COSMIC keyboard navigation and management system

[maria-komarova]

Shortcut system for navigating around the desktop and for window management.

[mms-pl]

Well, this alone removes 99% of my few issues with Pop :)

[soc]

I'm super-happy seeing that all window operations keep using the Window key.

I absolutely hated it that in old DEs half of the ops were using Alt.

[WillyWonksters]

Has shift-super-alt-arrows been considered? I find that combination to be much more ergonomic than the shift-super-ctrl-arrows that is currently proposed for moving a window to another workspace.

[GrubBox]

Bravo Team !

These new keymaps will allow intuitive movement of windows. This is the best feature of CosmicOS and perhaps the main reason for its popularity. KDE has a similar feature but only via a plugins and its very complex to learn. This is a sweet spot between a full blown Window manager and pre-configured DE.

[krmbzds]

I personally prefer adjustment mode. I don't care for tiling, love vim and hate holding down modifier keys. Removing adjustment mode will break habits of existing users like me.

In Current Pop Shortcut column moving & resizing with HJKL was omitted so I assume those features will be removed as well. In that case, I think that will be a step backwards in terms of ergonomy since keeping hands in the home-row is crucial for keyboard centric workflows.

direct hotkey	adjustment mode
single step (faster)	multi-step (slower)
immediate feedback, no preview	ability to preview before taking action
need to hold down a modifier while moving windows	one hand operation after entering adjustment mode, no need to hold down modifiers to move windows
unnatural to switch between moving and resizing	easy to switch between moving and resizing during adjustment since it requires a single modifier key
no HJKL for move & resize, must use arrow keys	move & resize with HJKL, keep hands in home-row

Please reconsider this.

[maria-komarova]

Thanks for the feedback, that's good for us to know. We're still trying to find what's best for most of our users and what better serves multiple needs so it's helpful to get this feedback.

One thing to note is that HJKL are staying for all the shortcuts. The omission is merely an accident, or rather something we take for granted by now.

[GrubBox]

When is Cosmic Launching ? We have been waiting for 2 years now and most of the application are outdated. Neovim is running on 0.6 while even Debian Stable has it on 0.7

[pietryszak]

How to change workspace number for every monitor separetly?

[maria-komarova]

So far we were only planning to have separate numbering when displays have independent workspaces so the numbering will be automatic in this case. If we find out there is more need to have numbering system that covers all workspaces, we'll need to figure out how best to include this functionality. From what I saw in other systems, things can quickly get disorienting.