In the X window system, a window manager controls the way your desktop works, including how the windows look and act.
Questions tagged [window-manager]
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i3wm : start applications on specific workspaces when i3 starts
How can I start applications on specific workspaces in i3 when it starts?
Why is this not working in my config file? :
workspace 1; exec firefox; workspace 2; exec chromium; workspace 1
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Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment
I posted a question and noticed people weren't distinguishing correctly between many of these things: Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment. Can someone please clear this up, i.e. tell us the difference…
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How do I scale i3 window manager for my HiDPI display?
I have a Dell XPS 13 9343 2015 with a resolution of 3200x1800 pixels.
I am trying to use i3 windows manager on it but everything is tiny and hardly readable.
I managed to scale every applications (firefox, terminal, etc...) using .Xresources :
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How to get alt+right mouse to resize windows again!
I'm frustrated that this was removed/altered in gnome-shell3. There are certain key bindings for resizing and moving windows like alt+right click etc, that I'd like back. I've tried to use the system settings but to no avail. Has anyone else worked…
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How to change the titlebar height in standard GTK apps and those with headerbars/CSDs on Gnome 3.20
In Gnome 3.18, it was possible to change the titlebar height of all windows by changing the css in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css as per Reduce title bar height in gnome 3 / gtk+ 3.
.header-bar.default-decoration {
padding-top: 0px;
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How can I make windows easier to resize in Xfce?
I'm using Xfce 4.10 with xfwm4 as my window manager. I'm finding it difficult to resize windows by grabbing the border. The region where the mouse cursor changes to the "resize window" cursor seems to be only 1 or 2 pixels wide, and I keep moving…
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X, Xorg and D-Bus: what is the difference?
In the process of learning to do certain things in GUI programming (e.g., reserving space on the screen for an application), I have to learn more about the Window Manager, usually X11 on Linux (I'm not sure whether there even are distro's, which use…
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What is the architecture of Mac OS X's windowing system?
I am familiar with how the X11 system works, where clients connect via a socket to the server process and send operations to the window server to perform certain operations on their behalf.
But I do not understand (and I could not find good…
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Does an X client necessarily need a window manager to work?
Does an X client necessarily need a window manager to work? Can an X client work with only the X server?
If an X client doesn't have a window, does whether it can work need a window manager?
If an X client can work without a window manager, does…
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Setting the window dimensions of a running application
I'm trying to start an application within Ubuntu (xfce or gnome) and via the
command line and was wondering if there's a generic way to set the dimensions of a
given window of a given app that is currently running?
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i3wm: How to move workspaces between monitors?
In a multiple monitor set-up, is there a way to transfer entire workspaces (as opposed to single applications) to a different monitor?
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What are the differences between xdotool and xautomation?
xdotool and xautomation are two command line X11 automation tools.
I've used the former for a while and only recently found out about the existence of the latter,
and I'm curious to know what someone who used both for a while has to say about…
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Lightest way to run GUI applications in Linux?
I realized I can use a window manager without a desktop environment and don't lose any functionality I care about. Applications still work fine, I can still arrange application windows as I please.
This pretty much eliminates the need for…
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How to make application windows always on top in Linux mint?
When I open several application simultaneously, there is necessity to switch between one application to another. But when I place mouse pointer on top of window of some application, then window of other application will close immediately. I need to…
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