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#1 2012-10-06 08:29:09

cryptkeeper
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From: Zurich, Switzerland
Registered: 2011-12-29
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[SOLVED] gnome shell: resize windows at active borders

In gnome shell, I can resize windows to fill one half of the screen size by dragging them at the respective border (left/right), as it's also possible e.g. in KDE. But in KDE, I can also resize the window to a quarter of the screen size by dragging them to near the upper or lower end of a screen border, which is really convenient to place two terminal windows above each other.

Is there any way to get this working in gnome shell? I wouldn't mind if it were possible with shortcuts instead of active borders, I just want a convenient way to quickly arrange several windows (terminal/gvim).

Last edited by cryptkeeper (2012-10-09 06:04:56)

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#2 2012-10-06 21:23:17

Jodell
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Re: [SOLVED] gnome shell: resize windows at active borders

There may be an extension for it on extensions.gnome.org

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#3 2012-10-08 17:02:48

don_crissti
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Re: [SOLVED] gnome shell: resize windows at active borders

Yes, there is an extension that does that: put windows.

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#4 2012-10-09 06:03:45

cryptkeeper
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From: Zurich, Switzerland
Registered: 2011-12-29
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Re: [SOLVED] gnome shell: resize windows at active borders

Jodell wrote:

There may be an extension for it on extensions.gnome.org

That's exactly why I opened this thread, because there MAY BE one which I couldn't find...

don_crissti wrote:

Yes, there is an extension that does that: put windows.

Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking for!

Shortcut are actually better then a solution just extending the "drag-to-window-border" feature gnome shell already has because I move between workspaces using keyboard shortcuts anyway. Plus when I most need this tiling feature (which is when opening a couple of terminal and gvim windows) I open the windows from command line anyway, so moving them to the right place without leaving the keyboard is the best solution.

For completeness:

The extension's in the AUR and installed with:

 $ yaourt -S gnome-shell-extension-put-window-git 

The keyboard shortcuts can easily be configured in a settings window opened with:

 $ gnome-shell-extension-prefs putWindow@clemens.lab21.org 

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