Questions tagged [window-manager]
A window manager is the software component responsible for the tracking and placement of windows within a graphical interface. Examples: Metacity, Compiz, KWin. If your question is about a specific window manager, add its tag.
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Change windows manager from recovery mode?
Is this possible?
choosewm says its not installed and I can't install it, presumably because I can't connect to WiFi from recovery mode
I'm running Fossa
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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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Same keyboard shortcut for both resizing windows AND switching between monitors
I'm a looking for a solution (Gnone extension maybe ? Custom keyboard shortcut script ? ) to make the keyboard shortcut to switch between monitor similar to windows.
On windows, the user can resize ...
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How to make kde scrollbars darker
I'm using ubuntu with awesomewm and kterminal (the kde terminal app).
Whenever I'm using the terminal (or any other app, but specifically the terminal), whenever I wanted to scroll, I find it very ...
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How to make any app popup/drop-down on screen (like yakuake)
I love the Yakuake console: with a single key (F12 I believe), you get a terminal that drops-down on top of any app you are currently using. Another tap on that key, the terminal goes away, and can be ...
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Full screen in gnome desktop similar to i3-wm?
I used tiling window manager and I like two things that is tiling and full screen mode.
By using pop shell in gnome, I got the tiling but I didn't find any resources for full screen such that no panel ...
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Moving window to smaller monitor: in 23.04 the window needs to be small enough to fit within the smaller monitor
In Xubuntu 22.10 I could drag a program/window from my main (large) monitor to either of my (same sized) smaller monitors, and it didn't matter what size the program/window originally was. If larger ...
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Window managers on Ubuntu
I want to start trying out different window managers. But before trying it out I want to know if I can still use my other desktop environments. I am talking about choosing between my desktop ...
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Can I use same software after switching Window Manager or Desktop Environment in Linux
I am using Kubuntu and I have Kwin as the Window Manager and KDE as the Desktop Environment.
I use VSCode and other software.
I am switching to another Desktop Environment and Window Manager alongside ...
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Sticky keys in tiling window manager
what is the best tiling window manager that supports sticky keys?
I learned I3, but unfortunately it doesn't support sticky keys and I didn't find any applications to install on I3 that supports ...
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Can't open gtk applications in Sway WM Ubuntu 22.10
I installed Sway, I'm used to using it.
On my machine I started from Ubuntu Gnome 22.10.
Once on Sway, I can't start GTK applications.
In my terminal:
~ thunar
thunar: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-...
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Testing a new mutter build
I am testing out a patch for mutter, and for this purpose built mutter and installed this in /opt/mutter on my machine.
Now, I want to test it out, with:
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mutter/lib/...
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How can I customize Google Chrome shortcut keys?
I want Google Chrome to close the current tab when I press F8.
On Windows, this can easily be achieved using the Chrome extension 'AutoControl'.
I'm fairly sure AutoHotkey could handle it well too.
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How to set up vnc4server
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS, with kubuntu-desktop installed.
I'm running vnc4server so I can connect remotely from my phone to run apps when I'm out and about.
Here's the contents of my ~/.vnc/xstartup, ...
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Killed Window Manager using gnome-shell -r. Chance to bring it back?
Ubuntu 22.04.1 Gnome 42.4
I tried to refresh my gnome-environment-config after using gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-dark.
There was a suggestion to try gnome-shell -r to ...
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Moving a window from one activity to another activity- option missing now
All was working good, till I got the recent update (which was yesterday). Now all of a sudden I don't see an option to move my window to another "activity".
Did anything change?
Normally I ...
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Can I change the mouse pointer color?
I'm faced with a small but long-time nuisance.
I frequently work remote from home using google remote desktop. I connect to my windows 10 PC and there I use vnc client to connect to my ubuntu 20.04 ...
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awesomewm hangs on login on AWS + NICE DCV
Having used awesome wm for years, I am now facing problems wanting to use it on my corporate machine (aws instance with graphical interface via Nice DCV). Upon logging in, i.e. typing in the password, ...
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Unable to install new window manager since upgrade to LTS 22.04.1 LTS
My upgrade to 22.04.1 LTS a few days ago halted at near completion a because of my GPU issue that I cannot recall. Now I am stuck with an awful looking window manager. I'm trying to remedy that by ...
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Can I configure ubuntu to open all application in maximized state?
Can I force Ubuntu 22.04 to open all applications in the maximized state?
I'm using these apps:
Terminal
Files
VS Code
Text Editor
Chrome
And right now, I should maximize each of them after opening, ...
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How to force resize a window to a very small size?
I'm trying "responsive web design", modifying the code of an html page so it looks good on all devices.
I test my code with Firefox, I change the size of the window with the mouse to see how ...
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How to change desktop environment from grub
I recently installed bpswm and I didnt install it correctly so when I booted I got a black screen. And if I turn my laptop off and on again it boots automatically into bpswm because I had automatic ...
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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 automatically switches between apps
I have the ubuntu 22.04 LTS version.
My issue is that my distro automatically switches between apps.
To make it more clear, when I'm working with VSCode and I get a notification on Microsoft teams or ...
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Gnome (dragging, application menu, dock etc.) being quite slow after update on ubuntu 22.04
I updated to Ubuntu 22.04 today and I noticed that anything related to gnome like window dragging, searching or scrolling through the activity windows, moving my mouse through the dock is quite slow ...
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Is it possible to do graphical tasks without a GUI?
My laptop is of limited resources and I want to have the most performance possible. I have noticed by running top that in idle mode 1.3 gigs of ram are consumed. The tasks that I need my laptop are ...
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How to maximize all windows from command line
To maximise all windows from the command line, it would be great if wmctrl could be used as easily in minimizing all windows.
How do I can use it to do the reverse?
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How to change window atributtes in Wayland?
I want to write an script that sets the attributes of certain windows to 'always in top'.
This command is supposed to work on X11: wmctrl -r "window title" -b add,above
But it does not work ...
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Ubuntu Budgie: Is there a way to show a window in all workspaces?
In most desktop environments, you can set a window to be visible in all workspaces or virtual desktops.
I can not find this option in Ubuntu Budgie:
Is it possible?
If not officially supported, are ...
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Is there a WM that is more customizable than gnome but you do not need to configure from the scratch?
Last weekend I installed awesome WM and I really think this name is a fair one, this WM is really awesome.
I liked how it felt efficient and customizable. I did not do anything special but I had the ...
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Can I use ubuntu only with a WM, without any DE so less resources are used
This guy in the video using gentoo and his system is using only 46mb RAM because he doesn't have any Desktop Environment, he is only using a Window Manager 'DWM'.
I have a very old pc with just 2GB ...
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How to fix an app appearing twice in my application list
I have VLC appearing twice on my app list using Gnome desktop on Ubuntu 20.04.I had VLC installed but the app wouldn't launch whenever I tried to. I decided to reinstall VLC,then VLC started appearing ...
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how to make firefox's picture in picture window always on top?
Having the video on top of other windows is the point of Picture in Picture feature in Firefox and it is the default behavior in windows, but in Ubuntu, Firefox's picture in picture is not on top by ...
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Description of window properties modified by wmctrl
I found wmctrl allows for changing some "properties" of windows:
wmctrl -r <WIN> -b ( add | remove | toggle),prop1 [,prop2 ]
Add, remove, or toggle up to two window properties ...
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Can't completely remove distro Regolith; alternative session is still available
I tried Regolith on my VM to play with i3. I liked this distro very much and wanted to install it on my main machine. I'm trying to remove it on my VM. I followed this official uninstallation guide:
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Problems with Qtile due to GNOME
I recently installed qtile according to the docs and when running qtile start I got the following message:
not starting; existing window manager GNOME Shell
Now, I digged a bit more and found this, ...
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How to monitor application events such as open, close, minimize in Ubuntu?
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor applications open/close/minimize events in Ubuntu. My initial goal is to monitor how many times I open telegram to check messages.
PS: I am using ...
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is there some way to tell the window manager to block all input to any new window, or any kind of popup dialog for a few seconds?
(This is not about web browsing), this is about:
system popups (I know only the one about: application not responding).
Windows focus and input grabbing behavior.
what is the worst thing we all (???)...
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Stuck on dell logo after systemctl set-default multiuser.target
I ran systemctl set-default multiuser.target so that I can use i3 without loading gnome. However, after rebooting, I never get to a terminal where I can login, start my session, etc. I am running 20....
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How to make .desktop file to open with its own icon in sidebar
I have created a .desktkop file to open GitHub using brave browser
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Name=GitHub
GenericName=GitHub
Comment=Github desktop app
Exec=/opt/brave.com/brave/brave-...
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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 determine whether a process is running or not in the current workspace to make a conditional shell script?
This is more like a follow up of this thread here.
I'm using i3-tiling window manager and I'm trying to figure out if a Firefox instance is running IN A SPECIFIC WORKSPACE or not.
Now,
pgrep -x ...
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How to tell Compiz not to manage/manipulate a specifc Window ID
I have a window I move from one monitor to another in steps. The Compiz "Place Window" plug-in intercepts the movements and initially stops it from moving to the next monitor. Then it jumps ...
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How to create a full desktop based on a tiling wm?
I want to install a tiling wm like Xmonad based on a minimal installation with Ubuntu mini.iso. I've already done this.
But I miss a lot of features like multimedia keys (volume), power management (...
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Cannot log in after installing OpenBSD cwm window manager on Ubuntu 20.04
I installed the OpenBSD cwm window manager and now it is not letting me log in.
What can I do?
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Window control buttons appearing on the status bar
I have the icons appear in the status bar. They appear even when there is no window open and do nothing when clicked.
It started happening after upgrading to 20.04.
How can I remove these icons?
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gnome term shows no boundary frame(or bezel?) in left, right and bottom side [duplicate]
I'm on ubuntu 20.04 and using gnome.
The terminal (the one made with Ctrl-Alt-T) has no edge frame bezel area on the left, right and bottom, so sometimes it's confusing when it's overlapping with ...
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control what applications go on screen
For a project, I need to be able to decide what applications appear on the screen. I want it to be controllable with basic console commands I could run from a program. I will only be showing one full-...
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How to set Alt+mouse drag to move the window and Ctrl+mouse to resize the window unity (fresh install of 20.04)
I fresh installed ubuntu 20.04 today and found the alt+mouse drag for move and ctrl+mouse drag for resize doesn't work. How can I turn the function on? (I don't know why ubuntu people didn't set it ...
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Stop X window manger
I have standard Ubuntu 20.04 installation with default desktop manager. I would like to stop X windows. What command I should run in order to achieve that?
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