weston/man/weston-bindings.man

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.TH weston-bindings 7 "2019-03-27" "Weston @version@"
.SH NAME
weston-bindings \- a list of keyboard bindings for
.B Weston
\- the reference Wayland
compositor
.SH INTRODUCTION
The Weston desktop shell has a number of keyboard shortcuts. They are listed here.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Almost all keyboard shortcuts for
.B Weston
include a specified modifier
.I mod
which is determined in the file
.BR weston.ini (5).
.\" Begin list
.P
.RE
.B mod + Shift + F
.RS 4
Make active window fullscreen
.P
.RE
.B mod + K
.RS 4
Kill active window
.P
.RE
.B mod + Shift + M
.RS 4
Maximize active window
.P
.RE
.B mod + Shift + KEY_LEFT
.RS 4
Make the active window tiled left.
.P
.RE
.B mod + Shift + KEY_RIGHT
.RS 4
Make the active window tiled right.
.P
.RE
.B mod + Shift + KEY_UP
.RS 4
Make the active window tiled top.
.P
.RE
.B mod + Shift + KEY_DOWN
.RS 4
Make the active window tiled bottom.
.P
.RE
.B mod + Tab
.RS 4
Switch active window
.P
.RE
.B Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
.RS 4
If supported, terminate Weston. (Note this combination often is used to hard restart Xorg.)
.P
.RE
.B Ctrl + Alt + F
.RS 4
Toggle if Weston is fullscreen; only works when nested under a Wayland compositor
.P
.RE
.B Ctrl + Alt + S
.RS 4
Share output screen, if possible
.P
.RE
.B Ctrl + Alt + F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F8
.RS 4
Switch virtual terminal, if possible
.P
.RE
.B Super + S
.RS 4
Make a screenshot of the desktop
.P
.RE
.B Super + R
.RS 4
Start or stop recording video of the desktop

.SS "TOUCH / MOUSE BINDINGS"

There are also a number of bindings involving a mouse:
.P
.RE
.B \fI<Touch>\fI, \fI<Left button>\fB, \fI<Right button>\fB
.RS 4
Activate clicked window
.P
.RE
.B Super + Alt + \fI<Vertical Scroll>\fB
.RS 4
Change the opacity of a window
.P
.RE
.B mod + \fI<Vertical Scroll>\fB
.RS 4
Zoom/magnify the visible desktop
.P
.RE
.B mod + \fI<Left button>\fB
.RS 4
Click and drag to move a window
.P
.RE
.B mod + Shift + \fI<Left button>\fB, mod + \fI<Right button>\fB, mod + \fI<Touch>\fB
.RS 4
Click and drag to resize a window
.P
.RE
.B mod + \fI<Middle button>\fB
.RS 4
Rotate the window (if supported)

.SS DEBUG BINDINGS
The combination \fBmod + Shift + Space\fR begins a debug binding. Debug
bindings are completed by pressing an additional key. For example, pressing
F may toggle texture mesh wireframes with the GL renderer.
(In fact, 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.

.RS
- KEY_D :
.RS 4
Subscribe for flight recorder.
.RE
- KEY_C : 
.RS 4
Enable/Disable cursor planes.
.RE
- KEY_V :
.RS 4
Enable/Disable overlay planes.
.RE
- KEY_Q :
.RS 4
Start VAAPI recorder.
.RE
- KEY_S : 
.RS 4
Enable fragment debugging for gl-renderer.
.RE
- KEY_F :
.RS 4
Enable fan debugging for gl-renderer.
.RE
- KEY_R :
.RS 4
Enable repaint debugging for Pixman.
.RE
.RE

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR weston (1),
.BR weston-drm (7),
.BR weston.ini (5),
.BR xkeyboard-config (7)