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 shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
 weston-bindings 7 "2019-03-27" "Weston @version@"
 NAME
weston-bindings - a list of keyboard bindings for
 Weston - the reference Wayland
compositor

 INTRODUCTION
The Weston desktop shell has a number of keyboard shortcuts. They are listed here.

 DESCRIPTION
Almost all keyboard shortcuts for
 Weston include a specified modifier
 mod which is determined in the file
 weston.ini (5).  Begin list



 mod + Shift + F 

Make active window fullscreen




 mod + K 

Kill active window




 mod + Shift + M 

Maximize active window




 mod + PageUp, mod + PageDown 

Zoom desktop in (or out)




 mod + Tab 

Switch active window




 mod + Up, mod + Down 

Increment/decrement active workspace number, if there are multiple




 mod + Shift + Up, mod + Shift + Down 

Move active window to the succeeding/preceding workspace, if possible




 mod + F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6 

Jump to the numbered workspace, if it exists




 Ctrl + Alt + Backspace 

If supported, terminate Weston. (Note this combination often is used to hard restart Xorg.)




 Ctrl + Alt + F 

Toggle if Weston is fullscreen; only works when nested under a Wayland compositor




 Ctrl + Alt + S 

Share output screen, if possible




 Ctrl + Alt + F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F8 

Switch virtual terminal, if possible




 Super + S 

Make a screenshot of the desktop




 Super + R 

Start or stop recording video of the desktop


 "TOUCH / MOUSE BINDINGS"

There are also a number of bindings involving a mouse:




 <Touch>, <Left button>, <Right button> 

Activate clicked window




 Super + Alt + <Vertical Scroll> 

Change the opacity of a window




 mod + <Vertical Scroll> 

Zoom/magnify the visible desktop




 mod + <Left button> 

Click and drag to move a window




 mod + Shift + <Left button>, mod + <Right button>, mod + <Touch> 

Click and drag to resize a window




 mod + <Middle button> 

Rotate the window (if supported)


 DEBUG BINDINGS
The combination mod + Shift + Space begins a debug binding. Debug
bindings are completed by pressing an additional key. For example, pressing
F may toggle texture mesh wireframes with the GL renderer.
(In fact, most debug effects can be disabled again by repeating the command.)
Debug bindings are often tied to specific backends.


 "SEE ALSO"
 weston (1),  weston-launch (1),  weston-drm (7),  weston.ini (5),  xkeyboard-config (7)