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nathanfranke

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Registered: 2019-08-22

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Compiz - Cannot grab fullscreen window from top of title bar

I posted on Reddit a few days ago this problem
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comment … om_top_of/
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1123076 … w-from-top

Annoyingly, when the window is fullscreen, I cannot grab the top ~4px to drag it down.

Computer Info:
   - Window Manager: Compiz (Latest 0.9.13.1)
   - Desktop Environment: XFCE
   - Kernal: x86_64 Linux 5.0.0-25-generic
   - Theme: Adwaita-dark (Still broken with others)

Last edited by nathanfranke (2019-08-22 04:32:39)

ozjd

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Re: Compiz - Cannot grab fullscreen window from top of title bar

If you are using Compiz it isn't a Xfce issue. You'll probably get a better answer if you ask your distro. Alternatively switch to Xfwm and see if the same problem occurs.

alcornoqui

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Re: Compiz - Cannot grab fullscreen window from top of title bar

Not a Compiz user, but I see your windows are "wobbly" so you may be using the Wobbly plugin, which has these parameters:

Key pair                      Description                                            Values
grab_friction                Resistance' to grab_effect                       0.1 to 10.0 (default 3)

grab_spring_k             Spring constant for grab_effect                0.1 to 10.0 (default 8)

grab_window_types     Window types affected by grab_effect.     Desktop, Dock, Toolbar, Menu, Utility, Splash, Dialog, ModalDialog, Normal, Fullscreen, Unknown

source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Compo … s_Settings

cy

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Registered: 2019-08-23

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Re: Compiz - Cannot grab fullscreen window from top of title bar

Maybe hold a modifier key (like the "Windows" or the "Alt" key) while dragging with the mouse. That’s the way it works in tiling WMs such as XMonad.

nathanfranke

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Registered: 2019-08-22

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Re: Compiz - Cannot grab fullscreen window from top of title bar

If you are using Compiz it isn't a Xfce issue. You'll probably get a better answer if you ask your distro. Alternatively switch to Xfwm and see if the same problem occurs.

Thanks for the response. I don't get the same issue with XFWM

Edit: I think its an issue from either the theme, the decorator, or something else in XFCE since I am able to reproduce in Xubuntu XFCE, Ubuntu MATE Xfce, and Linux Mint XFCE

Not a Compiz user, but I see your windows are "wobbly" so you may be using the Wobbly plugin, which has these parameters:

Key pair                      Description                                            Values
grab_friction                Resistance' to grab_effect                       0.1 to 10.0 (default 3)

grab_spring_k             Spring constant for grab_effect                0.1 to 10.0 (default 8)

grab_window_types     Window types affected by grab_effect.     Desktop, Dock, Toolbar, Menu, Utility, Splash, Dialog, ModalDialog, Normal, Fullscreen, Unknown

source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Compo … s_Settings

This has nothing to do with my issue

Maybe hold a modifier key (like the "Windows" or the "Alt" key) while dragging with the mouse. That’s the way it works in tiling WMs such as XMonad.

Holding Alt works, but that should not be required to move it from the titlebar. I can still move the window, just not on the top ~4px of the titlebar

Last edited by nathanfranke (2020-03-29 23:01:14)