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 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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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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Gnome-classic, new windows remain buried behind other window
This is my first question on this forum.
I have recently moved from ARCH Linux to Ubuntu 11.10.
I switched to using Gnome-Classic and noticed strange behaviors with the windows whenever I open them.
I ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 can I get Xubuntu's workspace switcher to show the proper sized desktop?
I recently installed the Xubuntu desktop over my Ubuntu 12.04 installation, and have been customizing it to my liking. My laptop comes to class with me, and when it's not out of the room, it's usually ...
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Metacity malfunction preventing custom Gnome session from launching?
When I try to run Metacity in Ubuntu2D(12.04), I get the following message:
alisa@ubuntu:~$ metacity
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":2.0" already has a window manager;
try using the ...
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How do I enable center click paste for fvwm?
I'm using FVWM2 as my window manager on ubuntu 12.04 LTS and can't seem to get center click paste to work.
What do I need to add to the fvwm2rc file or change via xmodmap to get this to work?
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Why does Expo bug out the first time it's used?
Without fail, using the Super + W keyboard shortcut for Expo for the first time since starting up (specifically whenever compiz starts; restarting it without logging out does the same thing) makes the ...
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How to setup a lightweight keyboard-friendly window manager with add ons
I was looking for a lightweight windows manager with focus on doing things by keyboard. Most of the lightweight desktop environment such as XFCE or window manager such as Fluxbox, etc., doesn't allow ...
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How do I install and use the Bluetile window manager in 12.04?
I've been working on getting bluetile working on 12.04 so I can start down the path of tiling windows managers, but I have been having limited success. I have read the (only 7!) other posts on ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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How can I disable windows of another workspace in the task bar?
When I switch to a different workspace, still I can see all the windows opened in the other workspaces in the task bar, so how can I get rid of this?
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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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ubuntu 10.04 installing sticky edge (or divvy alternative)
My school has 10.04 ubuntu. I have no sudo previliage but I want to use sticky edge (or divvy like app)
I tried a script using wmctrl, but we don't even have wmctrl on it.
Keep in mind, I can't do ...
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dual head monitor after upgrade: menu and windows borders missing in second screen
I had 10.04 with dual head monitors. After upgrade to 12.04 the second monitor is working but there are no "theme" or "window decoration" there...
The mouse pointer is the "old" X
I have a nvidia ...
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The bottom of windows are getting cut off!
I'm using an Acer Aspire One netbook, the resolution is 1024x600, using Ubuntu 12.04. Uh, I don't know if this affects anything, but I'm using French(Canadian) keyboard layout. Just in case that ...
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Can't place windows on center of the screen
I'm using the gnome3 desktop as packaged by https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team.
On my two monitor setup (14'' laptop, 24'' attached monitor) I can't place any window near the center of my seccond ...
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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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associate program to a file where program is not in list
Relative noob here. Need help trying to figure this one out:
I have a program (Guitar pro 6) that I want to associate to all .gpx files so that when i start such a file, it is started with that ...
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Gnome shell maximizes “large” windows
It seems gnome-shell (3.6.1) maximizes large windows. I.e. if the last non-maximized size for a window was large, the application will open maximized next time.
I've head of such a thing in Unity, ...
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Problem starting wmii after a minimal installation
I did a minimal Ubuntu installation then after installing wmii and trying to run it with startx I get this message:
/etc/X11/wmii/wmiirc: 247: /etc/X11/wmii/wmiirc: xsetroot: not found
I'm still ...
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ubuntu i3wm freezes on login
I switched to the i3 window manager, which is quite nice, but I have a funny bug. If I reboot and set the wm to i3 (within the lightdb settings) the gui freezes after logging in (i can see the ...
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Ubuntu window randomly stop drawing
After using Ubuntu for a while, application windows will begin to stop drawing. The application will continue to run (if I'm using keyboard shortcuts, the application exhibits normal behavior, like ...
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Stop windows from “piling” on each other, so I always can see parts of the desktop, if the window isn't maximized
I am looking to achieve the following behavior: Lets say I open firefox. When this opens, it opens, it is maximized, so it covers my whole display and I can't see any pixels of my desktoppicture ...
