I use graphics software like GIMP, Inkscape & Blender extensively for my business. But most of them require the use of the Alt key in some way or the other. Come Ubuntu 11.10, I haven't been able to find any way to change the shortcut for window moving/resizing from Alt+LMB/MMB to Super/Meta+LLM/MMB. This option was present in the 'Windows' settings in Gnome2, but it is not present anywhere in Gnome3. And yes, I have tried searching through the Shortcuts tab in Keyboard settings, its not there.
Ubuntu – How to change the shortcut to move windows from Alt to Super/Meta
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This was my problem too. Alt+<key above tab> didn't work to switch windows in the current application.
In addition, when i pressed and held down the super key to see the unity shortcuts, normally one would see this:
I'm assuming that is for a US keyboard? I stole the screenshot from another post, and on my danish keyboard it now shows Alt + Onehalf.
But when I had this problem, I did not see the line pointed to by the red arrow!!!
So check if you see a keyboard shortcut for "Switch windows of current application". If you don't this is for you:
The fix was as hinted at above to change the XKBMODEL setting in /etc/default/keyboard where I changed from XKBMODEL="microsoft4000" to XKBMODEL="pc105".
I did that and ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration. Not sure this last step was required.
Then I needed to reboot.
Now it works.
Finally I've found a solution.
It appears, that you need to manually edit settings with the dconf-editor (dconf-tools package).
To edit workspace keyboard binding one should use dconf-tool and edit settings under path org -> gnome -> desktop -> wm -> keybindings.
The syntax for keybindings is the same as in other Gnome editions and the same as displayed in "System Settings->Keyboard->Shortcuts".
Best Answer
Install compizconfig-settings-manager
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Open CompizConfig Settings Manager and navigate to the Resize Window plugin.
Click the <Super>Button2 button and rebind the shortcut.