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LibreOffice 5 on Freya: Title bar and/or menu bar is missing
Uninstall the package libreoffice-gtk3 and install libreoffice-gtk instead.
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-gtk3
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gtk
LibreOffice should be usable again.
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Why can't I place files on the desktop by default, and how can I get this feature?
Although this question is quite old, there is a more acceptable answer for the OP's question now. Appcenter has an application called Desktop folder now, which you can install and use.
https://github....
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Can I scale everything at 125%?
I think what you may be looking for can be done by using dconf-editor. If you do not have it installed, you can do so in Terminal with this:
sudo apt install dconf-editor
Once installed, open dconf-...
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Is it possible to get rid of the title bar for Firefox?
Since Firefox Quantum, the extensions mentioned in the accepted answer has been discontinued. However, as noted by Mehmet Hanoğlu since Firefox 60+, the feature is supported out of the box.
To enable ...
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Is it possible to get rid of the title bar for Firefox?
In the article that you've linked, they recommend using the HTitle add-on. Afterwards, you also need to add the headerbar userstyle and set Hide titlebar: Always in HTitle's add-on preferences.
There ...
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How to fix drag and drop issue on elementary OS Freya?
Update kernel and X to vivid fix this for me. This became possible after Ubuntu 14.04.3 release. More info on Ubuntu Wiki.
Update:
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-vivid ...
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How to fix drag and drop issue on elementary OS Freya?
On Launchpad the following fixes had been suggested:
Fixing this problem is rather too easy. Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and use the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon....
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Change window control buttons under Loki
Install tweaker for Loki:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
sudo apt update
sudo apt install elementary-tweaks
Then Appearance - Windows Controls - Layout (Windows, OS X, etc)...
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How to enable desktop icons and right click in Elementary OS Freya?
To enable the desktop
Step 1:
Install Nautilus dconf-tools:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends nautilus dconf-tools
Step 2:
Open dconf-editor and go to, org > gnome > ...
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Interface scaling in full hd
Scaling factors can be configured by gsettings in terminal (seen in Launchpad):
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 1
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-...
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Can I add a "Create New Folder" button in Files?
This is not the solution you ask for, but I have an insiders' tip:
You can still use the contextmenu to create a new folder in a full list view.
Just right-click on the "select-checkmark-icon".
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Firefox title bar and tabs merge
Hopefully this will fix it overtime with version 59 of Firefox.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/11/firefox-nightly-adds-csd-option
Update: In the latest update of Firefox (Quantum 60.0), this is now ...
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How to minimize a window?
First, welcome to elementary OS! Hope you've found a Linux home!!!
To my knowledge, there are three different ways you are able to minimize a window. Two are available to a user right out of the box ...
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Cannot select consecutive files using shift key + mouse click
This is a bug in elementary. You will find the details here:
strange behavior when selecting multiple files/folders with shift in pantheon-files
It also says that this happens only when you are ...
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How to minimize a window?
You can also set a hot-corner to achieve this in the Desktop settings. Then, all you have to do is point the mouse to the corner and the window will minimize. As you can see below, mine is set to ...
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Making it work more like Windows
Just install Elementary Tweaks. Here you can learn how to install it. With that, you can set the double-click behaviour and the location of the window control buttons.
Once installed, go to the ...
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Enabling back-cycling when using alt-tab?
I just encountered an issue related to this in elementaryOS 6 (Odin). The Alt+Shift shortcut for switching keyboard layouts was interfering with the default Alt+Shift+Tab shortcut for cycling ...
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How to minimize a window?
There are many ways without adding hot corners, installing third-party software or creating confusing configurations in the command line. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to minimize a window.
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Is it possible to get rid of the title bar for Firefox?
The simple workaround would be use addon:
Hide Caption Titlebar Plus
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UI elements are not displayed
This is not a proper solution, just a work around so that setting dialogues work (I have the same issue). This only seems to happen with the default elementary GTK+ theme. If you switch to another ...
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How to get application menus in elementary OS?
Unfortunately this functionality is, I believe, deliberately left out of eOS. And your correct that almost all other Linux distributions do have it.
Why I don't know? Why don't they inclue a minimize ...
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How to get application menus in elementary OS?
elementary apps don't have menu bars.
In fact, most modern apps don't have menu bars. Chrome, GNOME, elementary, Metro apps on Windows 10, iOS and Android.
Saving is done automatically, exiting is ...
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Is the dark theme officially supported?
No, the dark theme is not officially supported. It can be installed manually, as you did, or through elementary-tweaks (which is doubly unsupported by the devs). I tested the dark theme for a few days,...
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Hide title bar in pantheon-terminal?
It is not possible to remove the titlebar when Terminal is windowed.
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LibreOffice 5.1 looks weird
LibreOffice are moving from Gtk2 to Gtk3, it's not complete yet and buggy. And the toolbar does not use the correct css class that's why.
The same issue in other distros/themes.
Screenshot using ...
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Is it possible to get rid of the title bar for not only Firefox but all applications?
From answer in other post:
No, its not possible for all.
Window decorations are now drawn by the application itself. There no longer is a separate title bar.
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How can I get menus with icons in Loki?
Full explanation here.
What concern us: setting this via org.gnome.desktop.interface does not work because menus-have-icons (and buttons-have-icons) is deprecated, but it's still possible to set this ...
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Size of Controls
One other option would be to tell elementary to render everything at 2x, then scale your resolution down to 1.5x, as described here. This isn't an ideal solution - you'll still get some blurriness, ...
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Firefox title bar and tabs merge
The people behind Firefox seem to be working hard on client-side decoration, which will enable this feature without any extensions. Almost every day people are working out smaller and smaller issues. ...
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