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Christopher Negus

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There really isn??™t much you can do with Metacity (except get your work done efficiently). Assigning
new themes to Metacity and changing colors and window decorations are done through the GNOME
preferences (and are described later). A few Metacity themes exist, but expect the number to grow.
Basic Metacity functions that might interest you are keyboard shortcuts and the workspace
switcher. Table 3-4 shows keyboard shortcuts to get around the Metacity window manager.
TABLE 3-4
Metacity Keyboard Shortcuts
Actions Keystrokes
Window focus Cycle forward, with pop-up icons Alt+Tab
Cycle backward, with pop-up icons Alt+Shift+Tab
Cycle forward, without pop-up icons Alt+Esc
Cycle backward, without pop-up icons Alt+Shift+Esc
Panel focus Cycle forward among panels Alt+Ctrl+Tab
Cycle backward among panels Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Workspace focus Move to workspace to the right Ctrl+Alt+right arrow
Move to workspace to the left Ctrl+Alt+left arrow
Move to upper workspace Ctrl+Alt+up arrow
Move to lower workspace Ctrl+Alt+down arrow
Minimize/maximize all windows Ctrl+Alt+D
Show window menu Alt+Spacebar
Close menu Esc
Another Metacity feature of interest is the workspace switcher. Four virtual workspaces appear in
the Workspace Switcher on the GNOME panel. You can do the following with the Workspace
Switcher:
 Choose current workspace??”Four virtual workspaces appear in the Workspace
Switcher.


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