6:53 a.m.
Dear Fedora List,
Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I accidentally
clicked on the box next door and it maximised to being absolutely full
screen, with no top bar and all the normal desktop stuff obscured. I can
still switch tasks using Alt-Tab, in which case the top bars and the
desktop (I'm using Xfce) reappear for the other task(s).
How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
Jonathan
11:18 a.m.
John,
And if that doesn't work, got one more idea. Reading this
thread
triggered an old memory, had users getting Firefox stuck in full screen
last year on CentOS 6, never figured out for certain how they (general
public in a library lab) managed the feat but suspected it was abnormal
session termination while full screen. Remember finding a
sizemode='fullscreen' in localstore.rdf and manually turning that knob
to get em back without nuking their entire .mozilla/firefox directory.
Assume any XUL app also has one, don't have Tbird installed but do have
other XUL apps that do.
It was there alright, but mine (now) says sizemode="normal"
Jonathan
3:26 p.m.
On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 16:38 +0200, poma wrote:
On 06.04.2015 17:57, Jonathan Allen wrote:
> Hooray - thank you, that's sorted. Now all I have to do is get the background
> to display. The screen always shows what was last on it when a task closes
> and the default wallpaper never appears. How do I get the desktop and any
> still-open tasks to repaint the screen?
>
> Jonathan
Create and log into a new user, see if the problem exists there.
And if that doesn't work, got one more idea. Reading this thread
triggered an old memory, had users getting Firefox stuck in full screen
last year on CentOS 6, never figured out for certain how they (general
public in a library lab) managed the feat but suspected it was abnormal
session termination while full screen. Remember finding a
sizemode='fullscreen' in localstore.rdf and manually turning that knob
to get em back without nuking their entire .mozilla/firefox directory.
Assume any XUL app also has one, don't have Tbird installed but do have
other XUL apps that do.
9:38 a.m.
On 06.04.2015 17:57, Jonathan Allen wrote:
On Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 06:21:53AM +0200, poma wrote:
> Maximize / unmaximize windows
> http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/getting-stated#maximizeunmaximize_windows
>
> You can make any window appear in fullscreen mode (it will then use all the
> size of your screen without showing the window borders) by using the
> customizable Alt-F11 keyboard shortcut.
Hooray - thank you, that's sorted. Now all I have to do is get the background
to display. The screen always shows what was last on it when a task closes
and the default wallpaper never appears. How do I get the desktop and any
still-open tasks to repaint the screen?
Jonathan
Create and log into a new user, see if the problem exists there.
10:57 a.m.
On Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 06:21:53AM +0200, poma wrote:
Maximize / unmaximize windows
http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/getting-stated#maximizeunmaximize_windows
You can make any window appear in fullscreen mode (it will then use all the
size of your screen without showing the window borders) by using the
customizable Alt-F11 keyboard shortcut.
Hooray - thank you, that's sorted. Now all I have to do is get the background
to display. The screen always shows what was last on it when a task closes
and the default wallpaper never appears. How do I get the desktop and any
still-open tasks to repaint the screen?
Jonathan
11:21 p.m.
On 03.04.2015 13:53, Jonathan Allen wrote:
Dear Fedora List,
Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I accidentally
clicked on the box next door and it maximised to being absolutely full
screen, with no top bar and all the normal desktop stuff obscured. I can
still switch tasks using Alt-Tab, in which case the top bars and the
desktop (I'm using Xfce) reappear for the other task(s).
How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
Jonathan
Window Manager (xfwm4)
Handles the placement of windows on the screen.
http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/start
Introduction
http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/introduction
The Xfce 4 Window Manager is part of the Xfce Desktop Environment. ...
The window manager is responsible for the placement of windows on the screen, provides the
window decorations and allows you for instance to move, resize or close them. ...
Maximize / unmaximize windows
http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/getting-stated#maximizeunmaximize_windows
You can make any window appear in fullscreen mode (it will then use all the size of your
screen without showing the window borders) by using the customizable Alt-F11 keyboard
shortcut.
Keyboard Settings
http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/preferences#keyboard
Action: Window operations menu
Shortcut: Alt+Space
Fullscreen <-> Leave Fullscreen
How long do you use the Xfce?
http://docs.xfce.org
You know about this page?
10:42 a.m.
Am 03.04.2015 um 13:53 schrieb Jonathan Allen:
Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I
accidentally
clicked on the box next door and it maximised to being absolutely full
screen, with no top bar and all the normal desktop stuff obscured. I can
still switch tasks using Alt-Tab, in which case the top bars and the
desktop (I'm using Xfce) reappear for the other task(s).
How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
Check if thunderbird's localstore.rdf contains the string "fullscreen".
To do that
1. Quit thunderbird.
2. Do a
grep fullscreen ~/.thunderbird/<your profile folder>/localstore.rdf
(replace "<your profile folder>" with the actual name of the profile
folder - probably something like "wxyz1234.default")
If the grep command above doesn't produce any output, the cause of the
problem is something else and I don't any further idea.
If it does generate output, renaming localstore.rdf should put
thunderbird back into windowed mode. Instead of renaming localstore.rdf
you could use the text editor of your choice to change the part of the
file that looks like
sizemode="fullscreen"
to
sizemode="normal"
This way you won't lose other UI settings as you do if you rename or
delete localstore.rdf.
--
Regards
mks
9:38 a.m.
Ron,
> Well, I thought it was full-screen. It looks like
super-fullscreen. The
> desktop top bar is obscured. The task top bar doesn't have a minimise,
> maximise or close button in the top right hand corner. Right click on
> the task top bar (which offers File ... Help at the LH end) offers [] Mail
> Toolbar and Customise (which add things to the task toolbar).
Try the <esc> key
Nothing at all.
Jonathan
9:31 a.m.
On Fri, 2015-04-03 at 14:24 +0100, Jonathan Allen wrote:
On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 03:13:58PM +0200, bitlord wrote:
> I don't know, but if I understand you, you are in fullscreen mode? I'm
> not using thunderbird, but firefox, probably is the same (they share a
> lot of "technology"), F11 works for fullscreen, also on top bar/panel of
> the window you can right click and exit full screen mode.
Well, I thought it was full-screen. It looks like super-fullscreen. The
desktop top bar is obscured. The task top bar doesn't have a minimise,
maximise or close button in the top right hand corner. Right click on
the task top bar (which offers File ... Help at the LH end) offers [] Mail
Toolbar and Customise (which add things to the task toolbar).
Jonathan
Try the <esc> key
RBM
8:24 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 03:13:58PM +0200, bitlord wrote:
I don't know, but if I understand you, you are in fullscreen
mode? I'm
not using thunderbird, but firefox, probably is the same (they share a
lot of "technology"), F11 works for fullscreen, also on top bar/panel of
the window you can right click and exit full screen mode.
Well, I thought it was full-screen. It looks like super-fullscreen. The
desktop top bar is obscured. The task top bar doesn't have a minimise,
maximise or close button in the top right hand corner. Right click on
the task top bar (which offers File ... Help at the LH end) offers [] Mail
Toolbar and Customise (which add things to the task toolbar).
Jonathan
8:13 a.m.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:57:20 +0100
Jonathan Allen <jonathan(a)barumtrading.co.uk> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 02:21:43PM +0200, bitlord wrote:
> >
> > Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I
> > accidentally clicked on the box next door and it maximised to
> > being absolutely full screen, with no top bar and all the normal
> > desktop stuff obscured. I can still switch tasks using Alt-Tab,
> > in which case the top bars and the desktop (I'm using Xfce)
> > reappear for the other task(s).
> >
> > How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
>
> F11?
F11 has no (apparent) effect. Neither do F9-F12. Alt-F11 starts
Tomboy, so in a sense gets access to the desktop top bar (as opposed
to thunderbird's top bar), but closing that goes back to the stuck
max.
Jonathan
I don't know, but if I understand you, you are in fullscreen mode? I'm
not using thunderbird, but firefox, probably is the same (they share a
lot of "technology"), F11 works for fullscreen, also on top bar/panel of
the window you can right click and exit full screen mode.
8:11 a.m.
Stephen,
>'Resize' is greyed out. Maximise does nothing and
Minimise has its
>usual action, but then selecting the task pulls it back to
>full-full screen. Jonathan
When I have a window non-full screen I can use Resize and the arrow
keys to change the window size. When I do Alt-Space on a full
screen window there's an "Unmaximize" option.
No, no 'Unmaximise' option here. Moving the mouse around the full screen, it
won't change to anything except the pointer anywhere around the scrneen edge
except the bottom right corner, but then won't click (left or right) or do
anything.
Jonathan
7:58 a.m.
On 04/03/2015 07:52 AM, Jonathan Allen wrote:
'Resize' is greyed out. Maximise does nothing and Minimise
has its
usual action, but then selecting the task pulls it back to full-full
screen. Jonathan
When I have a window non-full screen I can use Resize and the arrow keys
to change the window size. When I do Alt-Space on a full screen window
there's an "Unmaximize" option.
--
Stephen Berg
Systems Administrator
NRL Code: 7320
Office: 228-688-5738
stephen.berg.ctr(a)nrlssc.navy.mil
7:57 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 02:21:43PM +0200, bitlord wrote:
>
> Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I
> accidentally clicked on the box next door and it maximised to being
> absolutely full screen, with no top bar and all the normal desktop
> stuff obscured. I can still switch tasks using Alt-Tab, in which
> case the top bars and the desktop (I'm using Xfce) reappear for the
> other task(s).
>
> How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
F11?
F11 has no (apparent) effect. Neither do F9-F12. Alt-F11 starts
Tomboy, so in a sense gets access to the desktop top bar (as opposed
to thunderbird's top bar), but closing that goes back to the stuck max.
Jonathan
7:52 a.m.
>Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I
accidentally
>clicked on the box next door and it maximised to being absolutely full
>screen, with no top bar and all the normal desktop stuff obscured. I can
>still switch tasks using Alt-Tab, in which case the top bars and the
>desktop (I'm using Xfce) reappear for the other task(s).
>
>How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
Have you tried Alt-Space, and then Resize?
'Resize' is greyed out. Maximise does nothing and Minimise has its usual
action, but then selecting the task pulls it back to full-full screen.
Jonathan
7:21 a.m.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 12:53:55 +0100
Jonathan Allen <jonathan(a)barumtrading.co.uk> wrote:
Dear Fedora List,
Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I
accidentally clicked on the box next door and it maximised to being
absolutely full screen, with no top bar and all the normal desktop
stuff obscured. I can still switch tasks using Alt-Tab, in which
case the top bars and the desktop (I'm using Xfce) reappear for the
other task(s).
How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
Jonathan
F11?
6:56 a.m.
On 04/03/2015 06:53 AM, Jonathan Allen wrote:
Dear Fedora List,
Going to maximise thunderbird on a graphic screen session, I accidentally
clicked on the box next door and it maximised to being absolutely full
screen, with no top bar and all the normal desktop stuff obscured. I can
still switch tasks using Alt-Tab, in which case the top bars and the
desktop (I'm using Xfce) reappear for the other task(s).
How can I get thnderbird back to have a normal task appearance?
Jonathan
Have you tried Alt-Space, and then Resize?
--
Stephen Berg
Systems Administrator
NRL Code: 7320
Office: 228-688-5738
stephen.berg.ctr(a)nrlssc.navy.mil
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