Moi
no into or newbie category, so i hope this is ok here.
I have just changed from Mac and tried several distros and think i may very well stick to this. Everything usable (Elementary/Cinnamon) seems Ubuntu based anyway, and i think this one is a good package. It certainly has a nice look and feel, seems very snappy and maintained, so cudos.
I am on 19.04 (being brave) and since i last used Linux before the millennium change (all autoconf and make install at the time), i have very little understanding what parts are actually this project, and where all my questions should be directed to, but let’s start.
-The main itch is the app switcher. It only goes forward, and specifically does not accept arrows while active. I found a related issue without activity, and a closed one even the issue was not fixed. This is essential to me (years and years of muscle memory) and i was thinking of giving that a shot. So my question is: which git repo do i need to change and how do i “insert” that into my system.
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I have not found a “switch to next/previous workspace” keyboard combination (in keyboard->shortcuts). Only switch to last and to a certain number. I got used to super+pageup/down and so the question is how to configure that without the gui.
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In Firefox i can switch tabs with ctrl-pagedDown, but not ctl-pageUp. How would i get that to work?
Ok, that was maybe a lot, so i better repeat that i am mostly very happy, will stick around, and would even help, though my skills are currently limited.
Torsten
Hi and welcome!
Could you take a quick picture of the “app switcher” - just want to make sure we guide you in the right direction.
In UB - CTRL+ALT+left/right arrows move back and forth between workspaces - they are in the custom keyboard shortcuts page.
For firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly … CTRL + SHIFT PageUp/Down ?
Hi David,
that was quick, thanks for answering.
I don’t know how to take a screenshot while switching. I mean what you get with alt+tab and i just did a normal install. If you still need it i can do it with the phone.
I found the custom shortcuts and must admit i had only looked at navigation. The question does arise though why those navigation shortcuts are not under navigation. (also i believe they should be named “switch to…” not “move to” in line with the normal navigation names. But ok, that is solved for me.
And i did look at the firefox page, thanks. There is an extension to switch and when i tried to add super+pageUp i can’t. It seems the app never receives that combination, which leads me to believe that someone(desktop manager?) intercepts it.
Also looking at the customs shortcuts, there is a “switch tabs” defined with ctrl+pageDown , which i believe is defined for the terminal, but also works in firefox.
So how is such a keyboard added to the custom shortcuts? I mean obviously there is a “+” there, but how does that relate? Is the comman a menu item ?
And since i tried, also there i can not add ctrl+pageUp , the dialog never gets it?
Let me know if you still need the scrrenshot.
Torsten
ok - thanks for the clarification.
So the Switching mechanism is inbuilt to budgie-desktop - and yes there is an outstanding enhancement request upstream (https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop/issues/1052) waiting for someone to dive in a resolve
The switching code is here: https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop/blob/master/src/wm/wm.vala
Super+Page Up/Down are already mapped in the keyboard screen for workspace switching - you’ll need to disable those shortcuts there.
I don’t know though if the firefox extension recognises the Super(Win) key - in my testing it didn’t appear to.
So custom shortcuts can be created to run a specific command e.g. running xdotool to inject a key sequence. From memory I think the syntax is something like xdotool key Super+Page_Up - whether firefox actually recognises a keyboard injection is a different matter.
Ok, thanks for that comprehensive explanation.
Might take a day for me to take in that long and uncommented code, but now at least i know.
I’m guessing i’ll stick to the configuration before coding 
Thanks