Cinnamon 2.0 maximize with keyboard?

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gsgrego

Cinnamon 2.0 maximize with keyboard?

Post by gsgrego »

I love the new snap features but it seems you can no longer maximize a window with the keyboard or I at least cannot find the shortcut or setting to do so.
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jintawk

Re: Cinnamon 2.0 maximize with keyboard?

Post by jintawk »

Just go to 'System Settings > Keyboard' and change them however you like.

Maximise is found in 'Windows > Maximise window'.
gen0

Re: Cinnamon 2.0 maximize with keyboard?

Post by gen0 »

I don't want to whine, Cinnamon is really nice overall - but on this point it feels like a step backward.

An existing feature for something that's commonly (maximising a window) has been crippled in favour of something that's done more rarley (tiling to one quarter of the screen). Changing the Super-Up shortcut to Maximise Window only fixes the problem at the expense of the new tiling feature, as it's now not possible to use the keyboard to 'tile' a window to an upper corner of the screen anymore.

Ideally, the Windows-Up key combination should be 'smart', so that it can maximise a window by default, but 'push tile up' if the window is already maximised or tiled to the left or right half of the screen.

Just my 2c.
jintawk

Re: Cinnamon 2.0 maximize with keyboard?

Post by jintawk »

Whine all you like, I fully agree!

Definitely needs a rethink in my opinion, if you come up with anything you can suggest it here:
https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues
phishsauce

Re: Cinnamon 2.0 maximize with keyboard?

Post by phishsauce »

Alt + F10 works for me to Toggle between maximize and "regular" state.
choward

Re: Cinnamon 2.0 maximize with keyboard?

Post by choward »

For me if the window is in the state where it takes up the top half of the screen, pressing super + up will maximize it.
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