Windows opening half off screen - they are not accessible

[Wade Smart]

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 1:37 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 9 Aug 2017 10:38 p.m., "Wade Smart" <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes, Im on Ubuntu 16.06 with Unity.
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> Oliver, the alt+click works on some but not the others.
> The top bar seems to be too far up to grab and it doesnt
> work just clicking anywhere on the app.
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> Do you mean 16.04?
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> It should work on all windows. Can you give an example where it does not?
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> If you open the displays configuration applet from Settings and change the
> screen resolution and accept it, then change it back again, that may pull
> them back on screen. Having typed that it occurs to me that the initial
> problem may be that the screen resolution may have reduced somehow and all
> you need do is to set it back to what it should be.
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> Alternatively, if you click on a window and hit alt F4 that should close
> that window. The reopening the app may solve the problem.
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> Colin
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> Wade
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> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> hi,
>> Am Mittwoch, den 09.08.2017, 11:17 -0500 schrieb Wade Smart:
>>> This morning after starting my laptop I opened gedit and
>>> it opened half off screen. I opened Chrome to get to my
>>> email and it opened half off screen. I cant click on them
>>> to move them back onto screen. I was able to open firefox
>>> and it opened in the middle of the screen. Ive had no
>>> external monitors connected or change in display. How can
>>> I move them back?
>>
>> alt+click on the window content should allow you to move them around
>> (if not then i'd guess your window manager is missing or broken or so)
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Colin, I just opened Pidgin and it opens half off the screen.
When I hold down Alt and attempt to click on it, I can not.
But, if I right click and move it to another desktop space I
am able to Alt+click on it and move it to the center of the
screen and then move it back to desktop one.

I do not use multiple desktops but I have turned that feature
on to do just this.

Chrome is also having trouble. When I start it, it opens
only about 1/4th the screen. When I try to go full screen it
only goes maybe 60%. I can manually resize it to full screen.

I just changed the display to 1152x768 from 1366x768.
Opening gedit it now opens off screen to the top. I can grab
with Alt+click to move it.

I really dont know what would have changed to cause
this but, might be a good excuse to for a fresh install
on the next upgrade.


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