Comments on: Get Aero Snap in Ubuntu

By: atanok

atanok — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:02:00 +0000

“Maybe that is because they are focusing less on making windows go up in flames or creating rounded cubes…”
So, because someone thought it’d be nice to have, implemented it, shared it and it got accepted into the main project’s tree, there is something horribly wrong with the project?
You’re a worthless pile of ignorance.

By: Mariano Olivero

Mariano Olivero — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:35:00 +0000

excellent, this one worked :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:07:00 +0000

“Now choose the ‘Edge Bindings’ tab at the top and set the following: -Run Command 0 – Set To Left
Run Command 1 – Set To Right
Run Command 2 – Set To Top”How do I do this? I get a ‘ ”" is not a valid edge mask ’ error.Thanks

By: Brandon Sperger

Brandon Sperger — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:14:00 +0000

Dated post. Let me update. Either upgrade to 11.04 which has this feature (optimized visuals too!) and sacrifice Compiz Cube for it, or use Compiz’s inbuilt tool for this:

In Compiz Settings Manager find the option Grid under the Window Management heading. Do not click the check box YET. Click on it to open it up. You will see options like ‘Put Center’ and ‘Put Left’ Assign any hotkeys you want, and then enable . I use ‘ctrl+menu’ and ‘ctrl+left’, respectfully.

Additionally, If you want to full-screen windows WITHOUT over-riding inbuilt ‘f11′ or ‘ctrl/alt+f’ functionality of specific programs (that are designed to work that way), click on Extra WM Actions. Once there assign a hotkey for ‘Toggle Fullscreen’ and enable. I personally use ‘ctrl+F11′.

By: Marky D

Marky D — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:22:00 +0000

Yupp.. Now it feels just like Windows 7 snap.. Thank You!

By: Ray Eden

Ray Eden — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:29:00 +0000

True. It should be made easier to remap mouse click functions on the window buttons and borders.

(middle-click on maximize button maximizes a window vertically.)

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:37:00 +0000

@moojix This only works for the left hand screen.
To get it to work for the right hand screen I had to add two further commands.
Command line 3 (left-snap for right monitor):
WIDTH=`xdpyinfo | grep ‘dimensions:’ | cut -f 2 -d ‘:’ | cut -f 1 -d ‘x’` && SCREEN=$(($WIDTH/2)) && HALF=$(($WIDTH/4)) && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_vert && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$SCREEN,0,$HALF,-1

Command line 4 (right-snap for right monitor):
WIDTH=`xdpyinfo | grep ‘dimensions:’ | cut -f 2 -d ‘:’ | cut -f 1 -d ‘x’` && SCREEN=$((($WIDTH*3)/4)) && HALF=$(($WIDTH/4)) && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_vert && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$SCREEN,0,$HALF,-1

This isn’t a great solution as it requires separate commands. I have just used Ctrl+Super+Left and Ctrl+Super+Right to call Commands 3 & 4.

You need some if statement in the Command 1 & 2 to figure out which monitor the window is on – but this works well enough for me.

It makes it easy to switch a snapped window between monitors – Super+Left / Ctrl+Super+Left

By: daniel

daniel — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:19:00 +0000

I cant get it to work, i’m using ubuntu as a Virtual machine, would this be the cause? please help!!!

By: Shivankk

Shivankk — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:56:00 +0000

Thanks worked for me 2.. : )

By: Anonymous