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I'm using the Radiance theme (I think it's installed by default on Ubuntu) but since the update to Ubuntu 16.04 I can't resize gedit's window with the mouse. It works if I select a different theme in System Settings -> Themes in Cinnamon.

linuxusr101
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There are other methods, how to resize window, when the default method is broken.

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Right click on top panel and choose "Resize". Then resize window how you want.

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The second better method is keyboard shortcut Alt + Middle mouse button (wheel).

Hold down the Alt key and press and hold the middle mouse button.

I think that the second method is more comfortable then resizing through the window edges.

BlueManCZ
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    Thanks but this is not a real fix, it works with the other default themes so I think the fix lies within editing the theme itself. I tried to port over some changes from the working themes, but that didn't work. – linuxusr101 Sep 14 '16 at 15:02
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Add these two lines to the bottom of the /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/gtk-main.css file:

@import url("apps/xfce.css"); @import url("apps/gtk3-window-deco.css");

Download and copy these two files from the "Ambiance-Crunchy" theme.

Dave T
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Ubuntu 16.04

Finally, I found it. I was suspicious about its edges, other GTK3 applications have a thin solid border (1px) with correct external shadow decoration.

  • Add 

    GeditWindow {
    margin: 5px;
}

    to the top of

    /usr/share/themes/Radiance/gtk-3.0/apps/gedit.css
/usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/apps/gedit.css

I expect this fix to work with other GTK3 app (with HeaderBar) facing same issue.

user.dz
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    I have just tried this -- no change at all, even after a reboot. Then I have renamed gedit.css to gedit.css_ in both folders and the corresponding gtk-3.20 folders. Still no difference.... How do I know which of those files is actually used? Gnome terminal works as expected, but I think other gnome apps have the same issue as gedit. I have updated my ubuntu installation once or twice (I am at 16.10 now), could that be related? Did you have the same problem? – Stefan Haustein Dec 03 '16 at 12:57
  • @StefanHaustein, I have tried that in 16.04, I will check it in 16.10 and let you know. – user.dz Dec 03 '16 at 13:08
  • @StefanHaustein, I confirm the issue with 16.10, the previous fix didn't work. May be some other file override it, i will check it. – user.dz Dec 03 '16 at 17:03