The issue is not with the mouse, as it works on other computers (and on this one, for about five minutes after a reboot). Right clicks and mouse movement are fine. Left clicks with the touchpad work fine. this question seems relevant, but the answer is for people running compiz. I don’t think I’m running … Read more
I recently discovered the keyboard shortcut for metacity’s “full screen” option, where a window is fully maximised with titlebar and border hidden. I like this mode a lot, and for one of my systems would like to make it the default for all new windows. How would I do that? Answer See this post, which … Read more
I recently discovered the keyboard shortcut for metacity’s “full screen” option, where a window is fully maximised with titlebar and border hidden. I like this mode a lot, and for one of my systems would like to make it the default for all new windows. How would I do that? Answer See this post, which … Read more
In gconf-editor I can set hotkeys for switching to a specific workspace/viewport when using metacity. I’d like this functionality too for compiz, bit did not find it so far. What I want is: Super-F1 switches to workspace/viewport 1, Super-F2 to workspace/viewport 2 etc. How can I do this? (BTW: I am using ccsm with gconf-backend) … Read more
I recently discovered the keyboard shortcut for metacity’s “full screen” option, where a window is fully maximised with titlebar and border hidden. I like this mode a lot, and for one of my systems would like to make it the default for all new windows. How would I do that? Answer See this post, which … Read more
In gconf-editor I can set hotkeys for switching to a specific workspace/viewport when using metacity. I’d like this functionality too for compiz, bit did not find it so far. What I want is: Super-F1 switches to workspace/viewport 1, Super-F2 to workspace/viewport 2 etc. How can I do this? (BTW: I am using ccsm with gconf-backend) … Read more
I’m working on a 11″ screen, so I frequently want to use applications in fullscreen. I’m no expert on GNOME, but I remember doing a search a while back, and finding out about metacity, and how to use that to allow any window to be put in fullscreen. This worked great on Karmic, but it … Read more
In Metacity, for a while, if you right-clicked a titlebar (or pressed alt-space), “Roll up” was one of the menuitems. These days, it’s gone, which is disappointing since it was the only thing in that menu I have ever selected. Is there a way to bring it back, or is that menu hardcoded in C? … Read more
There is a very useful entry in gnome’s context menu when clicking on any file: Open with gedit (the first entry in the context menu). I’d like to add similar one, for my second favourite editor. The question is how to do it? Answer Install the “nautilus-actions” package Then, In the following location : System … Read more
I’m looking for a way to increase number of rows in worskpaces layout. i.e. 3 cols and 2 rows. Using g-conf I can only change number of worskpaces horizontally, but not vertically, even if it seems to be possibile. I’m working on a Ubuntu 11.04 machine. Answer I found it. The key to change the … Read more
