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Here How do I increase the resize margin on windows? it says to edit in /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml the properties

<distance name="left_width" value="1"/>
<distance name="right_width" value="1"/>
<distance name="bottom_height" value="1"/>

Well, there are three frames with those properties, and the default values are:

<frame_geometry name="frame_geometry_normal" title_scale="medium" rounded_top_left="true" rounded_top_right="true" rounded_bottom_left="false" rounded_bottom_right="false">
  <distance name="left_width" value="1"/>
  <distance name="right_width" value="1"/>
  <distance name="bottom_height" value="1"/>
</frame_geometry>

<frame_geometry name="geometry_maximized" rounded_top_left="false" rounded_top_right="false" rounded_bottom_left="false" rounded_bottom_right="false">
  <distance name="left_width" value="0"/>
  <distance name="right_width" value="0"/>
  <distance name="bottom_height" value="0"/>
</frame_geometry>

<frame_geometry name="border" has_title="false">
  <distance name="left_width" value="3"/>
  <distance name="right_width" value="3"/>
  <distance name="bottom_height" value="3"/>
</frame_geometry>

I have already altered all three to ridiculous values to no visible effect:

<frame_geometry name="frame_geometry_normal" title_scale="medium" rounded_top_left="true" rounded_top_right="true" rounded_bottom_left="false" rounded_bottom_right="false">
  <distance name="left_width" value="100"/>
  <distance name="right_width" value="100"/>
  <distance name="bottom_height" value="100"/>
</frame_geometry>

<frame_geometry name="geometry_maximized" rounded_top_left="false" rounded_top_right="false" rounded_bottom_left="false" rounded_bottom_right="false">
  <distance name="left_width" value="100"/>
  <distance name="right_width" value="100"/>
  <distance name="bottom_height" value="100"/>
</frame_geometry>

<frame_geometry name="border" has_title="false">
  <distance name="left_width" value="200"/>
  <distance name="right_width" value="200"/>
  <distance name="bottom_height" value="200"/>
</frame_geometry>

and have rebooted between changes.

What am I missing? (and how to effect changes without rebooting?)

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  • Please tell what session and/or what window manager is used. There might be metacity-theme-2.xml or metacity-theme-3.xml files. Which file is used depends on window manager. – muktupavels Feb 20 '17 at 14:23
  • @muktupavels

    $ wmctrl -m

    Name: Compiz

    Is this what you asked for?

    Also /usr/share/themes/Ambiance$ ls
    gtk-2.0 gtk-3.0 index.theme metacity-1 unity

     – WurmD Feb 22 '17 at 17:02
  • If you use default Ubuntu session - Unity then it does not use Metacity theme. Also by default resize margins are 10px big, why do you want to change that? Or maybe you have problem with few windows? – muktupavels Feb 22 '17 at 17:34
  • @muktupavels bc I've got a disability and those 10pixels still feel hard to click on. What do you suggest? Any way to change the default theme? Or "just select Metacity to use" ? – WurmD Feb 23 '17 at 18:25

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You will need to edit /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css file. Find -UnityDecoration-input-extents line and change 10px to something larger.

If you have gtk-3.20 folder then you need to edit /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.20/apps/unity.css file. In case you update your ubuntu version.

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