Can't Alt+drag windows at all any more

[Daniel van Vugt]

Alt+drag doesn't move windows like it should.

I think this might be a Wayland-specific problem in Gnome Shell.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I wonder if this is relevant:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772908

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Didier pointed out that GNOME uses super instead of alt for that (which creates less conflicts in softwares)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I'm not sure I agree with Gnome's decision to change to Super+drag. It's been Alt+drag in Ubuntu for so long that I wonder what was conflicting with that?

On the other hand, in theory yes using Super for the shell is a better idea because apps are more likely to use Alt than Super.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Workaround:

gnome-tweak-tool > Windows > Window Action Key = Alt

[Coenraad Loubser (dagelf)]

Gnome now differs from every single other window manager. I understand that alt+drag interferes with some former mac users' workflows, but really, we've been here for 20 years and they just arrived... why should we change our workflows to suit theirs?

Can we please revert to the default, and make this a tick-box option upon installation, or in keyboard settings? (Ie. "Do you use ..... names of applications " .... or even better, put the option in those applications.

Can anyone link to where Gnome made this decision?

TLDR: it's super frustrating that Gnome now has a different default shortcut key from every single other window manager.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

We've now been using Super+drag for a few years in Ubuntu so I think people are getting used to it.