Questions tagged [window-decoration]
Questions about window decoration, which is usually provided by the window manager. This tag may be used with more specific tags such as 'titlebar' or 'csd'.
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QT apps like Kdenlive have a KDE Plasma style title bar (window decorations) on Gnome
Can anyone explain why some QT apps like qBittorrent,OBS Studio and Kdenlive have a KDE Plasma style title bar and window decorations on my Gnome desktop ?
I have tried various methods for styling qt ...
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how to configure kde window decorations to dark from ubuntu gnome?
When using KDE applications on ubuntu gnome, these apps don't follow gnome's dark theme, so they remain bright and ugly. However, When running systemsettings and switching between dark and light, I ...
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How to reinstate window buttons in GNOME software and GNOME calendar in Ubuntu Unity?
I am running Ubuntu Unity 22.10. For some reason, GNOME Software (the one installed with apt, not the snap store) and GNOME Calendar do not have a titlebar, and do not have any window buttons. It ...
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How to remove the Title Bar of Gnome applications
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I have one Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop(Gnome) and I want it to be fully black and ideal. As reference, I have taken one Ubuntu20 Server and Installed openbox on it.
I hided the title bar of all the ...
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Why do I have two finger touchpad window context menu only for windows with native decoration?
This is an annoying little issue I have had for the last few months both on X and Wayland. On my touchpad I lose the two finger tap context menu for all windows except for those with hative decoration....
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Window decorations, e.g., the minimise, maximise and close buttons are oversized
Sometimes when I turn on my laptop the window decorations are blown,
This only happens on/while connected to an external monitor whose resolution is lower than my laptop's which is 4K. I can fix it ...
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How to remove the upper bar of applications
How do I remove the top bar of applications (title-bar), The one bar that usually displays minimize, maximize and close? See attached screenshot:
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Ubuntu 20.04 vnc no window 'decorations' to allow resize of apps
VNC'ing from mac to Ubuntu 20.04 server. Desktop is fine except I cannot resize app windows as they have no 'decorations'.
Is there a way to fix this?
~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
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GTK applications look ugly in KDE Plasma 5
I'm using Kubuntu 19.10, with KDE plasma 5 desktop.
I have problems when I run GTK apps, because they like ugly. Here is an example:
I used the same Desktop in other computer and they look fine.
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How to revert classic GNOME decorations for gedit, nautilus etc?
I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (with gnome-flashback-metacity) to 18.04 LTS.
I'm not very happy about the new design of window framework (see below).
Is it possible to revert it back to normal?
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WPS Office with Window decorations?
WPS office doesn't seem to use window decorations.
Instead, there are integrated minimize, maximize, and close buttons at the top right corner of the (frame-less?) window. Resizing the WPS windows is ...
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Can I get close buttons to plasma widgets?
I updated recently from kubuntu 14.04 to 18.04 and got new plasma 5.12.6. However, the widgets (like network manager, volume, battery, calendar etc) are all missing close buttons (crosses on the right ...
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Window control buttons order problem while they are in left
While the window control buttons are on right it's close, maximize & minimize, but while they are on left it's close, minimize & maximize on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It's bothering the hell out of me....
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Compiz slightly blurry titlebar font when window is not maximized
I've configured Compiz to use gtk-window-decorator so that it may apply my Metacity theme for the titlebars. With this decorator, I've noticed that Compiz renders slightly blurry titlebar fonts when a ...
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No window border/decoration when unity activated in virtualbox/ubuntu 18.04
I installed unity on my brand new ubuntu 18.04 hoping it would solve my problem with virtualbox not wanting to use the 3D acceleration. It did, 3D acceleration now works, but I don't have window ...
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kubuntu Edit Window Decorations
I am trying to make my desktop install match my laptop, so I want to use the same themes and decoration settings. However, the decorations that I am using (BreezeMite Dark) for some reason makes the ...
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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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How do I hide/disable close buttons for GNOME windows?
I am using the Pixel Saver extension for GNOME Shell, similar to the old Maximus extension for GNOME 2 / Unity. When I maximise a window, the title and menu bars are hidden.
But I don't want the ...
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xprop fails to undecorate window
I am running Ubuntu 16.04. I want to undecorate (remove borders and title bar) of a window. I found an old posted scripts on the net claimed to be working but it doesn't work now.
To undecorate:
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Gnome 3.24 shows no window border and mismatch full size windows
I am Unity only and I want to give Gnome a try on Ubuntu 16.10 (edit :now, i switched to 17.04, and the issue is the same). I installed gnome with apt install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop. I kept ...
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How to remove the panel's menu-bar, and decorations for all local windows under Gnome?
I'm running Gnome version 3.4.1 and the script in charge of disabling menu-bar and decorations will run locally (no sudoing). It might have to do with gconftool-2, gsettings or compiz (all available ...
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Graphical components stuck on Kubuntu 16.04
I have Kubuntu 16.04 with kde 5.6.5, and I cannot change the graphical components, I am stuck with the qtcurve style.
Here is a screenshot of the settings, as you can see, the style selected (and ...
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Color problem on Kubuntu 16.04 - themes aren't applied
I'm on Kubuntu 16.04, with kde 5.6.5, and window background color is not applying (always the default white)
Here is a screenshot of Doplhin with the Breeze Dark theme, as you can see, some parts of ...
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How to customize window shadow in Ubuntu without disabling Unity?
I have tried everything but none of it seems to work. When I use window decorator in Compiz toolkit, it disables Unity and I don't want it to be disabled. So can you tell me how can i do this?
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How to create a custom splash screen for a program?
I am currently building a client for our users at work with Ubuntu MATE 15.10 and Plank as a dock. But when I click for example the Firefox icon in the dock nothing happens until it suddenly pops up ...
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How to enable traditional window placement/ geometry positioning
I have some remote X programs that all worked nice with 12.04. But in 14.04 there is now the following change.
One program (emacs) calls another (gs) with a certain geometry specification. The ...
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How to hide window decoration (title bar) in Opera 32 and Cinnamon?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and my DE and window manager is Cinnamon (Muffin).
Chromium has a nice option "Use system title bar and borders". Opera does not. I tried to add an option --force-native-...
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Black borders on: windows, notifications, menus, etc
I'm getting a black border around all elements in unity desktop. With terminal window is all black.
If I maximize a window I get the name of it and normal actions
Tried:
running: dconf reset -f /...
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How to disable shadows for Ubuntu 15.04 for a certain window class?
How to disable shadows for Ubuntu 15.04 for a certain window class?
In Ubuntu < 15.04, you could disable shadows and window decorations for a specific class of windows, using CCSM.
For a specific ...
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Problems with minimizing and closing windows in Ubuntu 15.04
I sometimes have problems if I close or minimize windows in Ubuntu 15.04.
If I want to close the window or minimize it, the system gets stuck and I can no longer click on anything. Only with the ...
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Nautilus preferences window has no Close/Maximize/Minimize and is partly not displayed (plain grey area)
I can't apply preferences for Nautilus/Files (Ubuntu 14.10), as there is no way to do so:
Where do I apply the preferences? I can't close the window without using keyboard shortcuts or killing the ...
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Window decorations are permanently lost when windows are maximised
I am using a clean install of Xubuntu, running as a Guest on windows 7 using virtualbox, and default options for XFCE as the window manager.
For some reason when I maximise any window (or open a ...
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How do I use the "no border" option in Compiz?
In KWin, there is an option in the window menu that hides the border of the window. Is there a way to enable such an option in Compiz, or is that functionality simply not available?
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is there some way to make windows owned by root (sudo) look different from normal user ones?
I run sudo gedit but it looks exactly like another gedit I have open with normal user...
Any way to make it look diferent? but I dont mean tweaking each application preferences like background ...
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System monitor borders missing
It seems that some applications the borders are missing, I noticed it on gnome-system-monitor, but thought not much of it as I don't really use it. But more applications are having this issue too now, ...
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Corrupted window control theme on Unity
I have a question related to themes in Ubuntu 14.04. Whenever I try to apply a few themes such as Adwaita or Zukitwo, the window controls are not accurately themed and look out of place. I have added ...
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How to remove window decorations (title bars) from Ubuntu 14.04
I never used window decorations to maximize / minimize windows, but keyboard and mouse/keyboard shortcuts for all operations.
In the good olde days, you could just disable and tweak the window ...
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Which desktop environment removes window borders/frames of full-screen windows by default (or easy)?
Another question lists a bunch of Desktop Environments.
Because of limited screen space (1024×600), which of them make it easy to hide/remove window frames/borders/decorations (including title bar) ...
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How to make title bar buttons invisible and visible on mouseover?
The title bar buttons (minimize, maximize/restore and close) are normally visible at all times. I want them to be invisible all the time and visible only on mouseover.
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...
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Borderless windows but keep title bar
I don't really like the look of the borders on the windows of applications I'm running. I've tried disabling window decorator, but that takes away the title bar and shadow as well. Ideally, I would ...
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How to disable the drop shadow effect at the edge of windows in Gnome Shell?
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I try to find in gnome-tweak-tool, but I have no luck. I'm using Gnome Shell v3.8.3 on Ubuntu Gnome 13.04.
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window decoration missing after upgrade to 13.04
A few seconds after login my window decorations disappear and I have a black desktop background.
I installed the latest catalyst drivers. 13.4. I have an HD7880.
I Tried:
gtk-window-decorator --...
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How can I turn off window titlebars (window decorations) in gnome shell/mutter?
There's a shell extension called Maximus that disables window decorations when windows are maximized, but I'd like to disable window decorations entirely, for all windows (just using keyboard ...
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Remove title-bar of all maximized windows in GNOME 3
(Ubuntu 13.04 with GNOME Shell, upgraded, GNOME version 3.8)
Recently, I upgraded Ubuntu to 13.04. the default desktop is gnome-shell.
Except Nautilus, other software border doesn't disappear when I ...
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Gnome-System-Monitor has no GTK Window Decoration
Really simple problem that I can't seem to figure out. The window decorator works for everything else, but whenever I open the system monitor, it opens in full screen with no border. I'm using Gnome ...
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KDE Rounded borders when maximized
In KDE (4.9 or Project Neon), how do I keep rounded borders for even maximized windows?
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Firefox/Thunderbird "Personas" do not cover window decorations
Is there anyway to make Firefox Personas cover window decorations? Chrome seems to be able to do this if you disable the GTK theme.
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How can I make Unity maximize windows like Gnome 2, KDE, Xfce et al?
Unity, of course, puts the window buttons and menus at the top left for maximized windows and removes the titlebar. I hate this. Is there a way to make it stop and just make the windows as big as the ...
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Minimize button is missing on Unity
This error happens on both Unity 3D and Unity 2D. I tried unity --reset command but it doesn't fix the error. Gnome shell properly shows all three buttons minimize maximize and close. But Unity doesn'...
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How to remove window's title bars?
I know I can disable windows decoration via CCSM, which I currently do.
Im asking if there's way to remove title bars without losing windows decorations and/or the ability to resize with the mouse.
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