weston-bindings - a list of keyboard bindings for Weston - the reference Wayland compositor
Contents
Description
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
TOUCH/MOUSEBINDINGS
There are also a number of bindings involving a mouse:
<Touch>,<Leftbutton>,<Rightbutton>
Activate clicked window
Super+Alt+<VerticalScroll>
Change the opacity of a window
mod+<Leftbutton>
Click and drag to move a window
mod+Shift+<Leftbutton>,mod+<Rightbutton>,mod+<Touch>
Click and drag to resize a window
mod+<Middlebutton>
Rotate the window (if supported)
DEBUGBINDINGS
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.
Introduction
The Weston desktop shell has a number of keyboard shortcuts. They are listed here.
Name
weston-bindings - a list of keyboard bindings for Weston - the reference Wayland compositor
See Also
weston(1), weston-drm(7), weston.ini(5), xkeyboard-config(7)
Weston 14.0.2 2019-03-27 weston-bindings(7)
