Previous: Introduction to Mabox Linux Desktop
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.
Windows – pseudo tiling, resize, move etc.
— Window Tiling
super+Up = Halfscreen Top
super+Down = Halfscreen Bottom
super+Left = Halfscreen Left
super+Right = Halfscreen Right
super+Home = Maximize
F11,W+Enter – toggle fullscreen
+--------------+---------------+ | super+Insert | super+PgUp | +--------------+---------------+ | super+Delete | super+PgDn | +--------------+---------------+ +----------------------+ | super+Up | |----------------------| | super+Down | +----------------------+ +-------------+--------------+ | | | | super+Left | super+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 super + 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| super, super+space | Main Menu | super+s | Settings Menu | |
| Ctrl+super+Left | Left Sidepanel (Places) | Ctrl+super+Right | Right Sidepanel | |
| Alt+m | Rofi Menu |
Applications
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| super+t | Terminal | super+f | Filemanager PCmanFM | |
| super+Grave | Quake-like Terminal | super+g | Galculator | |
| super+w | Web Browser Firefox | super+e | Editor Geany | |
| super+v | Volume control Pavucontrol | super+c | Enable/disable Compositor | |
| super+l | Lock screen | super+k | xkill | |
| super+/ | Fsearch | super+x | Exit/Logout screen |
System
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XF86AudioRaiseVolume | Increase Volume | XF86AudioLowerVolume | Decrease Volume | |
| XF86MonBrightnessUp | Increase Brightness | XF86MonBrightnessDown | Decrease Brightness | |
| Take a screenshot | Alt+Print | Take a screenshot | ||
| super+d | Show Desktop | super+Space | Root menu |
Workspaces
| Key | Action | Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| super+1 | Go To Desktop 1 | super+2 | Go To Desktop 2 | |
| super+3 | Go To Desktop 3 | super+4 | Go To Desktop 4 | |
| super+Shift+1 | Send To Desktop 1 | super+Shift+2 | Send To Desktop 2 | |
| super+Shift+3 | Send To Desktop 3 | super+Shift+4 | Send To Desktop 4 |
