Ayatana Design

Unity shortcuts ctrl-alt-numpad4 and 6 do not work in Precise

Bug #954797 reported by TinusXcentricus
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Ayatana Design
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compiz-plugins-main (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The shortcuts to left or right align a window at 50% width and maximum height (ctrl-alt-numpad4, ctrl-alt-numpad6) do not work in Precise's Unity. Ctrl-alt-numpad5 doesn't work as expected either.

Tags: precise unity
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Greg A (etulfetulf) wrote :

I am seeing Ctrl+Alt+4/6 doing nothing on a multiple monitor setup. Note that Super+Left and Super+Right work correctly to produce the intended effects.

Ctrl+Alt+5 normally fully maximises the window for me, but it sometimes produces strange effects.

Tim, do you have one monitor or more than one?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Paul White (paulw2u)
summary: - Unity shortcuts ctrl-alt-4 and 6 do not work in Precise
+ Unity shortcuts ctrl-alt-numpad4 and 6 do not work in Precise
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keith burnett (ping-keith-gmail) wrote :

Same behaviour as reply #1 above.

Unity: 5.6.0-0ubuntu4, nvidia graphics card, checked with num lock on and off. Ctrl+Alt+numpad5 works ok. Single monitor

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Jane Atkinson (irihapeti) wrote :

Same thing here.
CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC] onboard graphics (only does Unity 2D), single monitor, does (or doesn't do) the same thing with numlock on or off.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

This appears to be an intentional decision by Unity design to change the shortcuts in 12.04:
    Ctrl+Alt+4 --> Super+Left
    Ctrl+Alt+6 --> Super+Right
This is described in bug 751050.

If you would like the old behaviour, please run "ccsm", scroll down to "Grid" and change the keybindings.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Opinion
affects: unity (Ubuntu) → compiz-plugins-main (Ubuntu)
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Greg A (etulfetulf) wrote :

Thanks for providing the link to Bug 751050. However, the bug talks about implementing additional keybindings - there is no talk of removing existing shortcuts.

Changed in compiz-plugins-main (Ubuntu):
status: Opinion → Confirmed
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John Lea (johnlea) wrote :

@vanvugt; these keybindings are supposed to be in addition to the Ctrl+Alt keybindings, see bug #878820

However I have been told that compiz currently only supports a maximum of 1 keybinding per action, so first we have to add support to compiz for more than 1 keybinding per action.

I have marked this bug as a dupe of #878820

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