How do I control window placement in KDE with keyboard?

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Is it possible in KDE to set up keyboard shortcuts similar to what Unity uses for window placement - i.e. Alt - Ctrl - Numpad 6 to make a window occupy the left half of the screen etc.?

score 53 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 13:05

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More precisely:

System Settings -> Shortcuts and Gestures -> Global Keyboard Shortcuts
KDE component: KWin ▼
Quick Tile Window to the Left etc.

There is also somewhat interesting Enable/Disable Tiling, which defaults to Alt+Shift+F11. Unfortunately I could not figure out how to move tile a window so that it consumes top or bottom of the screen, but other hotkeys can be used to achieve that.

answered Jun 25 '13 at 13:05

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It's worth noting that native tiling support in KWin was removed in KDE 4.10. The functionality can now be attained via a KWin script: https://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Tiling?content=161151 – HighCommander4 Aug 12 '16 at 07:13
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For possible future reference, these tiling shortcuts are in version 5.8.7. I'm not positive, but I think it's built-in and not from a script. – Chris Jul 20 '17 at 15:06

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '11 at 22:06

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The KDE global keyboard shortcuts: System Settings > Shortcuts and Gestures > Global Keyboard Shortcuts. Pick the KWIN as the KDE component. You could set the keyboard shortcuts to the window position/tiling etc...

answered Oct 25 '11 at 22:06

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Jim McAdams · Answer 3 · 2018-08-18T19:14:37.983

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I was looking for a way to mimic the Microsoft Windows 7 window placement via keyboard including the windows (start) key.

Similar to the other answers I went:

Component:
System Settings
-> Shortcuts
--> Global Shortcuts
---> System Settings Module (KDE Plasma Version: 5.9.5)
---> KWin (KDE Plasma Version: 5.9.12)
Action: Quick Tile Window to the {Left|Right} etc.
Used key-combinations: Meta+Left, Meta+Right

here: the meta key is the name for the MS Windows start key.

(KDE Plasma Version: 5.9.5)

(KDE Plasma Version: 5.9.12)

edited Aug 18 '18 at 19:14

answered Sep 17 '17 at 22:02

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For the German users: the translation is not literal. Look for `Fenster am {linken|rechten} Bildschirmrand anordnen` – Fred Schoen Dec 14 '17 at 14:20
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On Kubuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12, the Quick Tile shortcuts are under "KWin" instead of "System Settings Module". – Uyghur Lives Matter Aug 18 '18 at 16:57

How do I control window placement in KDE with keyboard?

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