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Can I switch between windows of the same app using plank?

You can either scroll over the icon in plank, or right-click it for a context menu which includes open windows of the application.
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Can I force full screen mode for any application?

You definitely can for gVim. I think this works on most apps, including ones that don't have a full screen mode, for example System Settings. Open up System Settings and click Keyboard and then check ...
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How to disable desktop switch on fullscreen

You can deactivate this feature by disabling dynamic workspaces in gala preferences. Open dconf Editor, if you have it, and go to org -> pantheon -> desktop -> gala -> behavior and untick dynamic-...
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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 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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What are the different methods to switch between windows and workspaces?

For anyone who landed here only interested in switching between windows of the same application, I wrote a python script to achieve this. Gist available here: https://gist.github.com/tysonholub/...
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WIndows Opening Off Screen

Quick answer to your second question. You can drag a window by clicking anywhere inside of it with the combination Super + left click.
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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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Bug, fullscreen Atom. The window is *hidden*

The same thing also happens with Brave (browser). It's clear that the window is maximized, as the panel at the top becomes black. If you click and drag down just below the black panel, the program ...
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How does one cycle through windows of the same application?

Edit: This is not the correct answer for the above question. When i wrote this i was thinking about tabs of an application and not windows. So, this answer works for cycling through tabs of an app. ...
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Firefox GTK3 build(s) not usable/working

The solution is to install gtk3-nocsd package and to preload the small library provided by it by adding something like: env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/gtk3-nocsd/gtk3-nocsd.so in front of the command ...
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How do I move / reach a window that I "left" on a second screen?

Disable the second screen monitor in Display settings when it isn't in use. Any windows will be forced to your only screen, and all new windows will stay on this screen. You can also try SUPER+DOWN ...
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Can I configure an app to be always visible across all workspaces?

It is possible to create a keyboard shortcut for this setting which seems to work for any window, including those without title bar menu. It's in System settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Windows > ...
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How to reduce "Files" 0.3.2 window size?

The minimum window size (910 x 640 in pixels) is now hard coded into Files as the result of a recent merge, so cannot be changed (except with a bug request, possibly). It was thought to be a ...
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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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Keep Plank unhidden and maximize windows to plank like in OS X?

Go to System Settings -> Desktop -> Dock
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What are the different methods to switch between windows and workspaces?

Concerning "switch between windows of the same application on the same workspace". All the answers say in effect "There is no such keyboard shortcut". But maybe something changed. I found this in ...
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Application Windows are flickering when moving , closing and opening

I used to have the same issue, random flickering then after a search I found this. Try doing this commands: sudo apt-get install mesa-utils sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ echo -e 'Section "Device"\...
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Elementary transparent theme not working properly

Metacity does not support the alpha (transparency) channel.
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Have applications dock close with Windows key

Please, use my updated answer: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key "'Super_L'" gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.behavior overlay-action "'wingpanel --toggle-indicator=app-launcher'" ...
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How to disable saved state for pantheon-terminal?

pantheon-terminal is set to periodically update a saved state variable with your terminal's position. You can flush it out with the following commands: gsettings reset org.pantheon.terminal.saved-...
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How to minimize a window?

Use the dock! Minimize and restore windows by clicking on their icons in Plank.
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How to minimize a window?

@NatoBoram answer is my favorite. A tiny supplement for elementary OS 5.0 (Juno) and 5.1 (Hera) the answer works. Windows-like layout (three buttons on top right corner): gsettings set org.gnome....
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Maximized windows hide behind wingpanel

That sounds like: https://github.com/elementary/wingpanel/issues/130 Which I though I fixed with: https://github.com/elementary/wingpanel/pull/198 Looks like it hasn't been released yet: https://...
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Why can't I maximize Settings window?

Removing "elementary-tweaks" package helped.
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Can you install Compiz on elementary OS

I answered this question here: Can you install Compiz on Elementary OS? It is actually pretty easy to do! I got it to work with notifications, slingshot-launcher, wingpanel and everything else that ...
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how to define a grid and snap windows to it?

This is generally a feature associated with a tiling WM. Gala is a floating WM and does not support anything more advanced than window snapping. An alternative would be to 'fake' tiling features ...
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How to vertically maximize windows in Elementary OS?

If you drag the window to the left or right of the screen, it will "snap" to that side, taking up the full vertical space and half the horizontal space. You can also press Ctrl+⌘+Left or Ctrl+⌘+Right ...
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