or stop recording video of the desktop
There are also a number of bindings involving a mouse:
<Touch>
,
<Left button>
,
<Right button>
Activate clicked window
Super + Alt +
<Vertical Scroll>
Change the opacity of a window
mod +
<Left button>
Click and drag to move a window
mod + Shift +
<Left button>
, mod +
<Right button>
, mod +
<Touch>
Click and drag to resize a window
mod +
<Middle button>
Rotate the window (if supported)
The combination
mod + Shift + Space
begins a debug binding.
Debug bindings are completed by pressing an additional key. For example,
pressing M may cycle through the GL renderer debug modes. Most debug effects
can be disabled again by repeating the command. Debug bindings are often
tied to specific backends. Below are the debug bindings available.
- KEY_D :
Subscribe for flight recorder.
- KEY_C :
Enable/Disable cursor planes.
- KEY_V :
Enable/Disable overlay planes.
- KEY_Q :
Start VAAPI recorder.
- KEY_M :
Cycle through gl-renderer debug modes: none, wireframe,
batches, damage, opaque.
- KEY_R :
Enable repaint debugging for Pixman.
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