Openbox is a window manager that you can use the way you like – with a mouse, keyboard or both. In Mabox, useful keyboard shortcuts have been configured, which allow you to work effectively without taking your hand off the keyboard.
W – Windows/ super key
C – CTRL
S – Shift
A – Alt
Windows – pseudo tiling, resize, move etc.
— Window Tiling
W+Up = Halfscreen Top
W+Down = Halfscreen Bottom
W+Left = Halfscreen Left
W+Right = Halfscreen Right
W+Home = Maximize
F11,W+Enter – toggle fullscreen
+----------+-----------+ | W+Insert | W+PgUp | +----------+-----------+ | W+Delete | W+PgDn | +----------+-----------+ +----------------------+ | W+Up | |----------------------| | W+Down | +----------------------+ +----------+-----------+ | | | | W+Left | W+Right | | | | +----------+-----------+ | Holding Shift plus any of the previous keybinds will make the windows 25% instead of 50% | +-----------+----------+ | 1 | | 2 | +------ ------+ | 4 | | 3 | +-----------+----------+ +----------+-----------+ |----------1-----------| + + |----------2-----------| +----------+-----------+ +-----------+----------+ | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | +-----------+----------+ |
Tiling with Keypad
Tiling works similiar when you use W + keypad keys, just try it out.
Use keybinds with Shift to see modified actions.
+-----+-----+-----+ | 7 | 8 | 9 | +-----+-----+-----+ | 4 | 5 | 6 | +-----+-----+-----+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | +-----+-----+-----+
Applications & Menus
Menus and SidePanels
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W, W+space | Main Menu | W+s | Settings Menu | |
| C+W+Left | Left Sidepanel (Places) | C+W+Right | Right Sidepanel | |
| A+m | Rofi Menu |
Applications
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W+t | Terminal | W+f | Filemanager PCmanFM | |
| W+Grave | Quake-like Terminal | W+g | Galculator | |
| W+w | Web Browser Firefox | W+e | Editor Geany | |
| W+v | Volume control Pavucontrol | W+c | Enable/disable Compositor | |
| W+l | Lock screen | W+k | xkill | |
| W+/ | Fsearch | W+x | Exit/Logout screen |
System
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XF86AudioRaiseVolume | Increase Volume | XF86AudioLowerVolume | Decrease Volume | |
| XF86MonBrightnessUp | Increase Brightness | XF86MonBrightnessDown | Decrease Brightness | |
| Take a screenshot | A+Print | Take a screenshot | ||
| W+d | Show Desktop | W+Space | Root menu |
Workspaces
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W+1 | Go To Desktop 1 | W+2 | Go To Desktop 2 | |
| W+3 | Go To Desktop 3 | W+4 | Go To Desktop 4 | |
| W+S+1 | Send To Desktop 1 | W+S+2 | Send To Desktop 2 | |
| W+S+3 | Send To Desktop 3 | W+S+4 | Send To Desktop 4 |
