I am looking for a command to return the current window manager. The reason I am looking at writing a simple script like thing that easily switches between compiz and metacity for running games.P.S. not sure if "window manager" is the right reference. want to write something likeif "w ...
I have several window managers installed - how to know which I'm using now ? ...
I have google a lot.But have not a clue. ...
I'm using Ubuntu with XFCE as my default desktop. It used to be that I can move my mouse over another window then use the mouse's scroll button to scroll down the page of that window in the background WITHOUT losing focus on the current window. I somehow lost that feature.I find this useful when I n ...
i am having a problem with windows i click on opening up under neath the current window i am in. for example:i am in firefox, and i click preferences and it opens, but does not come on top of the firefox window. so i have to move the window and find the little preferences window that opened. this do ...
everyone, new Ubuntu user here but having problems 2 weeks after installation. Everything was going fine until i installed *all* the software updates which included a kernal update. Now what happens is that when i have a program open, clicking any menu's or right clicking on the screen brings up the ...
Why is that, whenever I'm on compiz-git, some windows appear on window lists of all my workspaces? It is weird because the windows that I am talking about are only on one workspace. Why does this happen? Is this a bug? How do I prevent this from happening? ...
I know it must be a silly question. But I'm a Linux newbie, and I cannot find any information about it through Google. How can I find out what is the current window manager that is running? ...
Odd problem.. I'm not sure what to make of it. It wasn't doing this last night, and I don't recall making any changes.More detail:Pressing alt, and nothing else, maximizes and grabs (makes it so moving the mouse moves the window) the current window. This only happens with compiz as my window manager ...
Im trying to get compiz desktop wall plugin to not slide my current window when I hit ctrl+left (or right). I want it to have the same functionality of switching desktops as the workspace switcher applet which doesn't drag my current window to the next desktop when I click on it. Theres a field call ...
As much as I hate to start yet another frakking Compiz thread... and as much as I want to swear off it once and for all, I just can't let this one go. On 2 machines I'm running it seems the latest update has --ONCE AGAIN-- locked my 'ALT' key to minimizing the current window. This is on two complete ...
Referring to the popups that appear upon:Connecting to a wireless network connectionBattery dischargingreceiving a new IM on the ubuntu chat clientetcJust a slight niggle for now, when I receive an instant message on the ubuntu chat application, the popup appears with the message, and then it sounds ...
I'm having a problem wherein a background window will become the active window (i.e., the one to which text from the keyboard is sent) when it calls for attention. This is problematic when I'm debugging code in MATLAB and leave it to run and then go to another window in another workspace to write an ...
I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 this morning on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. There are a few serious problems with how application windows are displayed on my screen. They seem to be placed on a screen with a lower resolution than the actual screen, with maximused windows taking up the top left sectio ...
I would like to be able to resize my current window to 1024x768 and center it at the same time. I know how to resize (window.resizeTo(1024,768)) but I don't know how to center the window. The only examples I can find are opening new windows such as this:http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex8/auto ...
Hi, I need help please! I have a link on a page, where i wont it open in maximized window state. the "_parent" allows to open in current window, but the maindow is never at maxmize state. I want the url to open in current window which it does but also force to open in maxize window state: ...
hihow to get the handle of the current window i.e mine is a dialog based app and i wanna get its hangleCMyDialog ...
In my VC++ 6.0 application, I need to get the current window handle in a static member function, so that I can post a message to it. The application is dialog based, and the window name is "foo".HWND hwnd;hwnd=::FindWindow(NULL,"foo");::PostMessage(hwnd, WM_MY_MESSAGE,0,0);It wor ...
I have used the basic pop-up script to open a new window:function popUp() {props=window.open('theSong.php', 'poppage', 'toolbars=0, scrollbars=1, location=0, statusbars=0, menubars=0, resizable=0, width=500, height=400, left = 350, top = 100');When it opens in AOL the window is behind the current wi ...
Is there way to check the "Launch in Current Window" checkbox, and make that a default option?Currently it is unchecked. We would like users of our system to login in using the same window. This is a quick workaround for a security issue where clicking on the "Back" button in the browser took you ba ...
may i know how to get the current window's location url?any reply is much appreciated! ...
how to save current window contentto display when WM_PAINT is received.?i know to call InvalidateRect(NULL).but it shows previous window content onlywhen the window covers and uncovers.i want to show the current window contents.pls help mesenthil ...
Im trying to make a function that will be called by a button, that resize the current window from whatever size the user currently has it to fullscreen !!! the full screen where there is no task manager, menu bar, scroll bars, nothing, not even the blue bar at the top, nothing if possible !!! I real ...
Hi, my code is as below. Can anyone help me how to close the current window only when i close it?Presently, i've got an error. Once i display the image on the parent window, it will automatically deselect and close the window itself.MbufAllocColor(((CMdispMFCApp*)AfxGetApp())->MilSystem, 3L, ...
We work with 1.6.What we want is to close the current window and open a new window with the URL mentionned in the window.open('http://www.cf.qc/pls/portal/PORTAL.....,'newwindow'). The new window opening fires only once although we call it many times. Our javascript is: function closeTest(){ alert(' ...
How do i get the hwnd for the current window? ...
In xubuntu hardy whenver I try to open window manager or windor manger tweaks it give me an error message saying"These settings cannot work with your current window manager (Metacity)" Help please!! ...
i'm using a wubi installation upgraded to 10.10, when i install a package from the ubuntu software centre the authentication window freezes after i hit OK!! if i click the authenticate or cancel button nothing happens... but if i close the window the installation starts? any ideas? ...
Posting this in a new thread. Anyone know how to get AWN to run on two monitors? I want a bar on each monitor. I used to be able to start two instances using a shell script below but that doesn't seem to be working now. #!/bin/bashkillall avant-window-navigatorsleep 4DISPLAY=:0.0 avant-window-naviga ...
Hi, I'm switching from KDE 3 to Gnome and would like to know if there is a keyboard shortcut to move the current window to the next physical screen in Gnome's window manager? I use a dual screen setup side by side.I haven't found such a shortcut yet... If it's not in the window manager, maybe there ...