What is the keyboard shortcut to minimise a window to launcher in unity?

I prefer the default bindings instead of needing customised ones:

  • Alt+Space then pressing N to Minimize
  • Alt+Space then pressing X to Maximize/Un-maximize

This also happens to be the default in Microsoft Windows.

Unfortunately it's different for GNOME Shell. There you press:

  • Super+Up to Maximize
  • Super+Down to Un-maximize
  • Alt+Space + Space to minimize a menu

Launch keyboard:
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Shortcuts, windows, minimize window, click at the right of the bar as indicated
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It will toggle to new accelerator. Just press CTL + ALT + 0 not the numpad zero.

Do note that the numpad zero shortcut will no longer work after you do this. Shortcuts now make a distinction between numpad numbers and across the top numbers, although it isn't noted as 'numpad0' in the keyboard wizard.


If your keyboard has 'windows' key, also known as 'Super' in Ubuntu, you can minimize, maximize, left-restore or right-restore using the key combinations:

  • Ctrl + Super + Up arrow = Maximize or Restore (toggles)
  • Ctrl + Super + Down arrow = Restore then Minimize
  • Ctrl + Super + Left arrow = Restore to left
  • Ctrl + Super + Right arrow = Restore to right

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