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When I snap to the left or to the right edge of the screen, the window is no longer re-sizable. I didn't have this problem in Unity. Does anybody have a solution for this?

Can't resize window when snapped to side of the screen. It's possible to resize once the window has been moved out of the snapped position.

System Info

Ubuntu 17.04 (kernel information: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 6 20:20:37 UTC 2017)
GNOME Shell 3.24.2
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    Unfortunately it's an intended half-tiling feature (you may call it a bug if you wish) and it seems there's no workaround. GNOME v3.26 (the one to be shipped with Ubuntu 17.10) has a feature which resizes both the half-maximised windows at the same time just by resizing one or other. For advanced tiling options you may look for some extensions in extensions.gnome.org, for example: zTile, gTile, Tilingnome, shellshape, ShellTile etc.
    – pomsky
    Oct 14, 2017 at 16:22
  • @pomsky Even though that be the case, I can't see why it has stopped them from allowing the windows to still be resized; this seems naturally desirable.
    – pdvries
    Oct 15, 2017 at 12:11

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Unfortunately it's an intended half-tiling feature (you may call it a bug if you wish) and it seems there's no workaround. There was an option to do it by super+middle mouse button drag in older versions of GNOME shell, but it seems it's been dropped.

According to a one OMG! Ubuntu! article, GNOME v3.26 (the one to be shipped with Ubuntu 17.10) has a feature which lets users tile windows to available width (not an arbitrary 50%) [see this video demo] and resize both the half-maximised windows at the same time just by resizing one or other.

For advanced tiling options you may look for some extensions in extensions.gnome.org, for example:

etc.


Update from the original asker

I tried some of these extensions. zTile, gTile seem a bit buggy at the moment (at least with my current configuration). I tried ShellTile and can confirm that this does fix this "issue".

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    I tried some of these extensions. zTile, gTile seem a bit buggy at the moment (at least with my current configuration). I tried ShellTile and can confirm that this does fix this "issue". I can't see, by the way, how this could ever be an "intended" feature.
    – pdvries
    Oct 15, 2017 at 12:04
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Please upgrade to GNOME 3.26. I think you will find that resizing works the way that you want. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/smarter-window-snapping-coming-gnome-shell

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    I recommend to edit this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.) Oct 14, 2017 at 18:31
  • Could you suggest a way to upgrade to GNOME 3.26 while using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 without breaking stuffs?
    – pomsky
    Oct 14, 2017 at 20:53
  • @pomsky That's also been my main concern when looking into this.
    – pdvries
    Oct 15, 2017 at 11:24

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