Alt - F10 does not maximize window - seems like a regression

[neural_oD]

Alt F10 no more maximizes window. It was doing so before. I've not changed any settings in compiz, so think it's a regression.

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.6.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic-pae 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,grid,compiztoolbox,snap,regex,neg,resize,imgpng,vpswitch,gnomecompat,mousepoll,place,move,wall,session,animation,fade,scale,expo,workarounds,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Thu Mar 15 14:30:58 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120201.1)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Ever since Natty, Alt+F10 has been used to bring keyboard focus to the global menu/indicators. It was never used to maximize windows.

By "it was doing so before", do you mean it used to do that back with a pre-Natty release?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Unity design has decided to use Alt+F10 to show menus starting in Ubuntu 12.04. This means you can no longer use Alt+F10 to maximize a window.

WORKAROUND 1:
1. Run "ccsm" and go to General Options > Key Bindings.
2. Scroll down to "Maximize Window" (or "Toggle Window Maximized") and change the keyboard shortcut.

WORKAROUND 2 (should work, but doesn't seem to!?):
1. Run "ccsm" and go to Ubuntu Unity Plugin >Behaviour.
2. Disable "Key to open first panel menu" (Alt+F10).

[neural_oD (nutter78)]

Hi
Thanks Daniel. FYI - Your first workaround was already enabled on my
system. Then I went to your workaround 2, and disabled that - then it
seemed to work on my system.

Thanks

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Daniel van Vugt
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Unity design has decided to use Alt+F10 to show menus starting in Ubuntu
> 12.04. This means you can no longer use Alt+F10 to maximize a window.
>
> WORKAROUND 1:
> 1. Run "ccsm" and go to General Options > Key Bindings.
> 2. Scroll down to "Maximize Window" (or "Toggle Window Maximized") and
> change the keyboard shortcut.
>
> WORKAROUND 2 (should work, but doesn't seem to!?):
> 1. Run "ccsm" and go to Ubuntu Unity Plugin >Behaviour.
> 2. Disable "Key to open first panel menu" (Alt+F10).
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955965
>
> Title:
> Alt - F10 does not maximize window - seems like a regression
>
> Status in Unity:
> Won't Fix
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Alt F10 no more maximizes window. It was doing so before. I've not
> changed any settings in compiz, so think it's a regression.
>
> Thanks
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: unity 5.6.0-0ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic-pae 3.2.9
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic-pae i686
> ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,composite,opengl,decor,grid,compiztoolbox,snap,regex,neg,resize,imgpng,vpswitch,gnomecompat,mousepoll,place,move,wall,session,animation,fade,scale,expo,workarounds,ezoom,unityshell]
> Date: Thu Mar 15 14:30:58 2012
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386
> (20120201.1)
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/955965/+subscriptions
>

[stianst (stianst)]

So how is one intended to maximize a window with the keyboard (without a workaround)?

[stianst (stianst)]

Also the keyboard shortcuts help (the one displayed by holding super) shows ALT+F10 as maximize window

[Aldin K (aldin)]

@stianst (stianst)

Super + Up
Super + Right (Left, Down)

[Joni Salonen (joni-salonen)]

The duplicate status is wrong. Bug #878492 is about F10 being mapped to the current window's menubar, while this bug is about Alt+F10 being mapped to the new panel menu.

Before an upgrade to Precise Alt+F10 used to maximize the current window. There seems to be no way to restore this functionality using pre-packaged tools: when I open System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Windows it still shows Alt-F10 as the shortcut for maximizing.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Set to "Won't Fix" again. Workarounds are in comment #3.

[Mark Campbell (mark.campbell)]

Who's the idiot who came up with the idea to override this default?

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Watch your tone please, you might want to refer to Ubuntu's Code of Conduct before commenting.

[Jem (jemmeny)]

If you write click on a window it tells you the shortcut to maximise the window is alt+F10 (even though this is not supposed to be the proper functionally).

[Marco (marcopolo1010)]

The workaround in comment #3 does not seem to work for me -- even after disabling the Alt+F10 shortcut in ccsm > Ubuntu Unity Plugin > Behavior, I continue to get the "menu popup" behavior instead of a maximized window.

I can successfully change the shortcut key to something else (e.g., Super+Up), but then it is inconsistent with all other Linux machines I use, where Alt+F10 is the shortcut to maximize a window. Since right-clicking on any window's title bar shows Alt+F10 as the shortcut and the posted workaround does not work, I think this should still be considered a bug.

[sergio (serge-simon)]

It's the first thing i've seen after logging on Ubuntu 12.04 : why the hell has the behavior of ALT+F10 been modified ?
ALT+F10 has been a standard for a while for maximizing windows on Linux, it's a real non-sense to alter this behavior (even if it can be reconfigured, i don't need to spend times on each of my Ubuntu computers to modify things that shouldn't have been altered).

[bartlantz (bartlantz)]

This is the first bug, I've noticed in 12.04. In natty Alt-F10 maximized the window. This behaviour has been changed. Also I am using Gnome 3. I can understand changing the behaviour in Unity, that's under your purview, but why is this change affecting Gnome 3 under ubuntu as well?

[Daniel Grund (grund)]

Package: unity
Version: 5.12-0ubuntu1
Package: compiz
Version: 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1

Key-sequence --> behavior on my 12.04.

<ALT> --> shows menu
<ALT>+<F10> --> the above + opens file menu
<ALT>+<F10>+<F10> (quickly) --> all of the above + closes file menu
<ALT>+<F10>+<F10>+<F10> (quickly) --> all of the above + maximizes the window

Ridiculous workaround!

[roemer2201 (roemer2201)]

I've upgraded today from a native 11.10 install to 12.04. I ran into this issue, started searching and landed on this page here.

After reading the thread I wanted to try the workaround from comment #3. So I installed ccsm. But now I'm really confused: The ubuntu unity plugin is NOT enabled. So why is the keycombo linked to the menubar anyway?

So I found launched the "system settings" menu, choosed "keyboard" -> "shortcuts" -> "windows". There I saw that maximize/restore is mapped to <ctrl>+<super>+<arrow-up>/<arrow-down>. Setting <ALT>+<F10> in this menu does not help, so I decided to live with new shortscuts, because they seem logical. But I really do not like this.

[unitysucks (unitysucks)]

Hi,
what is the proposed shortcut for maximize then?

If i look at the ccsm settings -> key bindings tab then it still shows that MAXIMIZE WINDOW is ALT-F10.

[roemer2201 (roemer2201)]

<ctrl>+<super>+<arrow-up>/<arrow-down>

[Martin Churchill (mdchurchill)]

In Ubuntu 12.04, holding down Super in Unity shows the Ubuntu shorcut keys.

On my insallation, in the windows section it says Alt+F10 maximises the current window (actually, control super Up does that - and it suggests control super down for minimise). And in the HUD section, it says Alt+F10 accesses the indicator menu!

I don't know if this is hard coded or based on key bindings - I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Martin, you are describing bug 994944.

[Ivo Wever (ivo-wever)]

I'm also quite unhappy about this change. You say it's been this way since Natty, but that certainly hasn't been my experience: it first broke for me after upgrading to 11.10 and I've been faithfully following releases.

Is there anywhere we find the design rationale for such decisions of the Unity team? These kinds of shortcut-key changes seem arbitrary and I would love to know why they aren't.