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Installing LXQt River

user@localhost:~> sudo zypper in --no-recommends lxqt-river-session

Go to "Session Settings" in the LXQt Control Center, and select the "Wayland Settings (Experimental)" Icon, and set "Wayland Compositor:" to River, and "Screenlock command:" to swaylock

Logout of LXQt, and select "LXQt (Wayland)" in sddm and login as normal.

Note: If you skip the step of pre-setting the compositor before logging out, when you attempt to login to the wayland session, you will be presented with the session settings control panel, to set it, and you will automatically be logged out. This is completely normal, just login again when you get back to sddm``

Please Note

Running just:

zypper in lxqt-river-session

Appears to want to pull in around 40 -32bit packages, which most people don't need or want, this is under investigation. We recommend you do not install the recommends.

Default Keybindings for LXQt River

This list is not comprehensive, but gives you a quick overview, please refer to configuration file for all keybinds

Super-Shift-return     Launch terminal (qterminal)
Super-F12              qterminal dropdown
Alt-space              launch lxqt-runner
Super-Shift-esc        lock screen
Super-q                close active window
Super-Shift-e          logout
Super-j                switch focus-view next
Super-k                switch focus-view previous
Super-Shift-j          swap focus-view next
Super-Shift-k          swap focus-view previous
Super-.                switch focus-output next
Super-,                switch focus-output previous
Super-Shift-.          send focused view to next output
Super-Shift-,          send focused view to previous output
Super-return           bump focused view to top of the layout stack
Super-Alt-h            move focused view left
Super-Alt-j            move focused view down
Super-Alt-k            move focused view up
Super-Alt-l            move focused view right
Super-Alt-Ctrl-h       snap focused view to left screen edge
Super-Alt-Ctrl-j       snap focused view to bottom screen edge
Super-Alt-Ctrl-k       snap focused view to top screen edge
Super-Alt-Ctrl-l       snap focused view to right screen edge
Super-Alt-Shift-h      shrink focused view horizontally
Super-Alt-Shift-j      grow focused view vertically
Super-Alt-Shift-k      shrink focused view vertically
Super-Alt-Shift-l      grow focused view horizontally
Super-space            toggle floating view
Super-f                toggle fullscreen

Configuration Files

All configuration files for the compositor are contained in

~/.config/lxqt/wayland

The Primary file to be concerned with is

~/.config/lxqt/wayland/lxqt-river-init

this is where keybindings, window behaviors, mouse/touchpad settings and other things are set.

There is currently not a Graphical (GUI) way to set these for the river session.

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