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Of course we don't want to change everything and confuse users, but are there any BL keybinds that people feel should be changed for Lithium?
@hhh has suggested the exit dialog Win+x might be changed to Alt+Esc or Alt+x
Any other opinions/suggestions/leave_it_the_way_it_is?
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Alt+Esc ia a bit of a reach on some keyboards, I suppose (I have a fairly large hand). Accepting that, using two hands for window controls is very awkward for me when I'm just listening to media or browsing the web (Alt+F4 to close a window, and Alt+F4/F5 for iconify and maximize, which was my suggestion that was adopted, thanks!)
What I use...
W(indows key/Super)+Q=Close window (q for quit, plus Ctrl+q is a common close shortcut)
W+1=Iconify/Minimize
W+2=Toggle Maximize
And since I often accidentally hit W+w closing a window, which launches a browser, I disable that and use W+b.
-edit- This also restores the Function keys F4 and F5 that some apps or window managers might use.
-edit 2- For the exit dialog, Alt+x would do nicely. Again, your finger will already be over Alt when the dialog opens, so Alt+b reboots, Alt+S suspends, just hitting Enter logs out, etc...
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How is the volume controlled on BL now?
Super + v is still the volume control key binding, correct? But doesn't that just activate the speaker icon in the taskbar?
Are there already keybindings to that increase/decrease the volume a certain amount, or mute? For example:
<keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
<action name="Execute">
<startupnotify>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<name>VolumeUp</name>
</startupnotify>
<command>amixer -q sset Master 5%+ unmute</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">
<action name="Execute">
<startupnotify>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<name>VolDown</name>
</startupnotify>
<command>amixer -q sset Master 5%- unmute</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
<action name="Execute">
<startupnotify>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<name>AudioMute</name>
</startupnotify>
<command>amixer sset Master,0 toggle</command>
</action>
</keybind>
those are for alsa; I don't know if BL has a pulseaudio command line tool for volume like pamixer.
Also bindings to adjust brightness.
Last edited by PackRat (2019-07-22 13:50:18)
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On Lithium, install xbindkeys and read
https://github.com/BunsenLabs/bunsen-co … bindkeysrc
pavucontrol
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Super+V brings up the pulseaudio mixer, which is sometimes needed getting things to work.
For day-to-day volume, it's pnmixer - as before - whose keybinds can be set via the system tray icon: rightclick>Preferences>Hotkeys.
If you don't use pnmixer, then as @malm says, set something in .xbindkeysrc.
Brightness is handled elsewhere in the system - I think xfce4-power-manager might have a hand in it, but it's something that's just worked™ for me up to now so I haven't researched it too much.
Last edited by johnraff (2019-07-23 05:41:52)
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No (strong) opinion on the actual keybinds, just some food for thought:
I (deliberately) do not have any keybind for the exit dialog, but use
W-space to bring up the root menu, then Up,Right,Enter to Exit.
Safe & simple.
Last edited by ohnonot (2021-07-08 09:24:30)
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'Bunsenlabs keyboard shortcuts' search brings up this thread from google. Just for clarity where is a user meant to go when they want a full listing of shortcut keys for [current distro]?
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If you by current mean "Beryllium" - just bring up the menu and go to "Display Keybinds". "Lithium" have something similar if I remember correctly. If you do not have BL installed, just check it out in a live session.
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