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Ubuntu 23.04 Window Focus

I just upgraded from 22.04 to 23.04. On 22.04 I could click on a window title and it would raise it and give focus. I'm not getting that on 23.04. I need to actually select with button 1 and move the ...
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Remmina Locked in Full Screen Mode

From time to time, a Remmina remote window will automatically load in full screen mode and cannot be minimized and must be closed to remove it from the screen on the desktop. I have seen this occur on ...
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missing menubars in all applications Ubuntu 22.04

Recently, all the top menubars in all applications have disappeared. Below are examples from Konsole and Libreoffice; the same absence of the top menubar appears in all applications without any ...
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gedit will not open a new tab for when opening a second document and onwards

I am puzzled by the behaviour of gedit. I have three different machines and while in two of them I have the desired results (after opening a document with gedit the next ones are opened in tabs), in ...
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Freezing/unresponsive/non-rendering windows on window managers when opening other applications from them

I am having some issues with Windows or actually whole processes freezing, when another is started from them until that started process is closed again. meph@mephtow:~$ neofetch .-/+...
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ubuntu 20.04LTS started to display an alert that I can click on instead of file dialog, how to re-enable displaying file requesters on screen?

My desktop is running ubuntu 20.04LTS It recently mysteriously started to popup a little alert window at the top informing me that a dialog is ready instead of just popping up the dialog. If I don't ...
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Kate: windows (instances) with different tabs, drag tabs to new window

I want Kate's tabs to behave as in almost all other tabbed programs I use: When I open a new window, it opens in a new instance, without duplicating tabs from other open windows When I close a tab in ...
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Initiating a new window drag in same position as last drag ignores the input?

When I drag a window by its title bar and let go, and then click and drag again without having moved the curson inbetween the two drags, my second drag (click) is completely ignored, i.e. I don't grab ...
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Windows Glitching

When I first open a app, the window will glitch almost all the time, Firefox, Thunderbird, Tor, Gnome Tweaks, Variety etc. Some parts starts blinking, it fixes itself when I press the Super Key, which ...
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How to Snap/Minimize/Maximize Window below cursor?

The default Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu to maximize a window (Super+Up) or snap it to the sides (Super+Left/Right) relates to the current active window. While setting up mouse gestures using logiops, ...
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keep focus on windows like microsoft windows file explorer

The procedure I describe is useless but it helps me explain the situation. If I am using terminal, I use it on top of nautilus. In terminal, I type "cat" then space, then with the mouse I go ...
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kivy any script does not open window in Ubuntu

I asked the question in stack owerflow before but I guess my problem is at first a ubuntu problem. When I excute a kivy script (e.g. hello world) in a vitualenv the script runs without errors but I ...
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How do I have all Libreoffice windows open always on the primary monitor?

In a dual monitor setup, libreoffice windows are always opening in the second, that is external monitor. Is there a way to force Libreoffice to always open all windows on the primary monitor?
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Screen goes black occasionally except for windows

GNOME occasionally goes completely black except for the windows currently open. This happens every ~20 minutes, and is pretty annoying. After a few seconds, the screen reverts back to normal. I can't ...
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What's an alternate to Compiz's window manager for Ubuntu 21.10 for window management shortcuts?

I'm planning on reducing my mouse usage over time. As such i came to know about Compiz window manager on this amazing site. But the official page for Compiz's compositing window manager says it was ...
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How to solve font size problems

I happen to be running Kubuntu 20.04, but my question is much more general: how does one go about solving font size problems? Obviously the first place to go is System Settings, but even there how ...
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Order multiple app windows in gnome 3.36.9

Wanted to order windows. So that I can make other windows as primary.
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"Skia shader compilation error"

I've been getting the error "Skia shader compilation error" in my term window for the last two days. It regularly overwrites my screen. I have no idea what it means or how to get rid of it. ...
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How to change the direction of window minimization effect in Ubuntu GNOME?

Is it possible to change the direction of the minimization effect? So when I click the minimize button on a window or press Super + H, it ALWAYS minimizes toward the top left corner of the screen, no ...
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Ubuntu window not working, see screen shot

When I log in to Ubuntu, I cannot click anywhere on any window. I see only close icon on top left: How can I fix this?
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How to change colour of dialogue window?

I wanted dialogue window colour to be changed. But home screen's title bar colour should not be changed. To understand better I had attached a picture here.
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Graphical problem with top bar and windows

I have these black spots on the top bar. I don't know what causes this problem and how to fix it. Also when I open programs they have blank spots.
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20.04 does not change windows colors after upgrade

I can't change window color under appearance option control panel, the 3 options are difficult to select, and if selected, does not have any effect on appearance. I just upgraded from 18.04
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How to open Chrome with a specific position and size from Terminal? --window-size is not working

I need to open google-chrome with a specific position and location from Terminal on Ubuntu 18.04. I tried google-chrome --window-position=10,10 --window-size=500,300 But it always opens full screen. ...
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True picture in picture on Ubuntu 20.04

I am looking for an app that would provide true Picture in Picture, that is I'd be able to choose a section of a window (just like with screenshot) and that will create a small movable cutout of that ...
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How can I make the size of a GUI in Ubuntu 20.04 larger?

I am using an open-source software, dlclivegui, however, the GUI windows is very small. I am not sure what setting in my Ubuntu 20.04 has made the Window so small since there is this GitHub issue from ...
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Get Rounded Corner in Maximized Windows in Gnome

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Gnome Shell 3.36.4. The titlebar of my windows, when unmaximized, have rounded corners. But when I maximize the window, the rounded corner disappears. How can I get ...
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Unexpected Window Snapping on Ubuntu 20.04

Today, while using Ubuntu 20.04, at some point my windows started unexpectedly snapping when I moved them around. I have no idea what triggered it. One minute I can easily drag windows around ...
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How can I add a window selection tool when pinning a window in Ubuntu 20.04?

In Windows 10, when you snap a window to the left/right half of the screen, a little dialog pops up enabling you to click on a window to automatically pin to the other half. Is there any way I can ...
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Can't see the bottom of the installation window

Hi I have a Asus Rog Strix GL703VD and when I try to install ubuntu first I have to either chose "safe display" or set the settings to 'nouveau.modeset=0' (it boots showing command lines but ...
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How can I make new windows open on the second screen?

I would like every app to open new windows only on the second screen. By default, new windows open on the screen where the cursor is located.
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Compiz: Fixed window placement, which alternative?

I configured my Ubuntu 16.04 system to open two windows automatically at login. For the purpose of fixed location of these, I am trying CompizConfiguration Settings Manager, function Place Windows. ...
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Maximizing Skype Sometimes Does not work properly

My problem is when I maximize Skype, it does not fully maximize the windows of Skype. There is an empty part in the screen. Screenshot is shared here. Notice that, this is supposed to be the maximum ...
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Change Window Opacity / Transparency

Is there a way to set transparency to Ubuntu windows, without using extensions? I found a command which does it, but only for the current session. Maybe someone can tweak it to be permanent? sh -...
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Ubunutu Application (Eclipse, Matlab..) that minimizes when execution

When I run a program on Eclipse or Matlab, it switches to another opened application and I have to go to the app (Eclipse or Matlab) every execution. Is there any solution please?
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Sharp rectangular corners in some windows

Screenshot - 1: Screenshot - 2: After a recent system update, a few of the windows ( specific apps like files, settings ) in ubuntu-18 tend to have rectangular corners. Tried resetting gnome ...
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Lagging image movements

I am experiencing a problem that I read other have experienced as well but didn't really find a solution. While watching videos or moving windows around the view is lagging quit a few. It becomes ...
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How to make an invisible terminal(without the top bar as well) and then pin it to the top without interacting with it

I am not even sure if this is possible but I want to have a terminal window, that has transparent background and is pinned to the top but it doesn't react to any key press or mouse event at all. ...
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PlayOnLinux window size can't be changed and buttons are hidden

I have an issue with Play On Linux. When I try to install a new program, the button to install a non-listed program is hidden and there is no way to resize the window. Any ideas on how to fix this? ...
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Raise browser window when click link in non-browser app

When I click on a link in a non-browser application (e.g., mail or chat), my default browser (Firefox) opens a new tab and goes to the desired site. That part is fine. What used to also happen was ...
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Ubuntu tiled windows with linked visibility / size

I rely heavily on Ubuntu's feature of being able to tile a window to the left/right half of the screen, either by dragging or with the use of keyboard shortcuts. Recently, apparently Ubuntu shipped ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) "pie thing" file transfer/copy

i have installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on multiple systems, and noticed that when transferring files, copying, and extracting .tar files, it all goes to the "pie thing" in the top right corner of the ...
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Window painting problem

I'm having trouble with some applications like built-in calculator, gEdit, blueFish editor. Parts of the application window are "transparent", it seems like a re-painting problem. Changing the ...
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GNOME auto arrange 2 windows horizontally?

On Ubuntu 17.10, pressing super+left arrow (or right) puts the current window on half of the screen vertically. I'd like the ability to do this horizontally. Is there a way to implement that? I'd ...
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Newly Open Apps Take Priority Over the App I'm Working On

So I multi-task a lot and am fairly new to Linux. I've been using Linux for a couple of months on GS Voyager and now just on Ubuntu 17.10. I'll have apps running in the background and maybe writing ...
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In 17.10 all new windows start maximized is there a way to disable that?

Every application that opens a new window will create a maximized window and I don't like that. Is there a way to start applications normally? like the previous window size Ubuntu 17.10 Gnome 3.26.2 ...
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shared driver's permissions on a dual boot machine

I am a .net Developer who's currently moving to Linux world, I managed to install both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on the same machine. I can access my windows partitions from Ubuntu which is great, ...
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Alt-tab does not show window switcher when in fullscreen mode

I am not yet sure this happens always, but at least now it is consistent. Whenever I am in fullscreen mode (either in chromium or in evince, but not in the terminal, for example), pressing alt-tab ...
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Is there a way to record how many time applications are running in the foreground?

And eventually also when they are started and closed and how many time they have been running in the background and in the foreground. I don't need that for every single app, but only for a few. I ...
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Showing a Windows application in an Ubuntu window

My host machine is Ubuntu. It is always painful to run a virtual host to use MS office or the other windows applications. I don't mind about the cost of machines but the convenience is my top variety. ...
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