To align a window to left/right/top/bottom half of a screen with mouse you should go to 'settings editor' -> 'xfwm4' and uncheck 'wrap_windows' property. Now you can drag window beyond the edge of the screen to tile it. But what are keyboard shortcuts for such a tiling? XFCE 4.10 has that functionality, but I can't find keyboard shortcuts for it.
Ubuntu – xubuntu 12.10 window tiling shortcuts
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I'm not sure if it can do what you are asking but compizconfig-settings-manager can do many tricks and you might find an answer there.
By choosing Place Windows in Windows Management you are able to individually define a fixed location for windows:
"How can I solve it?" If I take your meaning sir, you are displeased by two default Window Manager settings. One can be found in Settings Manager -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Accessibility -> Automatically tile windows when moving toward the screen edge. For the other, perhaps you are thinking of Settings Manager -> Window Manager -> Advanced -> Wrap workspaces when dragging a window off the screen.
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Best Answer
Xubuntu keyboard shortcuts
By default, XFCE/Xubuntu tiling is a mouse only affair.
However, you do have the ability to define your own keyboard shortcuts:
Using settings manager --> window manager you have the Tile Actions as shown.
In the picture I have defined two custom keyboard shortcuts CTRL+T to tile the current window to the top and CTRL+G to tile to the bottom.
To define your own keyboard shortcut - double click in the shortcut field next to the action.