KeyboardBindings(1) FVWM-Crystal KeyboardBindings(1)NAME
FVWM-Crystal Keyboard Bindings Reference
AUTHOR
Maciej Delmanowski <harnir@berlios.de>
DESCRIPTION
In this file you can find all keyboard bindings used in FVWM-Crystal
desktop.
LEGEND
Alt Meta (Alt)
Win_L Windows Left
Win_R Windows Right
Menu a "menu" key
KP_ means that following key is on the numeric keyboard
LMB Left Mouse Button
RMB Right Mouse Button
MMB Middle Mouse Button
TERMINAL WINDOWS
Alt + ` (grave)
Opens "QuakeConsole", a terminal similar to console available in
FPP games, like Quake series. It's a normal terminal where you
can launch commands. It stays on top of other windows, is visi‐
ble on all desktops. When you press Alt+` again, it will roll up
and hide, waiting for your next press of Alt+`, when it will
show up again, so you can launch a command in this terminal and
hide it.
Alt + Shift + ` (grave)
It will open new terminal window, Aterm by default.
Alt + ;
Opens FvwmConsole in the lower-left corner of the screen, where
you can issue FVWM commands, and sometimes see error messages.
The same combination will hide/unhide it.
SYSTEM AND APPLICATIONS MENU
Alt + Menu
Opens a small menu with all the menus from ApplicationPanel and
Docklet. You can navigate the menu using cursor keys, or h, j,
k, l, Escape cancels the selection, Enter selects a menu posi‐
tion.
Alt + Win_R
Opens an /Applications menu which contains a list of available
applications. You can use arrow keys or hjkl to move between
menu entries, Enter to select an entry and Escape to close the
menu.
DESKTOP SWITCHING AND MOVING WINDOWS BETWEEN DESKTOPS
Alt + Escape
Swiches between two last used pages of the desktop.
Alt + F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8
Switches to the selected page of the desktop, from 1 to 8.
Alt + Shift + F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8
Moves active window to selected page, from 1 to 8.
Alt + [
Go to the page on the left side of the current one.
Alt + ]
Go to the page on the right side of the current one.
Alt + Shift + [
Move the focused window to the page on the left side of the cur‐
rent one and go there.
Alt + Shift + ]
Move the focused window to the page on the right side of the
current one and go there.
WINDOW MOVEMENT ON A SINGLE DESKTOP
Alt + h, j, k, l
Move windows to selected screen edge, centered:
. j
. h k
. l
Alt + Shift + h, j, k, l
Move windows to selected screen corner:
. h k
. j l
WINDOW AND ICON LIST
Alt + Tab
Shows a list of opened windows on the current page, allows you
to switch between them. Last active window will be at the end of
the list, previously active window will be at the top - that way
quickly pressed and released Alt+Tab will switch between two
last used windows. Alt + Shift + Tab Shows a list of iconified
windows, with thumbnails. After releasing Alt selected window
will show up on the current page. Escape cancels this operation.
WINDOW RESIZER
Alt + Shift + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Resizes currently focused window in different ways. Try it to
see what happens :)
MUSIC PLAYER AND AUDIO MIXER
Alt + Z
Selects prevouse track in music player.
Alt + X
Starts playback in music player.
Alt + C
Pauses playback in music player.
Alt + V
Stops playback in music player.
Alt + B
Selects next track in music player.
Alt + N
Selects prevous track ignoring "Shuffle" setting in music
player.
Alt + M
Selects next track ignoring "Shuffle" setting in music player.
Alt + ,
Lowers the volume by 10%.
Alt + .
Raises the volume by 10%.
Alt + Shift + ,
Lowers the volume by 5%.
Alt + Shift + .
Raises the volume by 5%.
Alt + / (slash)
Activates the search function of the music player (currently
only XMMS with XMMS-Find) Alt + Shift + / (slash) Toggles
sequential/random playback
NUMERIC KEYBOARD
WINDOW FOCUS
KP_1, KP_2, KP_3, KP_4, KP_6, KP_7, KP_8, KP_9
Change focus in the selected direction from the currently
focused window.
KP_5 Switch focus between two closest windows on the current page.
WINDOW MOVEMENT
Alt + KP_1, KP_2, KP_3, KP_4, KP_5, KP_6, KP_7, KP_8, KP_9
Move currently focused window to the selected part of the
screen, corresponding to the numbers on the numeric keyboard.
Pressing it twice very fast moves a window instantly.
WINDOW CONTROLS
KP_0 or Alt + - (substract)
Raise currently focused window.
KP_. or Alt + - (substract)
Lower currently focused window.
KP_/ Shade or unshade currently focused window.
Alt + KP_/
Stick or unstick currently focused window.
KP_* or Alt + = (equal)
Maximize currently focused window.
Alt + KP_* or Alt + Shift + = (equal)
Make currently focused window a "fullscreened" window. It looses
the titlebar and border and is maximized to the entire screen.
Fullscreened window cannot be lowered or iconified. Pressing
Alt+KP_* on the fullscreened window brings back the titlebar and
border and resizes a window to it's previous size and position.
Alt + KP_- or Alt + Backspace
Iconifies currently focused window (or makes a thumbnail).
Alt + Shift + KP_- or Alt + Shift + Backspace
Closes currently focused window.
KP_+ Moves window to the default layer, where are "normal" windows.
Alt + KP_+
Moves window to the upper layer, where are "always on top" win‐
dows.
Alt + Shift + KP_+
Moves window to the lower layer, where are "always at botton"
windows.
OTHER FUNCTIONS
Print Screen
Makes a screenshot of the entire desktop in .jpg format and puts
it in '~/.fvwm/screenshots/' directory (by default).
Alt + Home
Move mouse cursor to "home position" - top left corner of the
screen.
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