Minimize/Maximize current window keyboard shortcut

Question

Are there any Keyboard Shortcuts for maximizing, minimizing and resizing the current window?

I am on Ubuntu 13.04, Gnome-latest version.

Daniel De León · Answer 1 · 2024-12-14T22:45:24.247

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Nowadays

Super + Up to maximize.

Super + Down to minimize.

Legacy

In Ubuntu 14 work for me

Ctrl + Super + Up to maximize.

Ctrl + Super + Down to minimize.

Super aka Windows Key

edited Dec 14 '24 at 22:45

answered Nov 05 '14 at 16:46

Daniel De León

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stderr · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-14T14:40:36.827

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Try that:

Alt + F9 Minimize current window.

Alt + F10 Maximize the current window.

If you prefer to create custom shortcuts see this article.

Edit:

Go to: Applications > System Tools > System Settings > Keyboards > Shortcuts. Choose the Navigation option, then just add. Or:

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answered Jun 14 '13 at 13:55

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 28 '23 at 18:37

In Ubuntu 20.04 and above:

Keystrokes	Command
`Super`+`↑` or `Alt`+`F10`	maximize the current window (if not maximized) unmaximize the current window (if maximized) ^{* see note}
`Super`+`↓` or `Alt`+`F9`	minimize the current window

* If a window is maximized, the same keyboard shortcut used to maximize a window will instead restore the window to its original unmaximized size.

Ubuntu 20.04: Maximize and unmaximize a window

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 28 '23 at 18:57

I agree with the comment by https://superuser.com/a/1776234/1794113, it worked for me.

The commands SUPER(WinKey) + D and Ctrl + Alt + D are used to minimize or maximize windows previously displayed ("show Desktop"). You can try that out with several windows maximized.

The command SUPER + H is used to minimize a single window ("hide window").

If you want to hide the current displayed content in a monitor, you can use SUPER + PgDown or SUPER + PgUp to bring it back up. As far as I know, this only works in the main display.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a keyboard shortcut to maximize all windows. That would be very useful. The most approximate solution for this would be maybe using SUPER + H and then Alt + TAB or SUPER + TAB to maximize the latest window.

Additional: This command may be useful, too: Shift + SUPER + sideArrow. It will move an opened window into another monitor.

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 19 '23 at 06:43

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Under Ubunutu 22.04,

In Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Windows

Super + Up : Maximize window

Super + H : Hide window

Then Hide window stands for minimize here.

answered Jul 19 '23 at 06:43

Rémy Hosseinkhan Boucher

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 29 '23 at 07:30

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I think you looking for this SUPER + H.

The similar one is SUPER + D

Good luck!

answered Mar 29 '23 at 07:30

virus_dmk

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score -1 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 21 '23 at 14:42

Addition: I just discovered that ...

on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)

...there still is an option to shrink the window of a running application so that it would only stay marked (with a dot) on the dock in the same way that it would when you clicked "_" on the upper-right corner of the window in the past. The shortcut is:

Win + PgDown -> Application window shrinks to an icon in the dock

Win + PgUp or click on this icon in the dock -> Application window expands

Minimize/Maximize current window keyboard shortcut

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