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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Can Gnome Terminal set WM_URGENT?
I'd like for gnome terminal to set the WM_URGENT window manager hint on bell. Is this possible?
This bug report suggests it's not but does anyone know another way.
Basically I'm running XMonad under ...
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How do I increase the resize margin on windows?
It takes me about 5 tries to resize a window on my computer.
Is there a way to increase the resize margin on the edge of windows?
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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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Switching window manager/desktop environments?
In general what is the approach to switch the desktop environment or window manager on Ubuntu? The main difference between stock Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Lubuntu is supposedly the use of Unity vs. KDE vs. ...
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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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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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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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I3 WM with auto internet connectivity and a gnome panel
I wanna use I3 as WM with a gnome-panel on the bottom. But when i try to start the gnome-panel, I3 crashes. So how is it possible to run both?
Another question is: How can i connect to the internet ...
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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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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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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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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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Are there any tiling window managers compatible with Unity3D?
I used to run Xmonad with Unity 2D which I really love, but since Ubuntu 12.10 the Unity 2D is no more.
Are there any other tiling window managers that runs well with Unity (3D)?
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I fell back ...
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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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How to determine which window manager is running
Is there any way (such as a command or environmental variable) to determine what window manager is the one actively running in the current session?
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What is the most basic window manager for ubuntu that can be used to display a single application
I've tried starting a full screen application without a window manager, using xinit,
which works but instead of starting at the top left of the screen the application starts somewhere in the middle of ...
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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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Quickly place a window to another screen using only the keyboard
I know that using Alt-F7, I can use the keyboard to move the window around. I can also use the "Grid" plugin of Compiz to position quickly the window around my current monitor. The grid plugin doesn't ...
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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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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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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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How to move windows to another workspace without switching workspace?
XFCE supports a hotkey to move a window to another workspace.
In fact this does two things:
It moves the window to the new workspace.
switches to this workspace.
I'm trying to disable this ...
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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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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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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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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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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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How to disable window move with alt + left mouse button?
I have problem with this function because i work in Maya and other 3D applications that use this key combination... This option on Ubuntu 11.04 was in "window" section so i could change it to ...
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How to disable alt+click from moving windows in Unity 2D?
How can I disable the alt+click combination from moving windows in Ubuntu 11.10 (unity-2d)?
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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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WinSplit Revolution for openbox?
When on Windows I commonly use WinSplit Revolution to arrange my windows.
I found a plug-in for compiz fusion that does a similar task, but I am using openbox. Are there any programs that can do the ...
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How do I set focus follows mouse?
Is there a way to set up "focus follows mouse" behavior in Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, and 12.10 Unity?
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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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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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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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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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Expand window to free space on screen in KDE
I am using Kubuntu, and I want to expand the current window to the free space on the screen. To say it more precisely: I want to make the current window as big as possible without overlapping new ...
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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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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 ...
