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Context:

In 2015, yoshisherry said, on UNIX Stack Exchange:

In windows 7 using Windows Key + Left or Right arrow makes a window take up half the screen.

XFce 4 has the ability to tile either two windows side by side or 4 windows one in each of four corners (bottom left, bottom right, top left, top right).

In 2012, Michael Cheng said, on UNIX Stack Exchange:

In XFCE 4.10, you can enable an option that allows windows to tile automatically when dragged to the edges. The default is to tile to half the screen (half-top, half-bottom, half-left, or half-right).

Question:

In 2023, using xfcwm 4.16.1-1, I ask:

  • how is that possible?

I never was able to do the most basic "left/right" tiling on XFCE on Debian 11.

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In Settings > Window Manager Tweaks, open the Accessibility tab and check Automatically tile windows when moving towards the screen edge.

This is effective when moving windows towards the left and right sides, and towards the four corners (not bottom or top sides).

I don't see keyboard shortcuts for these actions by default, but you can define them in Settings > Window Manager under the Keyboard tab, look for actions starting with "Tile window...".

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  • I checked the settings, as you instructed, and noticed that this is already enabled, and that it works also to bottom or top sides. I changed the settings so it happens at a greater distance, and now I can clearly see it happening. Thank you. But, how about the keyboard shortcuts mentioned by yoshiserry? – BsAxUbx5KoQDEpCAqSffwGy554PSah Oct 24 '23 at 01:26
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    You can define shortcuts but none is configured by default it seems. I've updated the answer accordingly. – jms Oct 24 '23 at 02:15