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> I use this all the time when working with several monitors. Just press Alt, click somewhere onto a window, move this window to a different monitor, smash wind

> I use this all the time when working with several monitors. Just press Alt, click somewhere onto a window, move this window to a different monitor, smash window to the top of the screen. Bam, instant monitor-switching of full-screen windows. 1. What's wrong with the maximise button? It wasn't broken, it didn't need fixing. 2. What if you want the window at the top of the screen without being maximised?

criddell 9y ago
1. I think the maximise button is still there. I don't think they altered it at all. 2. If small targets like the maximise button aren't a problem for you, then stopping the windows drag a few pixels before the mouse hits the top of the screen should be easy for you as well. The drag to the top is nice because it mirrors the drag to left and right side. Since this is Linux, I'm sure you can configure this stuff somewhere.
- jhasse 9y ago
  It's GNOME, so nope, no setting for that.
  - criddell 9y ago
    Try this: dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/classic-overrides/edge-tiling false
    - jhasse 9y ago
      Didn't change anything.
      - criddell 9y ago
        How about: dconf write /org/gnome/mutter/edge-tiling false
        jhasse 9y ago
        Also doesn't work.
- cabalamat 9y ago
  > If small targets like the maximise button aren't a problem for you, then stopping the windows drag a few pixels before the mouse hits the top of the screen should be easy for you as well I certainly could do that. However (1) it wastes space, and (2) it's a crappy UI: moving the window some distance does one thing, moving it a bit more does something completely different. > Since this is Linux, I'm sure you can configure this stuff somewhere. I agree, the relevant command is: $ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop :-)
omaranto 9y ago
> 2. What if you want the window at the top of the screen without being maximised? I'm using Unity in Ubuntu 16.04, and there a window only gets maximized if you drag it very close to the top edge of the screen. If you drag it to the bottom of the top bar or anywhere in the bottom half of the top bar, it moves to the bottom edge of the top bar without maximizing.
- car_invasion 9y ago
  I got so much used to Unity. 17.04 felt more alien to me than when I first tried Win8 Metro. I'm getting old...
  - jhasse 9y ago
    17.04 still had unity.
  - antod 9y ago
    17.10 you mean? I haven't enjoyed that release at all, for me personally Ubuntu's Gnome 3 (could be everyone's Gnome 3 - I dunno) is just clunky and buggy compared to Unity. I'll upgrade to 18.04, but if it isn't an improvement over 17.10 in that regard, it'll be time for me to check out other desktops.
    - car_invasion 9y ago
      Yes, 17.10 was the latest one I tried. I prefer using LTS releases myself, so it's probably time to test 18.04.
yoodenvranx 9y ago
> 1. What's wrong with the maximise button? It wasn't broken, it didn't need fixing Using the maximise button takes more clicks and more aiming.
Too 9y ago
Maximize maximizes onto the current screen. I might want it maximized on another screen. The maximize button is also super tiny and harder to hit compared to the title bar. I also think that in those rare cases you actually want to put a window at the top without maximizing it you are better off with a tiling window manager with keyboard shortcuts. In Windows you can quickly get top left quarter with win+left, win+up. On the other hand, win+up, ctrl+win+left also gives you full screen on another monitor.
- cabalamat 9y ago
  > I might want it maximized on another screen. Then move it to that screen first. > The maximize button is also super tiny and harder to hit compared to the title bar. Then the button needs to be bigger. > I also think that in those rare cases you actually want to put a window at the top without maximizing it you are better off with a tiling window manager with keyboard shortcuts. That may be true for you; it isn't for me. I find keyboard shortcuts hard to remember and often inadvertantly press keys (don't know which one I've pressed) with shortcuts which do things I don't like.

criddell 9y ago

1. I think the maximise button is still there. I don't think they altered it at all. 2. If small targets like the maximise button aren't a problem for you, then stopping the windows drag a few pixels before the mouse hits the top of the screen should be easy for you as well. The drag to the top is nice because it mirrors the drag to left and right side. Since this is Linux, I'm sure you can configure this stuff somewhere.

jhasse 9y ago
It's GNOME, so nope, no setting for that.
- criddell 9y ago
  Try this: dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/classic-overrides/edge-tiling false
  - jhasse 9y ago
    Didn't change anything.
    - criddell 9y ago
      How about: dconf write /org/gnome/mutter/edge-tiling false
      - jhasse 9y ago
        Also doesn't work.
cabalamat 9y ago
> If small targets like the maximise button aren't a problem for you, then stopping the windows drag a few pixels before the mouse hits the top of the screen should be easy for you as well I certainly could do that. However (1) it wastes space, and (2) it's a crappy UI: moving the window some distance does one thing, moving it a bit more does something completely different. > Since this is Linux, I'm sure you can configure this stuff somewhere. I agree, the relevant command is: $ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop :-)

omaranto 9y ago

> 2. What if you want the window at the top of the screen without being maximised? I'm using Unity in Ubuntu 16.04, and there a window only gets maximized if you drag it very close to the top edge of the screen. If you drag it to the bottom of the top bar or anywhere in the bottom half of the top bar, it moves to the bottom edge of the top bar without maximizing.

car_invasion 9y ago
I got so much used to Unity. 17.04 felt more alien to me than when I first tried Win8 Metro. I'm getting old...
- jhasse 9y ago
  17.04 still had unity.
- antod 9y ago
  17.10 you mean? I haven't enjoyed that release at all, for me personally Ubuntu's Gnome 3 (could be everyone's Gnome 3 - I dunno) is just clunky and buggy compared to Unity. I'll upgrade to 18.04, but if it isn't an improvement over 17.10 in that regard, it'll be time for me to check out other desktops.
  - car_invasion 9y ago
    Yes, 17.10 was the latest one I tried. I prefer using LTS releases myself, so it's probably time to test 18.04.

yoodenvranx 9y ago

> 1. What's wrong with the maximise button? It wasn't broken, it didn't need fixing Using the maximise button takes more clicks and more aiming.

Too 9y ago

Maximize maximizes onto the current screen. I might want it maximized on another screen. The maximize button is also super tiny and harder to hit compared to the title bar. I also think that in those rare cases you actually want to put a window at the top without maximizing it you are better off with a tiling window manager with keyboard shortcuts. In Windows you can quickly get top left quarter with win+left, win+up. On the other hand, win+up, ctrl+win+left also gives you full screen on another monitor.

cabalamat 9y ago
> I might want it maximized on another screen. Then move it to that screen first. > The maximize button is also super tiny and harder to hit compared to the title bar. Then the button needs to be bigger. > I also think that in those rare cases you actually want to put a window at the top without maximizing it you are better off with a tiling window manager with keyboard shortcuts. That may be true for you; it isn't for me. I find keyboard shortcuts hard to remember and often inadvertantly press keys (don't know which one I've pressed) with shortcuts which do things I don't like.