{"id":44432,"date":"2023-09-28T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44432"},"modified":"2024-05-04T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:46:19","slug":"custom-shortcut-tile-windows-ubuntu-23-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/custom-shortcut-tile-windows-ubuntu-23-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Custom Shortcut to Tile Windows in Ubuntu 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a beginner’s guide shows how to set custom keyboard shortcut to tile windows in Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat<\/p>\n

Ubuntu (since 23.10) introduced enhanced tiling window support with a new system extension. With it, user can easily arrange all opened windows side by side by either mouse dragging or keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n

The extension supports both “edge tiling” to automatically resize and fill a window to left, right, top, or bottom<\/em> screen half, and “corner tiling” to tile a window to top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right<\/em> screen quarter.<\/p>\n

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The default keyboard shortcuts use “Super + number pad key” combination. But, some laptop and PC don’t even have a number pad. In the case, you have to set custom shortcuts. And, here’s how to do the job in 2 ways.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Use Extension Manager<\/h3>\n

Firstly, press Super<\/b> (Windows Logo) key to open overview screen. Search for and launch the new “App Center”.<\/p>\n

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When it opens, search and install “Extension Manager” app.<\/p>\n

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Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu Software\/App Center<\/p><\/div>\n

Next, launch “Extension Manager” by searching from the overview screen.<\/p>\n

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When the tool opens, scroll down and find out “Ubuntu Tiling Assistant<\/strong>“. Finally, click its setting icon to open the configuration dialog.<\/p>\n

In the pop-up dialog, navigate to “Keybindings<\/strong>” tab, scroll down and click your desired tile action under “Edge Tiling” and “Corner Tiling” and press a key combination on keyboard to set as new shortcut.<\/p>\n

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Method 2: Use single command to set custom tiling shortcut<\/h3>\n

For those who are familiar with Linux command, the thing can be done by running gsettings<\/code> command.<\/p>\n

Firstly, search for and launch a terminal window from the overview screen.<\/p>\n

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When terminal opens, run command to set custom shortcut (Alt + q<\/code> for example) for tiling to top-left quarter:<\/p>\n

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.tiling-assistant tile-topleft-quarter \"['<Alt>q']\"<\/pre>\n
In command you may replace tile-topleft-quarter<\/code> with one of the tile actions below:<\/p>\n
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  • tile-left-half<\/li>\n
  • tile-right-half<\/li>\n
  • tile-top-half<\/li>\n
  • tile-bottom-half<\/li>\n
  • tile-topright-quarter<\/li>\n
  • tile-bottomleft-quarter<\/li>\n
  • tile-bottomright-quarter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    For the shortcut value, there must be quotation marks both inside and outside of bracket. And, the commonly used functions keys include <Control><\/strong>, <Alt><\/strong>, <Super><\/strong> and <Shift><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
    For example, set Ctrl + Alt + E<\/code> to tile window to top-right corner by running command:<\/p>\n
    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.tiling-assistant tile-topright-quarter \"['<Control><Alt>e']\"<\/pre>\n
    One tiling action can have 2 or more shortcut keys, for example, set both Alt+a<\/code> and Ctrl + Left Arrow<\/code> to tile a window to left half:<\/p>\n
    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.tiling-assistant tile-left-half \"['<Alt>a', '<Control>Left']\"<\/pre>\n
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