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Paul Jurczak
Asked: 2021-05-02 22:11:45 +0800 CST

Windows tiling doesn't work in Ubuntu 18.04

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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.5. Following the manual from https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/shell-windows-tiled.html neither of two methods of horizontal window tiling works. Dragging window's title bar works only for maximizing it, not tiling.

I don't recall installing any applications, which could affect this behavior. I have Gnome Tweaks installed, but I don't see an option for tiling there. Any clues how to restore this functionality? Is it broken in Ubuntu 18.04?

18.04

1 Answers

  1. Check "Gnome Tweaks" again, on the Windows tab. There is an option "Edge Tiling" that needs to be on to enable left/right tiling by dragging to the edge of the screen. Alternatively, enable the setting with the command

    gsettings set org.gnome.mutter edge-tiling true

    Then check that your keybindings for tiling are correctly assigned. You can reset to the default with the following two terminal commands:

    gsettings reset org.gnome.mutter.keybindings toggle-tiled-left
gsettings reset org.gnome.mutter.keybindings toggle-tiled-right
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