Getting the Productive Setup on GNOME Wayland

You know what I mean - you want ALT+1 and ALT+3 (because ALT+2 is used by Cadence 😊) to toggle (maximization) state and throw to other screen - intelligently. The window manager thinks there's just one very wide monitor, but you know better, and you're using the script (wm.pl) to boost your productivity.

Life might be easier in KDE through Exceed ETX.

Here's what you can do. (Oh - don't forget - go into keyboard shortcuts and DISABLE the one that says "Lock Screen" - if you're in a place where only the IT folks can launch VNC sessions, then you're hosed if you ever lock your session)

Setting up shortcuts to manipulate windows easily – key to productivity on dual-monitor systems

(Dual monitor setups are *highly* recommended for productivity)

If set up correctly :

ALT + 1 will toggle maximization state of the active window – correctly – to take up only one half of the screen. It is assumed that you have set your VNC session geometry such that you can stretch the RealVNC viewer window to use both monitors. So, when a window is correctly maximized, it should take up only one monitor.

ALT + 3 will “throw” and maximize the window to the other monitor. If a window is NOT maximized on screen 1 and you press ALT+3, it will jump to screen 2 and take up all of screen 2. In that state, if you press ALT+3, it will jump to screen 1 and take up all of screen 1. You can “restore” it to original size using ALT + 1

How

1.     Ask sys-admin (IT) to restart your VNC setting geometry to 3820x1040 (choose something slightly less than the geometry of your monitor setup. I have two monitors for a total size of 3840x1080. Some of the height goes to the taskbar (which I hide), but even otherwise, better to have the VNC slightly less

2.     Activities > Search > Enter “shortcuts”

3.     This will bring up below window

 

4.     Click on Customize shortcuts. Which brings up

5.     You’ll have to scroll down to see “Custom Shortcuts”. Click on that

6.     Then, with the title “Custom Shortcuts”, you click on Add and input form entries as:

(you will click on Set Shortcut and press ALT+3 for above)

And that’s it

How about changing from Win ('#') aka "Super" to ALT for window manipulation, so you get the KDE feel?

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences mouse-button-modifier '<Alt>'