Shortcuts no longer work for move window to left/right of screen in 12.04

Question

I used to be able to send windows to the left/right half of the screen with ctrl-windows-left and ctrl-windows-right in 12.04. Now the left/right shortcuts do not work, but ctrl-windows-up / down still work as they used to (maximise, minimise)

EDIT: couple of Ubuntu updates later and it appears to be working again without my having to change anything.

Solution 1

The System Settings menu has a Keyboards item that you can use to re-bind the shortcut:

Solution 2

It might be worth checking the following dconf seettings:

• move-to-side-e
• move-to-side-w.

They can be found in the following path org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings.

• What is dconf, what is its function, and how do I use it?

Comments

[Admin]

Are you running 13.04 now?

[Admin]

This problem just appeared for me in 14.04 :(

[Admin]

Thanks for the edit. Workes for me with 16.04

[Admin]

Maybe this: askubuntu.com/a/822044/309223 will answer your question?

[iftheshoefritz]

I can't spot the action that I want to bind those shortcuts to though. I want the equivalent of Windows-left and Windows-right in M$ Windows - i.e. resize the window to half the available screen space and move to the left (or right). This is different from moving to a different workspace.

[Paul Oostenrijk]

Sorry I missed the requirement for half screen space. BTW - what you want works for me in Unity with 13.04. I'll see if I can find the key bindings file somewhere on my system.

[Sergiy Belozorov]

that's still moving between desktops, while author was looking for a way to automatically resize the window to occupy left or right half of the same desktop.