I'd like to have all of my windows open in the center of my screen instead of the top left corner. Is this possible? If so, where do I configure this?
3 Answers
If you are using Gnome with Compiz, install CompizConfig Settings Manager.
- You can find it here:
Or install it via Terminal:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Then open it and go to Window Management > Place Windows, enable it, and in "Placement Mode" choose Centered.
For newer version of gnome (3.14 or higher) compiz has been removed.
you can now Open windows in center of screen by check center-new-windows
in /org/gnome/mutter/
using dconf-editor
.
-
-
2This should be the accepted answer, as it works out of the box and is just a small change.– rugkJul 29, 2018 at 14:19
-
1Actually I opened a bug report to make this setting the default: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/246 IMHO, everything else makes no sense. Feel free to upvote it. :)– rugkJul 29, 2018 at 14:33
-
Actually, in recent versions of Ubuntu it is enabled by default. And since GNOME v3.30 there is also a visible option in GNOME Tweaks:
Just select "Center New Windows" under "Windows".
-
Since this, and the original answer, both involve tweak tools I’m leaving the original answer as the main one. Yours is still a valued answer. Thank you– FrantumnDec 21, 2018 at 2:43
-
1@Frantumn No, they don't both involve tweak tools. "Compiz" is a whole new window manager and a lot more. My answer is a nearly built-in tool in GNOME that just extends the settings. Using "Compiz" is a complicated workaround that I am not sure whether it still works anyway in recent Ubuntu versions.– rugkDec 22, 2018 at 17:30
-
Also see my comment: "in recent versions of Ubuntu it is enabled by default". As such the whole question is more or less obsolete now.– rugkDec 22, 2018 at 17:31
-
-
1