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 to destroy a window?
Sometimes there's a leftover window in the bottom right area of the screen. It's transparent (invisible), but it will not let me click windows underneath it. I know it's there, after I verified with ...
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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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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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Why doesn't the clipboard work in modern linux distributions?
Can't the developers finally in 2011 move away from the flawed concepts of selections and private clipboards in applications and create a working clipboard service under X window system?
I'm ...
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How can I stop bluetile from changing the window manager theme? [closed]
When I start bluetile it replaces the current theme of the window manager. How can I keep the current theme and settings, and still use bluetile?
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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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Compiz in Lubuntu
i have lubuntu 12.04 on my laptop . i just installed compiz and do the " compiz --replace" to change it from openbox to compiz . it's actually working but there's no windows borders!!! window ...
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How to switch windows manager on-the-fly?
I know there's a command to let compiz take over from whatever windows manager is running, using compiz --replace &, same for unity with unity --replace &. What are the similar commands for ...
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how to change xfce4 default window manager
How can I change the default window manager for xfce4?
for some reason xfwm doesn't run when I run xfce4 shell.
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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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11.10 : no window manager, no applications, just tty
logged into my ubuntu account and found myself on a screen with just my desktop background and nothing else.
pressing the volume buttons displays the indicator, and i can get to a tty session but i ...
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Focus a window without bringing the window forward
Is there a way to focus a certain window under Gnome without bringing the window up?
Background:
I'm creating a script to type an arbitrary sequence characters on a certain window/application. With ...
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How do I run a graphical application in a virtual console besides <Alt+F7>?
I want to run R in a virtual console and RCommander in a separate virtual console. Or maybe I want to run a game in a virtual console and shut off the desktop. Or maybe I want to pipe an ssh -x ...
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How do I start the GUI (Window Manager?) over VNC?
I have a netbook and a server, to both of which I installed the identical Ubuntu 10.04 LTS distribution. On the server, I had the foresight to install and enable the SSH server before disconnecting ...
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Building Awesome WM
I am following these steps in order to build Awesome window manager on 10.04
I am building 3.4 while the tutorial is for 3.1
I installed all of the specified dependencies including cairo.
After ...
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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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How do I write to the screen outside normal window boundaries?
How can I create irregularly shaped windows and/or write graphics to the screen outside window constraints?
What libraries might help me do this? I would prefer solutions to be as portable as ...
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Using LXDE with Kwin window manager
Can anybody tell me how I use Kwin as my winow manager with LXDE.
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How to install and use FLWM?
I have used Lubuntu before, and like the low resource use and high speed of flwm. However, when I install the flwm package using apt-get and log out, I do not get an option to use it. Am I missing ...
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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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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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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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What is the equivalent of # compiz --replace in lubuntu?
What is the equivalent of this command in lubuntu?
# compiz --replace
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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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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 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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How to only place/size *first* matching window?
Using 11.04 with the Unity interface and Compiz 3D, via the CompizConfig Settings Manager (ccsm, not installed by default but very useful) I can use the "Place Windows" plug-in to set the default ...
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How can I easily send a window to the back of a stack?
I like to work with a number of apps open on a secondary monitor, one with a maximized window, and several more that are manually tiled in a particular way on top of them, just exposing a particular ...
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Maximize and undecorate all apps in Xubuntu
On my netbook I'm running Xubuntu as it works much faster than Unity 2D. I'd like to have all the apps maximized and undecorated, is there any way to do that without Compiz?
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How to make firefox main windows have no decorations using devilspie?
First off, I can't run Compiz. It doesn't work with my old ati.
I'm trying to make all firefox main windows have no decorations.
Here's the rule:
( if
( and
( is ( application_name ) "Firefox" )
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No window manager running by default on boot, what is the best method to ensure one opens cleanly?
When I start Ubuntu (10.04), the desktop starts and has windows without their window chrome (e.g. they don't have close, minimize, or maximize buttons). When I click on the "show desktop" icon, the ...
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How to use loose focus feature of Xserver?
I want one window to loose mouse focus (its a game, and alt-tab doesnt work as it should).
There is this interesting commit that i reached with searching and reading, but dont know how to use DeaGrb ...
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How to setup a mouse shortcut to raise window if it's covered by another window, otherwise lower it?
I'd like to raise window if it's covered by another window, otherwise lower it, with some shortcut mouse (click + extra keys).
Knowing that a window (that you are interested in) is in a region close ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Make “Focus Follows Mouse” Application Specific
I wondered if this functionality was built in or if it is even scriptable.
In Gimp's new single window mode, it still treats the main canvas and the Layers dock as 2 separate windows that steal focus ...
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How do I get winetricks dotnet20 to work on Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 with wine 1.4?
I followed the question about installing dotnetfx.exe (NET 2.0) for wine by using winetricks dotnet20 which, because i have ubuntu 12.10 amd64, downloaded the 64-bit executable instead, which i ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 3 WM suspend graphical problem
So when I suspend my computer, the screen when my computer is locked or when I have opened the menu with windows button suddendly becomes bugged and looks like an old kinescope TV with no signal.
Is ...
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Why do most window managers fail to show a custom cursor correctly?
Please note: I am not so much looking for a fix, as there doesn't seem to be one.
However, I want to know why most Window managers ignore my choice of cursor theme and show the default cursor no ...
