window too big, can't resize or maximize

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I'm running Kate under Gnome. Somehow it was resized to a too-large size for my desktop. So now the Maximize and Resize buttons are unreachable. I'm assuming reinstalling would fix the problem, but if I can fix it without reinstalling that would be ideal. Any ideas/suggestions are much appreciated. (I have tried the keyboard shortcuts, with no results.)

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Can't you just grab the windows top and drag it to the left part of the screen (again and again) until you reach for the right part of the window? — Pitto, Oct 12 '11 at 13:18
No, that didn't work either, but I figured it out! Turns out the session was corrupt. When I started a brand new session, I got everything back. — begtognen, Oct 12 '11 at 15:49
Solution here might help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/96375/why-are-my-file-selection-dialogs-so-big-how-do-i-make-them-smaller — Amanda, Jun 13 '12 at 20:02

Luis Alvarado · Answer 1 · 2019-08-16T17:18:26.000

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When a window is bigger than the resolution of the monitor do the following:

Press and HOLD ALT (On Ubuntu 18.04+ Hold SUPER) and then simply click and HOLD the mouse button over the window you want.
Start dragging it until you can see the top part or at least a corner to resize it. Keep holding the corresponding key while doing each click until you can see a corner or the top. From there just resize it as you like.

edited Aug 16 '19 at 17:18

answered Oct 12 '11 at 17:08

Luis Alvarado

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THANK YOU! Accidentally resized a window larger than the screen. – fIwJlxSzApHEZIl Mar 10 '15 at 21:18
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In my case (ubuntu 18.04, dell laptop), the alt key must be replaced by the home key. – user2660966 Feb 18 '19 at 13:41
I'm glad I found this. The window problem is so annoying! – Leonardo Castro Mar 04 '19 at 14:06
This doesn't help, holding alt gives nothing on lastest ubuntu 18. – stiv Aug 16 '19 at 09:29
@stiv It was changed to SUPER. – Luis Alvarado Aug 16 '19 at 17:18
I don't have SUPER key on my keyboard. – stiv Aug 16 '19 at 17:19
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@stiv You don't have the key that has a windows logo in it? It's the same one you would use to open the search box on gnome. – Luis Alvarado Aug 16 '19 at 20:41
This works on raspbian 10 buster - which is a huge help since you often have tiny screens with a RaspberryPi! – Nigel Atkinson Jan 14 '21 at 03:58
Works on Ubuntu 20.04 with Super (windows) key. To make it clearer: you can click and hold at parts of the window other than the title bar, so a part outside the screen on lower edge can be brought up by holding super key, clicking the middle of the window and dragging upwards – aksh1618 Aug 02 '22 at 15:46
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This is still relevant for 2023 and Lunar Lobster (Ubuntu 23.04) / Gnome 44.0. Thank you! – Ricardo May 18 '23 at 10:43

score 21 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 10 '11 at 19:13

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Try this: Alt+F7 and then you can move the window, so you can reach the button :)

edited Nov 10 '11 at 19:13

Kris Harper

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answered Oct 12 '11 at 13:20

Paolo

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Thanks! I did try that, with no luck. (Alt+f7 works to move other windows, but not the messed up Kate window.) – begtognen Oct 12 '11 at 15:22
This works on Fedora – Manuel Bitto Mar 25 '17 at 20:34
this answer is more relevant now that in ubuntu 18.04 alt no longer grabs window – tatsu Mar 26 '19 at 20:39

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 17 '14 at 15:11

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I had the same problem on Ubuntu 14.04 in Unity. I solved it by deleting all of the config files for kate. I found them under home/USERNAME/.kde/share/config.

WARNING: this will also remove any custom highlighting, colors, etc. when you do this.

answered Jun 17 '14 at 15:11

Ffoeg311

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 23 '15 at 16:05

This answer is a bit detailed version of Ffoeg311's.

Just rename the file kritarc(something like kritarc.old or kritarc.backup or may be anything) or delete the file kritarc which is in the path /home/USERNAME/.kde/share/config/. You can leave the remaining files.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 16 '16 at 15:08

You simplify use shortcut for GNOME window ALT + F8 in order to move it freely. Then, focusing on your factor and rescaling it.

Or in the tweak-tool window, click the magnifier icon (search option), then enter scaling in the text field. That will display only options for which the name matches the word scaling. Now click the entry Windows. The option Window Scaling will now be located up the content pane and you could edit it back to 1.

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 27 '19 at 02:20

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I had the same problem and solved it. In the main window (Anaconda):

Click Files
Click Preferences
Uncheck Enable high DPI scaling, then click Apply.
Restart Anaconda (CTRL+R)

edited Mar 27 '19 at 02:20

Zanna

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answered Mar 26 '19 at 20:05

kernel.k

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 14 '23 at 15:16

If you are stuck with a tiny screen with low resolution on some non-standard device that is not hardware-capable of fitting more pixels, and you need to press e.g. an Ok button that is off-screen, then you might still use the keyboard to repeatedly press the Tab key to switch the focus to the unreachable button and then press the Enter key.

Might require a bit of guessing about how many times you need to press the Tab key.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 03:22

My whole screen shifted to the right by 75% or so. I couldn't reach the up/down or left/right bars, so I tried what I thought was moving the screen to the left. I ended up resizing it, so then it was left adjusted, but the text still started 3/4 of the way to the right. After playing with it a while, I found if I went to the work space switcher and selected the space my file was spilling over into, I could 'pull' the page back into place by resizing it back where it belonged.

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Nov 10 '11 at 19:18

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Are you sure you're not in fullscreen mode?

Ctrl+Shift+F should toggle it on and off.

edited Nov 10 '11 at 19:18

Kris Harper

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answered Oct 12 '11 at 16:53

dekyos

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