[kwlug-disc] XFCE Question on Window Positioning

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Thanks.

Found it, but in a different place, very non-obvious. The term to search
for was the key to finding it via Google ...

It is under Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Accessibility >
Automatically tile windows when moving toward the screen edge

This option is checked by default. I unchecked it and now I can precisely
position the window without this weird maximize thing happening.

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Ronald Barnes <ron at ronaldbarnes.ca> wrote:

> Khalid Baheyeldin wrote on 2017-03-21 10:57 AM:
>
> I have a question on XFCE (or Xubuntu), and I don't know what terms to
>> google for.
>>
>
> Hi Khalid!
>
> I think the term is "window tile snapping"
>
>
> When I grab a window by its title bar, and move it with the mouse to
>> align it to other windows, it will maximize itself automatically once it
>> reaches the top of the display.
>>
>> How can I prevent this from happening? I just want the window to stay
>> the same dimensions, and sit where I put it, not change dimensions.
>>
>
> I did a quick search and it seems an older post asking how to enable it
> points to:
>
> Settings Manager > Window Manager > Advanced
>
> And there one should be able to find relevant options to enable / disable.
>
>
> KDE does this to me too and I'm undecided on whether I like it or not.
>
> I grab the titlebar of the fullscreen'd app and pull down a bit and it
> un-full-screens.
>
>
> Best of luck.
> --
> Linux systems, databases, network admin
>



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