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Installation

tip

KWinFT (KWin Fast-Track) is a drop-in replacement for KWin. It is provided in the AUR helping with the transition from X11 to Wayland.

If you like to try KWinFT replace the kwin package name in the command below this line with kwinft.

user $  pamac install kwin systemsettings COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Optional: Remove OpenBox

If you had openbox installed, it can now be safely removed:

user $  pamac remove openbox COPY TO CLIPBOARD

(this will also remove obconf and any other dependencies)

As kwin comes with a builtin compositor you may want to remove compton/picom:

user $  pamac remove compton picom COPY TO CLIPBOARD

(this will also remove compton-conf and any other dependencies)

note

Use of compton/picom with kwin is still possible. KDE's builtin compositor can be disabled in "KDE Systemsettings" (free choice!)

Configuration

Open LXQt Session Settings
Select kwin_x11 as window manager

   <Screenshot TBD>

Logout or reboot and enjoy LXQt with kwin!

Global Keyboard Shortcuts

note

This article describes kwin specific shortcut configuration (e.g. "Alt+Tab" for the task switcher). LXQt does not change or manage those! For LXQt global shortcut configuration see main article.

All kwin shortcuts are managed in ~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc.

warning

Editing this file can lead to non-working keys! You have been warned!

Search for the shortcut of choice and edit it. Alternatives are separated by comma (e.g. Alt+Tab,Alt+Tab,…).

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Changes become effective on next login. (log out/in for testing)

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-== Installation ==
+== Installation == <!--T:1-->
+{{BoxSuccess|tip|KWinFT (KWin Fast-Track) is a drop-in replacement for KWin. It is provided in the AUR helping with the transition from X11 to Wayland.}}
+If you like to try KWinFT replace the kwin package name in the command below this line with '''kwinft'''.
 {{UserCmd|command=pamac install kwin systemsettings}}
+=== Optional: Remove OpenBox === <!--T:2-->
-=== Optional: Remove OpenBox ===
 If you had openbox installed, it can now be safely removed:
 {{UserCmd|command=pamac remove openbox}}
 (this will also remove obconf and any other dependencies)
+<!--T:3-->
+As kwin comes with a builtin compositor you may want to remove compton/picom:
+{{UserCmd|command=pamac remove compton picom}}
+(this will also remove compton-conf and any other dependencies)
+{{BoxInfo|note|Use of compton/picom with kwin is still possible. KDE's builtin compositor can be disabled in "KDE Systemsettings" (free choice!)}}
-=== Optional: Remove lxqt-runner ===
-You may also want to remove lxqt-runner as kwin comes with its own krunner dialog.
+==Configuration== <!--T:4-->
+# Open LXQt Session Settings
-{{UserCmd|command=pamac remove lxqt-runner}}
+# Select '''kwin_x11''' as window manager
-== Configuration ==
-. Open LXQt Session Settings
-. Select kwin_x11 as window manager
-    <Screenshot TBD>
-. Disable LXQt shortcuts and runner (if installed)
      <Screenshot TBD>
-Logout or reboot and enjoy kwin on LXQt!
+<!--T:5-->
+Logout or reboot and enjoy LXQt with kwin!
-=== Optional: Global Keyboard Shortcuts ===
-As kwin already handles global keyboard shortcuts via kglobalaccel we do not need lxqt-globalshortcuts in addition.
+===Global Keyboard Shortcuts=== <!--T:6-->
-(Actually it must be disabled to avoid unexpected behaviour.)
-Apparently kglobalaccel does not come with a GUI and we are going open the textfile '''~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc''' with a text editor (Featherpad comes with LXQt).
+<!--T:7-->
-Search for the shortcut of choice and replace it. For example replace '''Alt+F2''' with '''Meta+Space''' to open the krunner dialog with that shortcut.
+{{BoxInfo|note|This article describes kwin specific shortcut configuration (e.g. "Alt+Tab" for the task switcher). LXQt does not change or manage those! For LXQt global shortcut configuration see [[LXQt#Global_Keyboard_Shortcuts|main article]].}}
-For the changes to become effective log out and in.
+<!--T:8-->
+All kwin shortcuts are managed in '''~/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc'''.
+{{BoxDanger|warning|Editing this file can lead to non-working keys! You have been warned!}}
+<!--T:9-->
+Search for the shortcut of choice and edit it. Alternatives are separated by comma (e.g. '''Alt+Tab,Alt+Tab,…''').
+{{BoxInfo|tip|Changes become effective on next login. (log out/in for testing)}}
+</translate>
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-[[Category:Boilerplate{{#translation:}}]]
+[[Category:Contents Page{{#translation:}}]]
+[[Category:Editions{{#translation:}}]]