I want my program's windows to appear in the center of the screen because when i start a program it all was hides the dock. or if the dock i allways on under them.
And im talking unity here:)
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2Possible duplicate - does this AU question and answer help? http://askubuntu.com/questions/39014/how-do-i-stop-unity-from-starting-windows-maximised – fossfreedom May 04 '11 at 20:15
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In CompizConfig Settings Manager go to:
Window Management -->Place windows.
Change Placement Mode from Smart to centered.
For me this fixes the problem in 11.04.
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I am using 12.04, and windows were appearing partially under the top panel. I changed this same setting to 'Cascade' a few days ago and it seems to have fixed it. I don't think the 'Smart' setting is very smart :). – Jazz Aug 25 '12 at 00:28
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I guess you can forget about that, right now it's not possible to center windows and apps on the screen. That's why I haven't upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 yet.
In Ubuntu 10.04.2 you could do it buy either editing the gconf-editor.
/apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows
smart to centered, and
/apps/compiz/plugins/place/screen0/options/mode
Options are:
Algorithm to use for window placement (0 = Cascade, 1 = Centered, 2 = Smart, 3 = Maximize, 4 = Random)
setting: 1
Or simply by using the compizconfig-settings-manager.
Now both methods do not work under Ubuntu 11.04 anymore!
It freaking sucks to be honest with you, I don't know why linux users are so obsessed with windows popping up on the right or left...
Kind regards, Stuart
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To force new windows to be centred set
/apps/compiz-1/plugins/put/screen0/options/window_center
to true in the gconf configuration editor.
