Chrome opens up in a maximized windows. No matter how many times I resize it down it stays the same on new windows. I tried resizing the windows then quitting Chrome, but still no luck.
If anything is there a way I can manually set the default window size through the shell or something?
Aha! I think I've discovered why this is happening for me at least. Oscar, you didn't mention using two screens but I suspect you are (?). If not, mine may be a separate issue.
When I have a chrome window on my external monitor that is taller than my primary screen and I open a new window, it's full screen on my primary screen. If I adjust the height making it short enough to fit on my primary screen, it opens as expected.
I suspect any application that creates new windows of a particular size would exhibit the same behavior, I don't know anything else on my computer that does that though. Maybe Alberto can experiment with this.
How is Chrome being opened? Specifically, I am curious about the command issued by the launcher. The reason for my interest is that the '--kiosk' modifier is used to open Chrome in fullscreen mode. Subsequently, I would check to ensure the '--kiosk' is not in the command line.
In compiz settings (
ccsm) under Window Rules, put class=Chromium-browser in the no_maximize_match field.