[Solved] Gnome 3 window too big for monitor

scindix · 2016-01-19 11:40:19

I've got a window that doesn't fit on my 1366x768 Laptop monitor, such that I can't click (or see) the buttons on the bottom of the window. In Gnome 2 I was able to drag the window beyond the top border via ALT+mouse drag. There seemed to be an option in gnome tweaktool to reactivate that feature in gnome 3. But unfortunately this disappeared since gnome 3.10?
I know that I could make the virtual screen size bigger and then scroll the screen (not tested yet, just read about that trick on stackoverflow). However that doesn't sound very practical. Is there anything similar to the old behavior with ALT key + mouse drag? If not this would make some programs unusable for me under gnome.
Thanks in advance.

Last edited by scindix (2016-01-19 19:19:57)

TheChickenMan · 2016-01-19 11:56:12

I have the same problem with the configuration options window when running VMWare Workstation (12) on my laptop in gnome. I am unable to make the windows small enough so that they are completely visible on the screen. This hides the "apply" button at the bottom. My workaround has thus far been to use keyboard shortcuts when in this situation but it is still annoying.

Last edited by TheChickenMan (2016-01-19 11:56:37)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-01-19 12:25:59

Have you tried using <Super>+drag instead?

See http://superuser.com/questions/428974/h … nome-shell

Disclaimer: I don't use GNOME so I can't check this.

scindix · 2016-01-19 19:18:59

@Head_on_a_Stick
Thanks for your help. Yeah, I just read the first two answers on that page. I guess I gave up too fast.
Indeed <Super>+drag does exactly the same as <Alt>+drag in gnome 2. Thank you ;-)

TheChickenMan · 2016-01-19 19:28:37

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Have you tried using <Super>+drag instead?
See http://superuser.com/questions/428974/h … nome-shell
Disclaimer: I don't use GNOME so I can't check this.

Ah yes. I remember trying this. It does work. I still wish there was a way that I could change the default size of the window but thanks for reminding me that there's a way to drag up past the screen edge. I always forget to do this.

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