KWin/Default Options
Default Options for KWin 4.9
How to Help
Help us finding better default options for KWin 4.9. For that all you need is a 4.8 installation configured with KDE default settings (for example a new user account). Just use it and report issues here for what can be improved. Please add a section for your suggestion and provide a rational why you think there could be a better default option. It would be really great if you could also name which config keys need to be changed. You can easily find these in your kwinrc file in ~/.kde/share/config/.
Proposed Changes
Activate Desktop Change OSD and Desktop Grid on upper right screen edge
Rational
By default KWin uses only one virtual desktop. So even if the Desktop Change OSD and Desktop Grid on right upper screen edge is enabled it does not have any consequences for a user with default settings. But a user who wants to use virtual desktops gets a better configured system for virtual desktops without having to perform changes at many places.
Config Changes
metadata.desktop file for desktop change OSD script needs to be enabled by default and in Effect-DesktopGrid group the BorderActivate config key has to be set.
Review Request
todo
Commit
todo
Proposed By
Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin [at] kde [dot] org>
Comments
Present Windows Task Switcher
Rational
By default KWin uses layout based switcher. This is quite confusing with alt+tab because it shows two simultaneous effects when one presses alt+tab so ones eye is not sure what's going on or where to focus. The 'Present Windows' task switcher is much cleaner for the average user to use and see what's going on. Also it's consisent with the 'icon tasks' widget on the panel which displays the same effect when one clicks on it.
Config Changes
todo
Review Request
todo
Commit
todo
Proposed By
Divan Santana <divan [at] s-tainment [dot] co [dot] za >
Comments
New shortcut keys for changing virtual desktop
Rational
By default KWin does not have any shortcut key defined for changing virtual desktops, left, right, up or down(only to a specific desktop via ctrl+f1). As by default there is only one virtual desktop this change won't impact the default set up. But if a user enables multiple virtual desktops, it is nice to have ctrl+alt+left-arrow to move VD left, or ctrl+alt+right-arrow to move VD right, and possibly the same for up/down. Just today someone asked what the default was, and I had to let them know there is none and how to manually set it.
Config Changes
`kde4-config --localprefix`/share/config/kglobalshortcutsrc
[kwin] ... Switch One Desktop Down=Ctrl+Alt+Down,none,Switch One Desktop Down Switch One Desktop Up=Ctrl+Alt+Up,none,Switch One Desktop Up Switch One Desktop to the Left=Ctrl+Alt+Left,none,Switch One Desktop to the Left Switch One Desktop to the Right=Ctrl+Alt+Right,none,Switch One Desktop to the Right ...
Review Request
todo
Commit
todo
Proposed By
Divan Santana <divan [at] s-tainment [dot] co [dot] za >