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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Hotkeys to focus generic window in Gnome
Is there a way to use hotkeys to focus on a window not determined by its program name?
Let's say there are nine program tabs open: Terminal, Eclipse and seven Chrome Windows.
Currently, I am just ...
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What is the purpose of this focus behavior?
For the longest time the Unity focus behavior caused me a lot of inconvenience.
Window focus confusion in unity
I am a long time Linux user, and despite that I always thought that this behavior was ...
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Autohide question [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I configure Unity's launcher auto-hide behavior?
I have a ten inch screen, and Firefox is crowded to the right by what people seem to be calling the left ...
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How to make Gimp run as a single window?
Gimp is nice, but the one thing that drives me nuts is that everything floats around in front of each other, often hiding the main window and forcing me to minimize all open windows until I find the ...
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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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Cycle windows over all workspaces in XFCE (while being able to cycle over one workspace)
I am aware of the xfwm4 -> general -> cycle_workspaces setting but I want to have two shortcuts:
cycles over the windows of the current workspace
cycles over the windows of all workspaces
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Alt-Tab does not switch [duplicate]
Since upgrading to 12.04, my alt-tab occasionally does not work. I cannot determine the symptoms that lead to it, but there are some windows that just decide not to show. What happens is I alt-tab to ...
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Window title-bars missing occasionally in Unity
window (title and icon) sometimes doesn't appear. As a solution to this, I have to logout and login again. Is there something wrong with my system? How to make sure that this doesn't happen again?
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What is the app, “compiz” responsible for on ubuntu 12.04?
When I open my system monitor and check the "processes" tab, I've noticed that regardless of what other apps I have running, "compiz" is always taking roughly 10% of my CPU. It might be a broad ...
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Alt+F10 to maximise window in 12.04 with gnome-classic no effects?
How can I use Alt+F10 to maximise window in 12.04 with gnome-classic no effects? I was able to use it in 11.10, but now, if I am in gnome-terminal and I want to maximise it, I get a symbol ;3~ and ...
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Manual shortcut keys without using settings
I want to change the "Close Window" shortcut to Ctrl+Q as this is more intuitive to me than the default Alt+F4. Prior to 12.04 upgrade, I was just able to change this via the settings window, but in ...
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enable window 'snap' in 12.04 (window maximation on drag to edge)
I have recently updated to 12.04. The feature which maximises the window if dragged to the upper screen edge, taking the right half if dragged to the right edge and so on, is now missing. (I'm coming ...
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Alt-Tab behaviour in KDE 4.8.2 after upgrade to 12.04
This may be a silly question for this community (and if this question does not belong here, please let know, and I'll either delete it or move to another suggested forum.)
I run Kubuntu, and I just ...
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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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Can't disable active window's transparency | Hover effect not working
I'm having a problem right now with my window frames' opacity settings.
For some reason the active window very often (but not always) has a half-transparent title bar. This is really distracting but ...
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Are there any GTK3 themes that work properly in Unity-2D? All that I've tried have “button glitches”
Every GTK3 theme I've ever tried other than Ambiance or Radiance has some "fallback" buttons when maximized instead of the theme buttons. Is there a fix or a theme without this issue?
Example:
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Look for a tiling window manager, 2D, enabling shortcuts [duplicate]
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Is there a shortcut to tile windows to left or right side of the screen?
I am still struggling in looking for a tiling window manager.
What I need is not complicated, I ...
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Is there a shortcut to tile windows to left or right side of the screen?
As Compiz Grid is not supported in ubuntu-2d, I am looking for alternative to tile windows.
This video shows that xfce4 and xfwm4 can snap windows to a part of the screen. I would like to do that by ...
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How to start xmonad?
I am under GNOME, and a Ubuntu 11.10 as virtual machine, which does not enable 3D accelaration.
I just downloaded xmonad via software center.
I guess the first step is to replace the current window ...
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Making gnome-shell default [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
Any way to make gnome-shell as default window manager other than adding
gnome-shell --replace' with in ...
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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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Compizconfig Grid doesn't work under Ubuntu as virtual machine
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 as virtual machine within Mac.
I have installed VM tools.
The approach in this link of Compizconfig Grid, which worked in my previous laptop where Ubuntu was not a ...
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Program To Cascade/Tile Windows
I have perhaps ten or fifteen windows open.
I'd like a program which automatically resizes all the windows and arranges them in columns and rows across the screen (a grid formation), automatically ...
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Resize window to half width
Is there an easy / convenient way to resize any window on Kubuntu to half width of the screen?
With todays wide screen monitors, I have enough space to fit two windows side by side, but I never do ...
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How do I customize Alt+Tab behaviour? [closed]
GOAL:
I would like to make the little menu that pops up when I press Alt+Tab to gain the ability to jump to a particular window by pointing my mouse at one of the icons. This is the behaviour that ...
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How do I disable window move with alt + left mouse button in GNOME Shell?
There are lots of posts on this about Unity, this is about gnome-shell
As with other posters, I use apps (Inkscape in particular) that uses Alt-Click and Alt-drag. Gnome-shell is grabbing this off me ...
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How to make windows open on same desktop as their parent? [closed]
It is really annoying when dialogs and other windows that 'belong' to window on other desktop are being opened on the desktop I'm currently working on... Is there a way to make Unity/Compiz open it on ...
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trouble while installing KWin window manager
I installed the Kde windows manager in ubuntu 12.04 using the command:
sudo apt-get install kde-window-manager
the installation was succesful.
I then logged out and in the login screen only ubuntu, ...
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Remove both unity and gnome?
TL;DR: Can I remove completely unity and gnome3 but keep compiz?
Long Version:
I really gave a go both to unity and to gnome3. I really did. I just can't bear them.
I need something that I can rely ...
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Prevent a window from being active on screen directly after being launched
is it possible with ubuntu oneiric to choose if a window/application will be "active on screen" or not once it is launched?
once upon a time, i was using debian and i could choose not (ie every new ...
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Intermittent temporary GUI freeze in Ubuntu 11.10 [closed]
I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 for a month or so. In the last week it's started freezing randomly (every few hours or minutes). I can still move the mouse and switch to other terminals with ctrl+alt.
I ...
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What different WM's are available on ubuntu?
What are the various Window Managers that is available to a user on ubuntu and how can I install them?
One WM Per Post please :)
Linked Question:
What different DE's and shells are ...
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Compiz not drawing window controls
I have recently installed driver for my ATI graphic card in my Dell Studio laptop. I have also read this somewhere on the web that Ubuntu enables compiz window manager by default if your hardware can ...
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Window Manager “Showing Desktop Mode”
when I execute wmctrl -m I get the following output
spv@matrix:(~)$ wmctrl -m
Name: Compiz
Class: N/A
PID: N/A
Window manager's "showing the desktop" mode: OFF
Why is my "showing the desktop" mode ...
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How to make chromium-browser show in only one virtual desktop?
I am now using the "Lubuntu version based on lxde", which is based on "openbox".
What frustrats me a lot is that the chromium-browser is omnipresent on both workspces. I have tried to modified ...
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How do I make resizing dialogues and windows stick permanently?
On my netbook with a resolution of 1024x768, dialogues, like "file open" dialogue or "windows", like the file manager window are opened so that the height of the dialogue/window is too huge.
Every ...
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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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How do I rebind “Initiate Window Move” to mouse button 10?
I am trying to use button 10 on my mouse to drag windows around. I have installed CCSM and changed the initiate button in the plugin "Move Window" to "Button10" (with no modifier, though adding ...
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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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cairo-dock icons degrade to question marks over time
In an up to date 11.10 the Cairo-Dock icons gradually become blue ? circle icons after a few hours or days after restart. The launchers still work when clicked, but they become harder to identify as ...
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How do I move a window when two-finger scroll is enabled?
I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my MacBook Pro, and I have enabled two-finger scroll.
Now I'm unable to move a window with the trackpad, which is usually done by click-and-holding the window title ...
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Force disable snapping windows
How can I reliably disable snapping windows? When I drag a window around by its titlebar and near the upper edge, it tints and wants to maximize if I let go of the mouse then (trying to park my app ...
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If I just use a window manager and not a desktop environment, how do I get automatic dock/undock resolution updates?
Gnome and KDE both change resolutions when I dock/undock my laptop.
They seem to do it automatically, more or less, based on the state of the computer. I'd like to have that behavior if I just run ...
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Pin Window to Desktop
How can I force one window to always remain at the back of the window stack? I want to run FireFox pinned to the desktop and prevent other windows from ever ending up behind it.
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StumpWM as window manager
How can I set up StumpWM to be my windows manager on Ubuntu 10.10? Right now I am using Compiz.
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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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Ubuntu 11.10 - Gnome 3.2.2 -> Windows and panels restarts often and random [closed]
I got a wired problem:
On my notebook (Athlon X2 64 bit with Radeon HD 3400, new Catalyst 12.1 - Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome 3.2.2) I experience random and often restarts of my gnome panel on top and ...
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Visual Effects crashs when I switch windows while runing Git with Wish [closed]
Environment
I am using git with its gui applications gitk and gitgui which are based on the simple windowing shell named wish. Also I enabled Visual Effects in the Appearance Preferences of Ubuntu. I ...
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Mutter: Global menu integration
Is it possible to have Mutter merge the title bar of maximized windows and the panel, like happens with Compiz and Metacity? I want to try to replace Metacity with Mutter in Unity 2D, and so far it ...
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light weight window manager/desktop environment like unity
I am looking for a Light weight window manager/desktop environment similar to unity
but not unity/unity-2d GNOME or KDE something light
with these features.
window buttons layout like unity.
side ...
