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I'm trying not to hate Unity, but I'm still not in love.

If I have windows non-maximized, I often find that the window is stuck so the title bar is hidden by my Unity top bar. I had to enable Compiz's Window Management Grid just to give myself ctrl-alt-num6 as a way to force windows back into the visible screen.

Is there a way to keep windows from slipping up under the top bar?

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    While not an answer, you can hold ALT and left-click (and hold) anywhere in a window to move it around. From there you have your window controls accessible again.
    – Tom Brossman
    Jan 29, 2012 at 20:24
  • Yup. I do a lot of that as well.
    – Amanda
    Jan 29, 2012 at 20:29
  • OP are you still looking for an answer? If so, you may need to repost your question as this is flagged for closure. Regards,
    – Ringtail
    Apr 7, 2012 at 4:57
  • No, I installed OpenBox. I never could get Unity to work for me.
    – Amanda
    Apr 9, 2012 at 14:00
  • @Amanda I ran into this problem in Compiz the other day (using Gnome-classic) and I found the solution. I'll post an answer, since it may help someone else.
    – RolandiXor
    Sep 14, 2012 at 4:52

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You need to set the appropriate option in the Compiz Place Windows plugin.

  • Open CCSM (make sure you have it installed first).
  • Find the Place Windows plugin:
    CSSM
  • Now, in the options, make sure that smart placement is selected.
    Smarty

This option is usually set by default, but sometimes for some reason it is not. I am not 100% certain as to the cause (still trying to find it). If you do not have the place windows plugin, make sure to check that you have any additional compiz plugins installed in the software center.

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    For me, it is Smart already, and yet my title bar is behind top bar... Alt+drag worked for me though. Perhaps it was an unintentional Alt+drag that got me there at the first place.
    – tishma
    Apr 20, 2013 at 9:00
  • In my computer placement mode is already set to smart, but I have this problem too.
    – raz
    Jun 18, 2014 at 18:48
  • works for me on 15.10 (wily) -- I had Place Windows disabled.
    – jfs
    Nov 5, 2015 at 13:23

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