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Questions tagged [maximized]

Questions relating to maximised windows (windows taking up all of the screen space except titlebar and application switcher) in any DE. Not to be confused with fullscreen which also hides the titlebar and application switcher

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How to start terminal in full screen?

When I open a terminal using CTRL+ALT+T in Unity, I would like this window to be automatically maximized, rather than to have to additionally hit ALT+SPACE and the 'X' key to make the window that contains it maximized. If my memory serves me right,…
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Remove title bar and borders on maximized windows in Kubuntu

In gnome-shell there is an extension that removes the window borders, close buttons, title bar, etc on maximized windows to save screen real estate. How can this behavior be replicated in KDE?
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How do I disable auto-maximizing of newly launched windows in GNOME?

Each time I open any application, it zooms to fill-up the entire desktop and so I am always forced to use "Unmaximize" using Alt+Space menu.
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Chrome maximized window bug Xubuntu (Xfce)

Since last Google-Chrome update to version 95.0.4638.54, Chrome is not respecting screeen size when maximizing the window.
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KDE Plasma: Maximized window on second monitor leaves large gap

As can be seen in the following screenshot, I have a dual monitor setup in KDE Plasma 5.12.9, where I have a panel at the bottom of my left screen, but not at the bottom of my right screen. Screenshot of desktop Nevertheless, when I maximize…
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Can I theme the menubar to look different if a window is maximized?

I know you can theme the Unity menubar in GTK+3 using CSS, but is there a way to theme it differently depending on whether a window is maximized? This would be useful for e.g. themes where the menubar should appear standalone in the absence of a…
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How to maximize or make fullscreen a window across dual monitors?

Is there any way to do this in GNOME desktop environment?
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How do I hide/disable close buttons for GNOME windows?

I am using the Pixel Saver extension for GNOME Shell, similar to the old Maximus extension for GNOME 2 / Unity. When I maximise a window, the title and menu bars are hidden. But I don't want the minimise, maximise or close buttons to appear in the…
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Disable automatic vertical maximise of windows when scaled to bottom of screen

I have the following problem: when scaling a window to the bottom of the screen, it gets automatically maximised vertically. This is very annoying as I want to decide how to scale my windows! I found no option that triggers this. The compiz plugin…
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How to hide wine app titlebar when window is maximized

This is a quick post to show how to make wine app hides the titlebar and fully fill the vertical area of screen space when maximized. In Unity DE, when Wine app is maximized, it doesn't hide the titlebar so the window can't be fully maximized. It…
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How can I fully maximize wine applications?

In wine, my maximized applications retain the bar at top with title and minimize/maximize buttons. This duplicates the Ubuntu global menu and costs me precious screen space on my laptop. I would like to get rid of this bar in wine either by…
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How to disable automaximize in 16.04?

The automaximize option makes use of the windows almost impossible. every time i want to move window out of the way it will automaximize, when I touch the title bar, while maximized, in order to move it away, it will un-maximize it and place it in…
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How to start nautilus maximized from command line?

I can easily start Nautilus on a particular directory from command line: nautilus /home/nico/Documents But I want that Nautilus window to be maximized. How to write the command line? nautilus does not seem to recognize --maximized nor --fullscreen.…
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How to force an application window to be automatically maximized after starting the application?

I tried to use Docky, then I removed it and after that my browser (Chromium) can't be opened in maximum height, every time I should maximize it myself. (XFCE desktop)
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GNOME Terminal always opens maximised

I have a small but annoying problem that I just can't figure out. I have two installations of Ubuntu 18.04. One on my laptop, one on my desktop. Whenever I open gnome-terminal on my desktop it defaults to being a maximised window. I know some people…
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