A window manager is the software component responsible for the tracking and placement of windows within a graphical interface. Examples: Metacity, Compiz, KWin. If your question is about a specific window manager, add its tag.
Questions tagged [window-manager]
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How do I increase the resize margin on windows?
It takes me about 5 tries to resize a window on my computer.
Is there a way to increase the resize margin on the edge of windows?
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How to configure my system so that all windows start maximized?
Every time I open a terminal or an application like Inkscape I have to click the maximize button because by default they open in a small size. Is there a way I can configure my system so that whenever a new program opens, it uses the whole screen?…
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How do I display two windows as split screen?
I have two open programs, but I want to view both of them at the same time. Dragging and adjusting them manually takes time, and I might have to do this every day. Is there any shortcut for doing this in Ubuntu?
I'm thinking something like this:
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How do I restart the window manager?
How to restart window manager so that styles (or whatever) are restored?
After doing /etc/init.d/networking stop they feel completely broken.
I have reinstalled lightdm.
I have restarted lightdm.
Nothing seems to help.
Is there a command line tool…
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Alt-Tab does not switch
Since upgrading to 12.04, my alt-tab occasionally does not work. I cannot determine the symptoms that lead to it, but there are some windows that just decide not to show. What happens is I alt-tab to a given window, say the terminal, and instead of…
steprobe
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How do I arrange my windows automatically?
Is there some equivalent of Windows' "Tile Windows" in Ubuntu?
Lazer
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Resizing windows to a particular width and height instantly
For some reason, I wish to resize a window to a very large size, 4-5 times larger than my screen size. For now, I am doing it manually by moving the entire window but one corner out of the screen and then pulling the corner to expand the window.…
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Why does CTRL-ALT-F1 not send me to a terminal?
I'd like to go to a terminal so I can kill processes jamming my windowing session. (I would then return with CTRL-ALT-F7.) But CTRL-ALT-F1 just locks the screen; no terminal.
CTRL-ALT-Fn-F1 similarly does not work.
What am I doing wrong? How do…
Joshua Fox
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Remember last window location
How can I configure my Ubuntu to start all program windows at the last window location?
In compiz I only can configure that all windows start in one corner, centered, etc.
Or I have to define rules for each program where it starts...that is too…
Sam
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Can't click inside any window application!
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I can click to open an application like Firefox or LibreOffice Writter and once the app opens I can't click inside...I can't click open or close, or refresh or anything.
One work around is I can log out and log in and…
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How can I get a fun little creature to run on top of my active windows?
How can I get a fun little creature to run on top of my active windows?
Just for a fun bit of Linux based eye candy.
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What happened to "Roll up" option in Preferences/Window/Title bar Action?
I like very much the option "Roll up" in Preferences/Window/Title bar Action but it is not there anymore in 10.10.
There are a way to get it back?
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Window borders disappear
I have a new install of Ubuntu 11.04 and sometimes the window borders will disappear. How do I prevent this or at least get them back without logging out and logging back in (which means close all my programs)?
I have installed WINE but it is not…
700 Software
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How can I make a window unclickable?
I would like to be able to "click through" a certain window as if it was not there. How can I set this up?
ændrük
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Alternative desktop managers
Gnome is a reasonable desktop manager, but it doesn't seem to match Mac OSX or Windows 7. Are there any alternatives for Ubuntu that focus more on usability?
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