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Comment by Nition

7 days ago

On Linux if you learn shortcuts for close/minimise/maximise as well, you can even remove window borders and title bars entirely. It's free screen real estate.

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sigmoid10  7 days ago

The gnome window title bars are obnoxiously thick and useless by default tho. I've found that Unity or even just Windows like styling in Gnome is a lot more respectful to your screen real estate.

  • prmoustache  7 days ago

    That is a tradeoff that makes it nice when you have a convertible laptop.

    I wish it was simply configurable from the settings dialogs.

    • vladvasiliu  5 days ago

      Could it switch? I think windows has a “tablet mode” which activates when you “convert” your laptop. Not sure how well it works in practice, though.

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  • user2722  7 days ago

    It definitely needs improvement but for touchscreens it is good.

    • tremon  6 days ago

      Luckily, 95% of Linux devices actually have touchscreens.

      The sad bit is where you realize that GNOME is typically only found on the other 5%.

Fluorescence  6 days ago

It's my preference too. What do you use?

I used to use "GTK Title Bar" gnome extension which was abandoned a few versions ago so had to write my own and it's X11 specific. The one drawback is that when windows are reopened, they are offset by the title bar height i.e. it messes up whatever is tracking the size/offset/location.

Anyone have other ways to do this in gnome and do they work on wayland too?

  • Nition  6 days ago

    I'm on Fedora KDE so won't be much help to you, but there is a "Windows Rules" section in the system settings where I've added a rule that applies to all windows with the property "No titlebar and frame". Actually I'd quite like frame just with no titlebar, but that's not an option.

Rygian  6 days ago

The AltDrag tool on Windows includes Super+double click to maximize/restore. I find it surprising that this does not come by default on KDE.