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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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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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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 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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71 views
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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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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Why are windows going to top left of the screen?
Recently I noticed all the new windows are popping up in the top left. This is annoying because the top bar blocks the title bar of the new window. See screenshot of Tunesviewer with Firefox, ...
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Why does one terminal keep jumping back to the primary workspace?
I've got Chrome open in the top-left workspace and two terminals open in the top-right workspace. The two terminals are snapped to left-half-screen and right-half-screen. When I alt-tab back to ...
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How to move Window control buttons to unity panel?
Ubuntu 12.04
I have tried doing this by Compiz and Ubuntu Tweak tools but haven't been able to find the option... Is it possible to move the window control buttons (x [ ] and - ) to the very top left ...
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How do you move the window controls to the window when maximized [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to remove maximized window controls/title from top panel in Unity
I want to move my window controls (close, maximize, minimize) back to the current window ...
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Can I use Unity with XMonad?
I've been using Fedora for a while, but I recently decided to upgrade my ubuntu installation from 12.04 to 12.10. While I was using Fedora, I found xmonad tiling window manager which I sort of got ...
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New windows are placed too high and the window toolbar goes behind the
I changed some settings in compiz and now the new windows are placed too high and behind the panel. The settings that I changed were disabling the visual effects only. it is really annoying to always ...
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Xmonad with Unity / HUD
I want to use xmonad and still use the HUD from Unity. Is this possible?
Could Xmonad be using while using Unity? is there a way to use the HUD inside of Xmonad?
I'm in 12.04, soon to be 12.10.
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How do I use Scale for Application-only windows?
If I have 3 windows opened in the same application (e.g Google Chrome) I get this in the Unity Bar:
OK, that's good and expected. If I click that, it will Scale the windows that belong to that ...
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260 views
How to install and use AwesomeWM alongside Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install and use Awesome WM?
How to install and use AwesomeWM in Ubuntu 12.04?
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How to efficiently navigate through all application windows in Unity (aka Alt-Tab)
In Unity, Alt-Tab initially shows only one icon per application. Often I have multiple Terminal windows, and I prefer navigating to them via keyboard. Here are the different options I have found, and ...
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Is there any way to open more than one folders(Home folder, videps etc..) by clicking the 'files' icon on the unity bar?
Why only one nautilus window manager is opens when clicking on the 'Files' icon on the unity bar? I need to open two or more HomeFolder windows by clicking on the 'files' icon on the unity pane. I ...
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1answer
392 views
Disable alt + tab moving windows by itself
Whenever I press Alt + Tab , Unity moves the window I'm switching to so that the whole window is inside the screen. This behavior is excruciatingly annoying because I often move a window (usually text ...
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1answer
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Unity Launcher send to back feature
Clicking on a running application's icon in the unity Launcher it brings the application to the front.
This is similar behavior to the old gnome taskbar except that in the old taskbar if I clicked a ...
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1answer
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How to Alt-Tab switch between windows without popup?
Sometimes I'd like to switch between windows using Alt-Tab or similar shortcut without the popup (showing window thumbnails). Is it possible in 12.04? Thanks.
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Is it possible to make all currently open windows minimize, whenever I open a new application?
When i open(not only running) an application, how to make the other windows minimized?
PS It seems i can not do it with Devilspie.
Thank you for your time.
Ubuntu 12.04
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How can I make “File Edit View …” of windows always be displayed at the top line of Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can auto-hide for the application menu be turned off in Unity?
All my applications are maximized.
But i can not see "close/mini/maxi File Edit View" all the time. ...
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What is the rationale behind snazzy Window Managers/Composers? [closed]
This is more of a generic question, based on trying out Window Managers like Awesome, Mate and others.
To me looks like that other Window Managers like Gnome3 and/or Unity are heavy and pointless.
I ...
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1answer
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Compiz crashed after a few tweaks, and now I cannot start it again!
Recently, I was meddling with ccsm and the window kept refreshing with every plugin addition (which is normal i suppose). However, after i enabled SVG (I dont think this is relevant but i included it ...
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1answer
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Can not move anything in Ubuntu 12.04
This is quite annoying. For some reason I can not hold anything with my mouse.
For example.
I can not drag a window by holding its title bar.
I can not move the scroll bar of any window by ...
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Recent 12.04 Update Causes Window Refresh Problems?
I'm not sure which update exactly, as I update as soon as I'm notified updates are available. But just in the last month or so, some minimized windows lose their content upon maximizing. Chrome will ...
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2answers
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Why is Ubuntu positioning new windows beneath the menu bar?
I was messing around with CompizConfig Settings Manager recently and I'm not really sure what I did to cause this issue, but now all new windows are opened at 0, 0. This means the title bar is ...
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Drag&Drop in maximised windows mode does not work
I have the following scenario:
Nautilus opened to maximum
Editor (Gedit, scite, etc.) window opened to maximum
Drag a file from Nautilus to the Editor's icon on the launcher
==> nothing happens
I ...
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1answer
428 views
How can I bring all windows of an application to the front?
Sometimes I want to bring all the windows of one application to the top. It seems that the only way to do this in Unity currently is to switch to each window individually (either by using alt-tab, ...
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I maximized a window; now I can't see the close, minimize, and maximize buttons! [closed]
I maximized a window; now I can't see the close, minimize, and maximize buttons! I can't even grab the window to move it! How do I fix this? Is there a bug fix available? When will this be fixed?
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Unity sometimes can't seem to re-show a java GUI app (jpasswords) [closed]
I use a password manager called jpasswords because I can run it on most platforms and it can be self contained on a usb drive. Under Unity in Ubuntu 12.04, using openjdk, it runs fine, but if it get's ...
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1answer
440 views
Can Kwin be used in Unity?
Unity has a nice layout. I really do like the Ambiance and Radiance themes. However, I just feel that the window manager itself is lacking. KWin has an excellent tiling mode that automatically ...
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Remember window monitor for windows in multi-monitor setup (12.04)
I'm on Unity 3D, in a dual-monitor setup.
I like to keep certain applications on fixed monitors / workspaces.
However, it annoys me needing to move all those windows to the desired monitor / workspace ...
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How to make unity unresponsive?
Recently I wanted to test a keyboard shortcut, which is supposed to kill X server (hence very useful when you have a crash). That shortcut is not dependent on any particular window manager (like lxde, ...
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How do I install only the KDE desktop (and not apps) on Unity?
My question is pretty simple. I have Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity and I want to login with KDE.
I have seen recommendations to:
1- run the three commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ...
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3answers
428 views
Make windows smaller
Currently everything on my laptop takes up too much screen real estate. I can make the launcher icons smaller, the font smaller, I can use ctl-(minus) to make the contents of my browser smaller, but I ...
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How to move the lock window on the lock-screen?
Is it possible to move the window where you input your password on the lock screen away from the center, e.g. at the lower edge?
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Getting window maximization to work properly with Tint2
I've added a bottom taskbar to Unity with tint2. Now I have the taskbar on the bottom of my screen as desired, but when I maximize windows their bottom edge sits under the taskbar that tint2 created.
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Keyboard shortcut to move windows between monitors?
I remember there used to be a setting under Compiz that set a keyboard shortcut for moving applications between physical (but combined as a single xscreen) screens, similar to moving between logical ...
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1answer
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Unity freeze on actual window [closed]
I have a very weird bug on my laptop since I started using unity on 11.10.
Sometimes, specially when there's a lot of heavy applications open, some features of unity stop working, among them:
All ...
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4answers
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Maximize dialog windows?
Solution:
If you're on standard Unity which uses Compiz for 3D compositing, use compizconfig-settings-manager. See WeAreGeek's answer below.
If you're on Unity 2D, as I am, then wmctrl is the only ...
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0answers
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Xen 4.1 + NVidia driver = Unity has no window decorations [closed]
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity. I installed XEN and booted its kernel. The machine booted normally. However, when I started Unity (3D), there were no window decorations.
I tried Unity 2D and ...
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1answer
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Maximizing window makes content disappear
I am working on a DV9700 HP laptop. I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 and the proprietary drivers for the Nvidia Geforce 7150M / nForce 630m.
When maximing ANY window, this means the terminal, nautilus, ...
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Can I completely disable the menu proxy?
In recent Ubuntus the menu has been pulled up into Unity's panel. That's great, but it's not for me. I'm using the Gnome 3 fallback panels for my desktop and like my menu's like they always were.
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How to optionally maximize so that the launcher won't get hidden?
Firstly, I very much like it when the launcher autohides when I really need all the screen space. The problem is, there are a lot of workflows when I want a large app screen, but the launcher should ...
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Hotkey for placing two windows
Oftentimes it is desirable to let two windows each consume exactly half of the screen. I want to do this with emacs and the terminal so that I can look up C documentation while coding.
How could I ...
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“Show All Windows” Function Doesn't Work (Sometimes) When Used Multiple Times Successively [closed]
My PC runs Ubuntu 11.10 and Gnome 3 (Unity isn't disabled; I set Gnome 3 to load by default on startup).
I don't know what this feature is called - - pressing the Windows or Super button on keyboard ...
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2answers
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Toggle horizontal, vertical and full window maximization within Unity?
I want to toggle windows between:
horizontal maximized <-> horizontal unmaximized ALT+F7
vetical maximized <-> vertical unmaximized ALT+F6
(both) maximized <-> (both) unmaximized ...
