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I had to use Mac for a while (glad I'm back to g'old Ubuntu). It did have one feature I got used to: when I maximised a window it hid all the panels and only showed my app. I know this is essentially a full-screen.

What I am interested in is finding a way to hide all panes in ubuntu when using a keyboard shortcut to maximise a window. I could also be tied to a specific workspace if that is easier. Ideally I would like to have multiple terminal windows open in that full screen mode. I use keyboard shortcuts to place terminal windows where I want them all the time and I'd want to keep that.

I am looking into ideas to

  1. hide launcher (Shortcut to change Launcher 'Hide' setting)
  2. hide panels

and combine them in a keyboard shortcut

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    To get that effect, install this sudo apt install wmctrl then you can fullscreen the active window with F11 or wmctrl -r ":ACTIVE:" -b toggle,fullscreen is this what you wanted? – Mark Kirby Jan 26 '17 at 11:37
  • Can it fullscreen multiple terminal windows? – don.joey Jan 26 '17 at 11:42
  • How do you mean? You can have as many windows as you like fullscreen at the same time and use the launcher or task switcher to change between them. – Mark Kirby Jan 26 '17 at 11:46
  • Well I don't really want fullscreen, I want to get rid of the launcher and panels and still have the possibility to put my terminal windows where I want (in a panel-free view). – don.joey Jan 26 '17 at 11:47
  • OK then this is not what you want then. You can hide the launcher bar from system settings and appearance but AFAIK you cant hide the top panel (or make it dodge windows). Some references: http://askubuntu.com/questions/557107/is-there-a-way-to-configure-unitys-top-bar-to-autohide http://askubuntu.com/questions/53662/how-do-i-autohide-the-top-panel-in-unity https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2201585 I think because of the global menu, Unity simply does not do this. Something like Mate or XFCE or KDE could likly do this. – Mark Kirby Jan 26 '17 at 11:52

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