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alt short cut prevent linux user to play windowed
Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 01:09
by albator
When clicking on alt, the windows moves and that mean I basically cannot use it.
I have been trying to disable the short cut but I could not find a way since it is not listed (mint 17 cinnamon)
Anyone knows ?
Re: alt short cut prevent linux user to play windowed
Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 02:46
by abma
play fullscreen or use /grabinput. not sure how to configure the windowmanager that it doesn't use alt any more in this case.
Re: alt short cut prevent linux user to play windowed
Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 06:56
by jK
abma wrote:not sure how to configure the windowmanager that it doesn't use alt any more in this case.
Start spring windowed and right click title menu.
And no there is no standardized api for shortcuts under x11, so Spring can't disable WM shortcuts itself.
Re: alt short cut prevent linux user to play windowed
Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 07:37
by Funkencool
Go into System Settings, then Windows.
Change "Modifier to use for modified window click actions" to whatever you desire.
Took me about a half hour to find out all those commands and Compiz settings were useless.
courtesy of
http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3240 for linux mint 12 (I'm guessing they've kept the option)
I'm not sure if this will work, however it seems to be a common complaint based on a google search so you can probably find better results.
Re: alt short cut prevent linux user to play windowed
Posted: 11 Jun 2014, 08:41
by albator
Re: alt short cut prevent linux user to play windowed
Posted: 12 Jun 2014, 15:30
by varikonniemi
on ubuntu 12.04-14.04:
$sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
$dconf-editor
then navigate to: org -> gnome -> desktop -> vm -> preferences and change mouse-button-modifier to eg. <Super>
Re: alt short cut prevent linux user to play windowed
Posted: 21 Jun 2014, 07:33
by hoijui
should this be a FAQ entry?
if yes, then here:
http://springrts.com/wiki/FAQ:trouble#Misc
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