Questions tagged [csd]

Questions about client-side decoration, which usually refers to the header bars in GNOME and some frameless application windows in Ubuntu. This is different from the title bar and other traditional bars that are used in other desktop environments.

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ld.so error requesting libgtk3-nocsd.so.0, but windows get double titlebars if I install it

After foolishly installing multiple desktop environments alongside my Gnome setup, including Xfce, Unity, and Cinnamon, I get an error message in my terminal whenever I execute any command or even ...
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How to disable custom window decorations in XFCE 4.16

Apparently XFCE 4.16 has adopted Gnome's horrible idea of custom window decorations / client side decorations (CSD) making it look completely out of place for those of us who designed and use our own ...
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How to enable CSD only in Cheese in Ubuntu 22.10?

I am using Ubuntu Unity 22.10. Due to gtk3-nocsd, Cheese does not have a headerbar, and webcam settings cannot be changed. I want to disable gtk3-nocsd for cheese, but don't want to globally disable ...
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Is it possible to activate gtk3-nocsd in GNOME session?

I wanted to try gtk3-nocsd. According to the documentation, it is intended for non-GNOME desktops, but I wanted to try anyway if it will work under GNOME. (In case someone doesn't know, this package ...
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How to access the missing settings/preferences menu in Cheese in non GNOME DEs?

Running cheese from the cmdline reports no errors, and "cheese -v" reports "Cheese 3.32.1" thus the app should display a preferences/settings menu button, but none is displayed. (...
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How to take screenshot of a Gnome application without the transparent CSD border?

I’m on Xfce. I don’t want the transparent border coming from Gnome’s client-side decoration. How can I achieve this?
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How to get back rounded corners in Compiz?

In Ubuntu 20.04 GNOME Flashback with Metacity, all windows had nice rounded corners like on the screen below: When I switched to GNOME Flashback with Compiz, non-CSD windows (eg. Firefox or Synaptic) ...
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How do I disable client side decoration globally in GNOME?

I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. One encounters client side decoration (CSD) as most of the official GNOME applications (Nautilus, gedit, Evince etc.) use GtkHeaderBars (a combined title bar and toolbar, ...
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Can I hide the Firefox title bar AND still see the close/minimize/maximize icons?

I am using Ubuntu 18.04. I realize with GNOME, or its extensions, I can do things like hide the title bar. However, I want to hide the title bar and still see the windows management icons like on Mac ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 GNOME 3.36 - Remove terminal window titlebar buttons

Is there a way to remove the new tab, search and what seems like a settings button from the window title bar in GNOME 3.36 Terminal. What I want is to change the title bar from this: To this: I ...
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GNOME Terminal lost CSD after installing XFCE

I was trying XFCE 4.14 on Ubuntu 20.04, just to see how it was. After that, I've completed removed it and all it's packages and came back to GNOME shell. Suddenly, I realized that the New Tab "+&...
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Is Client Side Decoration(CSD) dead?

As stated by KWin developer Martin: http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2010/10/kwin-at-uds/ I just wanted someone to confirm it... :-)
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Firefox 66 CSD css remove blank space

Wanted to move close,min,max buttons to left in firefox 66 Ubuntu. Found the code below that did the job. `@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); #...
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Clock indicator has disappeared and nautilus displays with csd

I did 2 things: installed this pack of new light-themes http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/install-improved-ambiance-gnome-theme (which is for 16.10 and 17.04, and I'm on 16.04, I haven't noticed it ...
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Disable client side decorations in Nautilus (Gnome 3.10)

If I open a Nautilus window via terminal using sudo or gksudo command, client side decorations seem to be disabled and I get the “old style” windows decorations: Can someone retrace this behavior? ...
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When will GTK improvements land in Maverick?

I want to see CSD(Client Side Decorations),Windicators and RGBA.