Window sizing and placing using the keyboard possible?

[chimak111]

I've been using Openbox and, by editing ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml, I can define keyboard shortcuts to place the window currently in focus in defined areas of the screen. For example:

    <!-- Keybindings for window tiling -->
<keybind key="W-Left">        # HalfLeftScreen
  <action name="Unmaximize"/>
  <action name="MoveResizeTo"><x>0</x><y>0</y><height>100%</height><width>50%</width></action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-Right">        # HalfRightScreen
  <action name="Unmaximize"/>
  <action name="MoveResizeTo"><x>-0</x><y>0</y><height>100%</height><width>50%</width></action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-Up">        # HalfUpperScreen
  <action name="Unmaximize"/>
  <action name="MoveResizeTo"><x>--4</x><y>0</y><width>100%</width><height>50%</height></action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-Down">        # HalfLowerScreen
  <action name="Unmaximize"/>
  <action name="MoveResizeTo"><x>--4</x><y>-0</y><width>100%</width><height>50%</height></action>
</keybind>

where "W" is the Meta or Super key and "left", "right", "up" and "down" are the arrow keys.

My question is this: how can I do something equivalent in Kubuntu 16.04 (Plasma 5.5) with kwin?

[Snowhog]

"Kwin"

Are you not using a newer version of Kubuntu that utilizes Plasma?

[vinnywright]

system settings>shortcuts>global shortcuts>kwin

VINNY

[kubicle]

Are you not using a newer version of Kubuntu that utilizes Plasma?

Plasma (the desktop shell) still uses kwin (the window manager).

[oshunluvr]

I can define keyboard shortcuts to place the window currently in focus in defined areas of the screen.

Or you can just drag the window to a corner-edge and let it go to get a 1/4 screen corner window position, or center-edge to get a half-screen window.

[chimak111]

After reading Latest round of backports PPA updates include Plasma 5.10.2 for Zesty 17.04 I went ahead and ran

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

and updated and dist-upgraded.

I hope that went off successfully. For example:

$ apt policy kwin
kwin:
 Installed: 4:5.8.7-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa2
 Candidate: 4:5.8.7-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa2
 Version table:
*** 4:5.8.7-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa2 500
       500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
       100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    4:5.6.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa1 500
       500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
    4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1 500
       500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
$

And

system settings>shortcuts>global shortcuts>kwin

does the needful. Thanks, vinny!