With Compiz in Unity, I could press Ctrl+Alt+6 to place a window on the right-half of the screen, Ctrl+Alt+4 to place it on the left half, Ctrl+Alt+7 to place it in the top left quarter of the screen, and so on. Is there something similar in Gnome-Shell?
Ubuntu – Is it possible to place windows with keyboard shortcuts in Gnome-Shell
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There is en extension to do that. his name is Dash Hotkeys. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/413/dash-hotkeys/
Are you actually using Numpad 0-9 in those keyboard shortcuts?
This is a numpad
The row of numbers of above the QWERTY keys will not work.
In future releases of Ubuntu (like 12.04) you will be able to tile windows using Ctrl-Super-↑, Ctrl-Super-←, and Ctrl-Super-→.
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Best Answer
Install gconf-editor.
Now, run gconf-editor ( Alt+F2 gconf-editor)
Go to apps/metacity/window_keybindings and edit the move_to_center / move_to_corner entries to your liking. (see screenshot:)