Can it be true that Ubuntu 21 / Gnome, not only has no minimise window shortcut key, but it isn't even possible to set one? The keyboard shortcuts settings panel has shortcuts for zillions of obscure functions, but nothing for that most fundamental of functions.
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Does this answer your question? How to use window menu accelerators/mnemonics in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS? – N0rbert Jun 07 '21 at 12:23
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@N0rbert Not a relevant duplicate. Current question is on a shortcut key to minimize, not on accessing the window menu. – vanadium Jun 07 '21 at 13:27
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1Name has changed: The shortcut your are looking for in "Settings" is "Hide window". – vanadium Jun 07 '21 at 13:28
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Try Super+H (H standing for "hide").
There are lots of keyboard shortcuts to navigate the UI without a pesky mouse or touchpad getting in the way.
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This doesn't seem to work on my system (20.04 LTS), Super+H just tries to insert a
hcharacter. The other combinations, such as Super+arrow left (maximize vertically along the left side of the screen) do work as expected. – Marijn Jun 07 '21 at 20:45 -
1thanks, seems to work for me on Ubuntu 21. Hopefully someone will change the Gnome menu to "Hide" for consistency.... though I don't see why they had to reinvent its name. – xpusostomos Jun 09 '21 at 02:45
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I don't have a minimize window in Ubuntu 18 either. Perhaps you mean "Hide window" for which the default mapping is Super-H. However, the button in the toolbar is still called minimize.
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