KWin's window management powers are not as discoverable as they could be--particularly tiling, which by default has no visible UI and no keyboard shortcuts. Resolving this issue is highly relevant to T6831: Top-notch usability and productivity for basic software.
This patch re-assigns the Meta+arrowkeys shortcuts that are currently used for move zoomed area (which are pretty esoteric, infrequently-used actions), adding ctrl to their shortcuts. This allows us to use their valuable Meta+arrowkeys for more useful and commonly-used window management actions:
- Meta+←: quick tile window to the left
- Meta+→: quick tile window to the right
- Meta+↑: quick-tile window to the top
- Meta+↓: quick-tile the window to the bottom
The patch also sets some default shortctuts for minimize and maximize:
- Meta+PageDown: minimize window
- Meta+PageUp: maximize/de-maximize the window