A window manager is the software component responsible for the tracking and placement of windows within a graphical interface. Examples: Metacity, Compiz, KWin
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How do I drag-and-drop a file into a window that's not in the foreground?
In Windows, if I'm dragging a file or a piece of text and I want to want to drop it into a window that's currently not in the foreground I can simply hover over that window on the task bar and the ...
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window borders too thin to be happily grabbed
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop LTS.
I find it hard to grab the border of firefox or gnome-terminal.
I would like to configure my system to use thicker (8 pixel)
more sensible borders in its ...
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How do i set/change window placement position without CCSM
I want the default window placement to be center.
but i dont want to install CCSM as it slows down Ubuntu on Unity.
How do i set the default window placement position without CCSM?
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Disable window decoration for specific applications
Is there a way to configure the window manager to disable window decorations (title bar, preferably no borders either) to specific applications (based on the name of the app, title of the window, or ...
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A pre-13.04 program/script/window-manager used to let me resize windows by triple touching a window
In a previous Ubuntu installation, there was a cool feature that let me use a three-finger touch to change the size of the active window. I don't remember the version of Ubuntu or the name of the ...
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Get the contents of an open window
i am trying to write a program that will allow me to do some mouse things via keyboard. I have a large amount of the program already sorted out like closing maximising moving, etc .. other windows . ...
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Wmii on Ubuntu 12.10
I installed the quantal wmii deb package, but when I try to log into Wmii it is completely unresponsive. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
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How do I install a desktop environment and set it as the default?
How do I install a differentdesktop environment? Which should I choose and how can I set it as the default?
Thanks!
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window modus, open several windows
My OS is Ubuntu 12.04 with all updates. I wonder whether some day finally windows will behave as in former days, because it is exhausting putting data from one file to another with only one big window ...
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why “hide normal windows” sometimes work only after second press?
why hot-key "hide normal windows" sometimes work only after second press?
For example i have QMMP and Pidgin. With a first press this windows appears and after second all the windows are hiding. ...
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Multi-window switcher - mouseover window title not showing
When I have multiple instances of the same program running I see white dots to the left of the launcher icon indicating how many instances I have running. When I click on the icon I see the window ...
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After upgrading from 12.04 via 12.10 to 13.04, I think I don't have a working window manager
I have a guest virtual machine running under VirtualBox. It had 12.04. I wanted to test upgrading to 13.04, so first I upgraded to 12.10 and then to 13.04. I didn't do much testing of the 12.10 ...
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Xmonad Xsession
My user level: noob-ish, so please bear with me
I'm running 12.04 LTS. I have installed and, to some extent, configured xmonad 0.10
The "automagically" created xsession for it works fine as it is, ...
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How do I remove the window borders from modal dialogs in Cinnamon?
System: Ubuntu 13.04, with Cinnamon 1.8.
Whenever a modal dialog like the one below (password prompt in GDebi) pops up, it always has an annoying border around it. Is there any way to fix this?
I ...
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Are there any ways to install Awesome 3.5.1 on Ubuntu 12.04?
I'm doing to migrate from DE to WM, and like Awesome.
But at home I use Ubuntu 13.04 and can install the newest Awesome. At work I use Ubuntu 12.04 and it is older then Awesome, so how can I install ...
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Running games in windowed mode
I have problems with mouse behavior when I run game in windowed mode. I can't use alt + left click and alt + right click in game since first moves window and seconds opens popup with window options.
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After Connection second display window manger/unity fail to start
I am running 13.04. AMD RV710. Dual 1900x1200. I installed on a single display and when I added the new one I got a lot of oddities. One is that one reboot sometimes I just don't get a window ...
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Which window manager is most similar to MS Windows?
Background:
I'm changing a lot of desktop environments every day, and i'd like to some uniformity between them to keep my productivity up.
So, which window-manager can be installed in Ubuntu that ...
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Xorg crash leads to unresponsive window management
This is a very hard question to ask, because the symptoms are so wierd.
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and its set to automatically log me in on boot. When I see my desktop, everything works good. When I ...
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Window contents disappear after Maximizing
Window contents usually disappear after Maximizing them!Especially Firefox.
Running UBUNTU 12.1 on Vaio Z56 laptop.
I've read this question before and do everything that was said in the answer but ...
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Icewm broken after upgrading to 13.04
I have installed an Ubuntu minimal of version 12.10 and put an xorg and an IceWm over it as window manager without any login manager.
Today I try to upgrade my system to the new version (13.04). The ...
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How can I change window managers in 13.04? [duplicate]
There used to be an option in the login area (lightdm) that allowed you to choose window managers, but that option seems to have disappeared in 13.04. I installed Awesome WM, but Ubuntu is not giving ...
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Awesome WM Does Not Appear as a Login Option? [duplicate]
I am running 13.04, with the default Unity and lubuntu-desktop desktops. The LightDM login manager gives me both Unity and Lubuntu as desktop options and some variants on them but Awesome WM does not ...
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Why does the log-in screen not give me the option to switch to Awesome Window Manager? [closed]
I installed Raring last night and everything was going fine until I went to get AWM up and running.
Originally I planned to use the version from the official repos ignoring how outdated it was, ...
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What program or feature is overriding my “Unity style” keyboard shortcuts in DockbarX? [closed]
I have DockbarX installed with the option "Use Unity style shortcuts (Super+number)" enabled.
Recently I am unable to activate the 2nd application with Super+Shift+2 (I'm on azerty).
When I use ...
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Project applications auto opener positioner
I work with different tools that I need to open each time I open my laptop depending on the project I'm going to work on.
I'd like to have a way to automate the opening and positioning of all ...
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Automatically Shade Window on Unfocus
I have certain windows (for example, Empathy) that I want to be automatically roll up (or shade) upon being unfocused and to roll down (or un-shade) when focused. I can manually roll the windows up ...
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Is there a window manager that auto-tiles like git-cola does?
I've been looking for a tiling window manager, and seen the related questions here. I've tried to set up bluetile and xmonad. I had several false starts and once I got them running I didn't find them ...
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Unable to move a window without alt after maximizing and minimizing it. Ubuntu 13.04, Unity [closed]
If I maximize a window and than minimize it again, I'm unable to move it without alt pressed. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I know that Ubuntu 13.04 is still in beta, but I'm just checking if ...
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How to uninstall unused window managers and related packages?
I have uninstalled most unused session managers, but there are a few that still show among the options at login. The full list is:
Gnome classic
Gnome classic (No ...
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How to make unity set window properties (sticky, on top) to some windows (google talk)
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and I would like to the default Window Manager to help me setting "Always on Top" and "Always on Visible Workspace" properties to some windows. Ideally matching the title with ...
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Hot to disable key shortcut for “alt+the button above tab”
I am comfortable using alt up and alt down after typing alt tab, so I don't need the short cut "alt+the button above tab" to do that. And this is my favourite shortcut for maybe my most heavily used ...
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Can I force window to open on top of other windows when opened by keyboard shortcut?
I use SpaceFM as my primary file manager on Ubuntu. I typically open folder directly by keyboard shortcuts, so, e.g. Ctrl+Super+W opens my Work folder.
Specifically, I use execute the command spacefm ...
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Resize window actions for left and right placement don't work
In previous versions of Ubuntu I could press the combination of keys several times (Ctrl+Alt+Num4 or Num6) to re-size window to different width.
Now this functionality doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.04. ...
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Resize the window control buttons (close, restore, maximize)
How to change the size of the close/restore/maximize/minimize buttons of the windows?
They are too small for me. With a big monitor, it's difficult to position the mouse over them.
Is there a ...
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How to open and place a new window in another workspace automatically under Unity?
The basic idea is like tiling window manager with a fixed identical grid system.
I don't want windows piled up in a same desktop(workspace).
We can have a huge virtual desktop like setting up ...
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gnome classic headers, footers duplicated. why?
When I run Gnome Classic (my default windower) the information in the top nav is duplicated and there are a bunch of blank headers. It's hard to explain, this image shows it very well. (I can't embed ...
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How to enable compiz window grid with visual effects set to none. Ubuntu 10.04
I have to disable "Visual Effects" (system -> preferences-> appearance -> visual effects -> none) because I get a terrible flicker/blinking when it is enabled, but I'd really like to use compiz window ...
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Minimize windows without them going black and white
I recently updated to KDE 4.10. Now when I minimize windows, the task manager shows them being black and white. I find this very annoying since I tend to find windows primarily based on colors, not ...
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accessing a window
While working I need to pull some windows on regular basis. Now I switch between window using Alt + Tab or Alt + `.
Some windows I need more frequently than others. I want to have key combination to ...
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xfce windows are missing toolbar, focus is broken
It's subtle, but as you can see in the screenshot:
there are no min, max or close buttons on the windows. The edges of windows can be resized, but it doesn't help the situation. Clicking on a ...
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WinTabber not running with wine on 12.10
I tried to run this with the program from properties and below is what I get from the terminal.
I looked around for a fix for it but I don't really know what to look for.
I also tried installing ...
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Compiz KDE Ubuntu 12.04 can't input text to programs and unable to move windows sometimes
Well i finally managed to install KDE with Compiz on Ubuntu 12.04.
Now i have only a few problems left
the biggest problem is that i can not input text into the KDE start menu.. it does popup ...
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Is there a way to stop KDE from overwriting my other WM settings?
What is the problem?
KDE does not respect other window manager/DE settings.
Is there a way to safely run KDE alongside other window managers without having to reconfigure them every time after ...
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12.04 Gnome Shell: New window opens half screen only and doesn't respond at all.
Many times when I open a new window it opens only on half of the screen. Cannot type on it, close it or move. It's dead. Basic case: got a im message shown via shell, click to open chat on Empathy ...
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how to remove title bar and borders on maximized windows in kubuntu?
In gnome-shell there is an extension that removes the window borders and close buttons and title bar etc on maximized windows to save screen real estate.
I'm sure kwin / kde has a way to mimic this ...
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How can I disable windows of another workspace in the task bar?
When I switch to a different workspace, still I can see all the windows opened in the other workspaces in the task bar, so how can I get rid of this?
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Application window never appears (Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager)
I'm having an issue with gSTM failing to generate a window, it opened once, prior to a reboot, and I had moved it to Workspace 3 (not sure if this is relevant)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with a pretty ...
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How do I properly configure my screen edges to be non-sticky? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I disable mouse magnet on middle edge with multi monitors?
I find the sticky edges feature to be quite annoying. I'm using dual monitors and turned sticky edges ...
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ubuntu 10.04 installing sticky edge (or divvy alternative)
My school has 10.04 ubuntu. I have no sudo previliage but I want to use sticky edge (or divvy like app)
I tried a script using wmctrl, but we don't even have wmctrl on it.
Keep in mind, I can't do ...
