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Default shortcuts for tiling windows

The current shortcuts for maximizing (Alt+F10) and hiding (Alt+F9) windows are not very convenient, and the ones for tiling windows can only be used by people who have a keyboard with a keypad.

It would be nice to have these new shortcuts, in addition to the old ones, so that users who are used to them can still use them. These new shortcuts, similar to those in Windows and other desktop environments, would use the Super key with the arrow keys:

  • Maximize window: Super+Up
  • Hide window: Super+Down
  • Tile window to the left: Super+Left
  • Tile window to the right: Super+Right

If it is difficult to implement having two shortcuts at the same time, an easier way to do it could be to duplicate the entries in the list (duplicating the code, but with a different name so that they do not interfere with each other) of the functionalities that would have more than one shortcut. It would look like this:

"Functionality 1": Shortcut a
"Functionality 2": Shortcut b
...
"Functionality 10 - Primary shortcut": Shortcut j
"Functionality 10 - Secondary shortcut": Shortcut k
...
"Functionality 20": Shortcut m
"Functionality 21": Shortcut n