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 + <Vertical Scroll>
Zoom/magnify the visible desktop
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 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.
- KEY_D :
Subscribe for flight recorder.
- KEY_C :
Enable/Disable cursor planes.
- KEY_V :
Enable/Disable overlay planes.
- KEY_Q :
Start VAAPI recorder.
- KEY_S :
Enable fragment debugging for gl-renderer.
- KEY_F :
Enable fan debugging for gl-renderer.
- KEY_R :
Enable repaint debugging for Pixman.
weston(1), weston-drm(7), weston.ini(5), xkeyboard-config(7)