Not able to control the maximize control on my firefox web browser. If I unmaximize the browser and close it out. When I log back on, it automatically goes to maximize. Can anybody help with this matter? Am I reporting to the list?
On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:28:28 -0600 Lawrence E Graves lgraves95@gmail.com wrote:
Not able to control the maximize control on my firefox web browser. If I unmaximize the browser and close it out. When I log back on, it automatically goes to maximize. Can anybody help with this matter? Am I reporting to the list?
This seems like it should be simple, but a search found that it is anything but.
One recommendation was to install an addon: The solution is to install Minimize On Start And Close Firefox Add-On.
Other solutions were only applicable when starting from a script using xdotool,
#!/bin/bash
#launch the program in the background, with all command-line options passed to it. firefox "$@" &
#grab its process id. pidno=$!
#wait for a second so that the window has time to fully register. sleep 1
#use xdotool to make sure that window is raised to the top. #this is necessary because it won't directly accept xdotool keypresses otherwise. #matches both the pid and the class, to ensure we have the right window. xdotool search --all --pid $pidno --class firefox windowactivate
#use xdotool again to simulate your hotkey combo. Adjust as necessary. xdotool key alt+F9
exit 0
or configuring the window manager if it allowed it, like KDE.
In KDE KWin can do things like that. Bring Firefox window to the front, then hit Alt+F3 and on the menu select 'Advanced' > 'Special Window Settings'. At least here you could make it so that (certain) Firefox windows are initially minimized.
And for the System Tray, you need to create/modifiy an application starter, where the option "Place in System Tray" is checked. In 'kmenuedit', for instance.
These were all pretty old, so I'm not sure they still work.
Allegedly, on or about 18 June 2017, Lawrence E Graves sent:
Not able to control the maximize control on my firefox web browser. If I unmaximize the browser and close it out. When I log back on, it automatically goes to maximize.
Sometimes dopey things can stop that kind of problem, such as un-maximise the browser, then grab a window border and resize the window by some amount, then quit the program.
I've done that kind of thing, before, to tame a web browser. Perhaps it's the window resizing that sets a parameter somewhere, clearing out some peculiar problem.
It may depend on your desktop manager, too. I found the Gnome 3 (which I don't use anymore), it liked to behave like a tablet computer, with every program full screen, and a pain to use several programs simultaneously.
On 06/18/2017 08:28 PM, Lawrence E Graves wrote:
Not able to control the maximize control on my firefox web browser. If I unmaximize the browser and close it out. When I log back on, it automatically goes to maximize. Can anybody help with this matter? Am I reporting to the list?
Unfortunately, Firefox (Mozilla in general) has no mailing list. They have a forum, which I personally disdain, as I prefer a mailing list myself. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/forums/