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I want to avoid my windows snapping to the edge of my screen when resizing and moving, but it doesn't seem to work.

I am running GNOME 3.28.2 on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. I see no options for snapping when I go through the native Settings app, I have gnome-tweaks in which I see no options for snapping, and I have Compiz config which does have options for snapping, but unchecking it has no effect. Which has me wondering if Compiz config is outdated for GNOME 3 or something? My apt says it's the latest version, 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1.

So, can I turn off window snapping in some alternative "hacky" way?

Edit

The suggested duplicate thread didn't solve it for me. I turned off the setting in Dconf editor as per the accepted answer, but they still snap. It seems quite inconsistent, and i can't figure out if it depends on the type of application or size of the window or what, however the title bar on top always snaps, whereas sides sometimes don't.

Digital Ninja
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  • Possible duplicate : https://askubuntu.com/questions/907797/how-to-turn-off-sticky-edges-in-ubuntu-gnome – ob2 Jan 16 '19 at 15:25
  • Possible duplicate of (18.04) How to disable the window resizing when accidentally touching one of the screen edges? – pomsky Jan 16 '19 at 15:27
  • Which one did you turn off using dconf editor? – pomsky Jan 16 '19 at 16:16
  • If you mean the commands from your other accepted answer, i ran both. I even tried it as sudo now, just in case, it still snaps. But for example the terminal window snaps differently than Firefox. If i don't let the edge of terminal quite touch the edge of the screen, it will allow me to leave it close to it. Once they touch, i just have to drag away far to unsnap it. But for Firefox i can never leave it close; if i leave it close and let my mouse go, it adjusts the position and snaps it to the edge. – Digital Ninja Jan 16 '19 at 17:03
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    "I even tried it as sudo" is not a good idea. Running things with sudo could alter permissions of files/folders in your home directory thereby making them inaccessible to you as a normal user. – DK Bose Mar 31 '19 at 14:07

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You have probably found the solution by now, but just in case you have not yet found it or some one else is interested. The gnome-tweaks option you are looking for is called 'Edge Tiling' located in the Windows section.

I_Ranger
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    You're probably talking about newer release(s) of Ubuntu, but the question was originally asked for Ubuntu 18.04 which does not have this specific option. – pomsky May 26 '20 at 13:28
  • Oh! Thank you. @I_Ranger – lngs Jul 01 '21 at 11:42
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In KUbuntu v20.04 i do:

Disable:

[x] Screen Edges > Maximize dragged on top edge

A console solution (not tested by me): https://askubuntu.com/a/1029186/1017209

SL5net
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What worked for me was deselecting

\CompizConfig Settings \Window Management \grid

Works great! Now windows go where I want them and when I want them to be there :)

bruce westfall
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