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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Which window manager offers the best stability?
I installed Unity window manager and love it, except that it is always crashing, When I say crashing, I mean that it is unrecoverable, I can't kill anything even from TTY.
It occurs usually once a ...
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programs' title bar dissapear
I have the next problem:
the programs' title bar just dissapear and I can't move the windows, maximize, etc.
It occurs when I turn on the computer, but not always.
Is it a bug or something??
I've ...
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How to use Window snapping for Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to emulate winkey+arrow Windows 7's maximise shortcut keys?
I am trying Ubuntu and I want to have my windows snap to the left and right like Windows 7 when I use ...
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What window managers (or desktop environments) can group window icons in the taskbar like Windows 7?
I find it much faster to identify a window in the taskbar (window list) by its icon,
rather than by its text:
The problem with most window managers I've switched among is that they don't group ...
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Replacing Nautilus with Awesome Windows Manager on 12.04
Just like the title suggests, any idea on replacing nautilus with Awesome WM?
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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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Is there any way or theme that shows one applications' menu bar next to its title?
I'm looking for a way to put the menu bar on the same line of the title bar if the latter fits in the former.
Is there anything like that out there?
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How to Recompile DWM?
I am about to run sudo apt-get install dwm on ubuntu 12.04.
When I was on arch linux dwm was installed to a folder and recompiled in the folder when you made changes to it. (Edit settings). I am ...
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Program/Wrapper (how do you call it) to automate a certain script
In this question a script is provided, that minimizes all the other windows except the active one. But the thing is, to trigger this script a (shortcut) key-combination has to be pressed.
I would ...
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Stacked Launcher Item Double Click Behaviour on Alt-tab
Let's say that you have multiple firefox windows open. What you see happen is an additional arrow points to it's icon in the launcher. However, if you double click the icon, it displays all of the ...
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Dual Monitor Window Management
I have two displays: 4 desktop spaces (the Wall) having 2 displays each. If I unplug the second monitor, then all windows move quite strange.
I place 8 windows: 1 and 2 on the first desktop space on ...
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The chrome around my windows appears to have disappeared. Any ideas why?
When my windows are not maximised the title bar disappears and the only way to get hold of the application pane is to Alt + Click and Drag.
I am running Natty with Unity and I have not restarted the ...
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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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How can I change the Xfce window manager to awesome?
I'd like to use the Awesome Window Manager with all the other XFCE4 environment daemons, like keyrings, panels, power managers, etc. Is there a way to do this?
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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 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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How to make the window manager to show the X - [ ] not on left top corner but bottom left or bottom right corner?
Ubuntu 11.04, how can i change the Windows close/minimize/maximize buttons on top left corner to somewhere else like: bottom left corner, bottom right corner? If it's not possible, then I would like ...
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Unable get my wireless network connection under awesome window manager?
Unable get my wireless network connection when I switched to awesome window manager. However, automatically I get wireless connection under Ubuntu 11.04 classic. Could someone tell me how to get ...
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Configuring Compiz Grid?
Apparently there is a way to get an Areo Snap feature with the Grid plugin for Compiz. I've downloaded the advanced configuration files and have selected the plugin in the Compiz configuration - even ...
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how can I stop top-panel from overlapping window border in dualscreen mode?
I have a dual-screen setup with mu laptop screen as primary and my LCD screen as secondary placed over the laptop screen.
On my laptop screen I have a top-panel at the top of the screen and docky at ...
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How to Enhance xinit?
I started with Ubuntu 12.04 minimal and added a couple of applications via apt.
Since these applications require GUI, I used sudo apt-get install xinit
And to start the applications I am doing ...
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How to put a (Start) Menu button on Fluxbox Toolbar
I often run programs maximized (leaving no desktop area). I want to be able to use my mouse alone to open the menu, and my mouse has no scroll wheel. I'm just going for a simple old school windows ...
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Different font rendering with other window manager
When I log into a session which uses the Blackbox window manager the fonts look different (read worse) compared to how they are rendered in Unity. Does anyone know if it is possible to achieve the ...
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How to open evince in the top-right corner of my screen? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Create a keyboard shortcut to move windows to a specific screen edge
I want to open a new evince window on the top-right corner of my screen, how can I do that in Ubuntu ...
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What does a composite-manager do?
I know it's used for true transparancy, but what else is it good for?
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Strange “gap” at the top of windows when first opened?
The first time a window appears there is a "gap" near the top of the screen, a space where you can see through to the background (or whatever window is underneath). It's really hard to explain, so ...
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Strange window manager behaviour
I just upgraded to 11.04 and I'm having some trouble with the window manager.
When I log in there are no window borders around anything. Also when I log in it is running some theme that looks like it ...
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Window management shortcuts?
I've got a single massive monitor at home, and I've decided to mimic the Windows 7 window tiling shortcuts. I found a few guides online using wmctrl, and it's going well, save one thing: maximized ...
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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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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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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 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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Using xmonad configuaration on ubuntu 12.04
I'd like to use this xmonad configuration on ubuntu 12.04.
I followed the Installing requirements on Ubuntu Linux section from the above link and installed dependencies that aren't mentioned: sudo ...
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XFCE running but core features not working
Suddenly, my xfce4 desktop manager is behaving very weird: the frame around windows for moving or closing them are missing, I cannot switch between windows or bring windows in the background by ...
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How to bind a character device in /dev directory as the keyboard?
I have written an character device, I want to declare it as the keyboard and use it to generate events from the virtual keyboard?
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Keyboard shortcuts for window placement not working
I am trying to find a shortcut to tile windows right and left, but have trouble using both Ctrl-Super-→,
Ctrl-Super-←
and the Ctrl-Super-Num # functions. I have tried to modify it by installing ccsm ...
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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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HUD in other window managers (especially xmonad)
It seems that HUD is thightly tied to unity. However I just use xmonad as a window manager, especially I don't use unity.
Is there a way to use HUD within xmonad (or more generally withing other ...
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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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Problem with KDE's pseudo-tiling side-by-side feature
I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 LTS with KDE 4.8.2. I'm having a problem with the pseudo-tiling feature where dragging a window into the side of the screen makes it occupy that half of the screen. If I've ...
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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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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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How can I make programs open on a specific monitor? [closed]
I've read a bit about window managers, but I'm not sure if that's what I need or not. I'm using my Maverick laptop at work with an external monitor added and set so they don't mirror. I've used a Mac ...
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Unity (and its window decorator) keeps crashing, especially when using maximised windows [closed]
I'm not sure why, but Unity crashes fairly often (roughly every 15-20 minutes).
I get various bugs, for example when I try to click on the top panel, it simply becomes transparent. The same thing ...
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Possible to limit the size of a window (such as a browser window) to exact pixel dimensions?
Is it possible set the size of a navigator or web browser window to exact pixel dimensions in Ubuntu?
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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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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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Change the window manager unity-2d launches on login
As opposed to this question, I'd like to change the window manager that unity-2d launches when logging in. IOW, when I select a "Unity 2d" session at the greeter screen and log in, I want to change ...
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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 ...
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How to get window decorations back?
In 11.04, using traditional GNOME (not Unity), windows suddenly lose their decorations way too often:
For the next time this happens, can anyone suggest a fix that would be quicker than logging out ...
