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A Window Manager is a service on most modern OSes which provides the UI for manipulating the location and sizes of windows.

A Window Manager is a service on most modern operating systems which provides the UI for manipulating the location and sizes of windows. Some go further, and provide the ability to open or close applications, and display applets.

For example, since Vista, Microsoft Windows has used Desktop Window Manager to handle the display and composition of windows.

The many desktop environments available for Unix/Linux, such as GNOME (Mutter) and KDE (KWin), all provide window managers, among other software.

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Fluxbox xonfig permanen box

I am using ubuntu 12.04 with fluxbox. I want to create a permanent box at the top of the screen about 20px width to display my conky information. Fullscreen windows should stick below this bar. What do i need to add this.
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Android WindowManager.Layoutparams.flags to detect dispatchKeyEvent()

I have a CustomView which extends RelativeLayout, im adding it to screen using WindowManager.addView() method with following layout param flags final int flags =WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE…
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How to change window color of android?

how can I change screen colors like the following application does: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa I wasn't able to find any WindowManager or ScreenManager method to do so.
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Unlock screen programatically when app is running

I am developing an app, where i want the screen to be unlocked as long as my app is running. This is what i have tried, @Override protected void onResume() { Log.e("inside","main onre"); //for avoiding screen locking Window wind; …
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GTK 3: How to make items a different color when the application loses focus?

I'm trying to edit a GTK3 theme to make it behave a little better, and I'm stuck on one issue: The color of active/selected items remains the same whether the application has focus or not. Can someone tell me what selectors distinguish an item in…
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pygtk minimizing and maximizing window

I'm using pygtk and once I minimize window (iconyfy it) window manager uses its animation to do that. Before i minimize it (user can't do that;no minimize button, just from code) it is on right hand size of desktop. Now when user clicks on tackbar…
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Can I handle an ALT+TAB key press within my web page?

I realize this is a program switcher key combo in most OSs. Is there a possibility of capturing such an event in the web page via JavaScript?
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How can I make Opera open -newwindow behahiour consistent regardless if a "running instance" already exists?

I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I have 4 Gnome-style workspaces -- only one of the 4 workspaces is visible on-screen at a time. As a programmer, I periodically need to launch an embedded browser from a bash script. The main feature I need is that…
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why don't more programming languages have builtin interfaces to the window manager?

Programming is at the heart about automating tasks on a computer. Presumably those tasks would normally be done manually by a human. Humans use the computer through the keyboard, mouse, and interaction with the console or the window manager. But…
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Hyprland startup issue

When running Hyprland (either sddm or from TTY), the resolution of the monitor is awkward and the mouse is frozen until i open a terminal window. Then resolution goes back to normal and everything works as expected. Have tried changing the default…
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Picom config for alacritty and polybar + plank

I need to configure my picom so that the blur in opacity-rule will also apply for alacritty windows that are in floating mode I need to exclude plank from being blurred because plank for some reason does get affected as well I have also a property…
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vscode extension / css / js to remove top bar + min/max/close controls

concept image This image I created using the dev tools to illustrate what I would like to achieve. Notice there is no top bar at all. I use a tiling window manager so this works well for me, and I would really prefer to save the space. However,…
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How to detect if i3-wm is being run or GNOME is being run in bash

I've been using i3-wm for about six months now, and I had to switch to GNOME because Discord was crashing a lot in i3. I had previously used the i3-msg command in my bashrc to make sure the borders of the terminal wouldn't be visible, as to use the…
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Where to find recent files and how to manage them?

I am aware that in distributions such as Ubuntu it is very easy to clear recent files, but I have three questions about recent files: Does window manager handle these or the Linux itself? Where can I find the history and how to manage them…
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Window Manager click issue

Below code snippet only shows view but click on buttons not working. I have tried all solution but nothing seems to work. Another service have same code fragment with different layout works. public int onStartCommand(final Intent intent, int flags,…
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