Kwin is the window manager of KDE, and it has options that I confess I had never worried about seeing or reviewing before and can be very useful, an example of this is what I show you below, which is nothing more than grouping two or more windows into one.
Let's try two windows or 3 if you prefer.
In this case I have opened Dolphin y Console, but I also have open Firefox, KDE Help Center y Virtualbox (on a second desk). But for this example I only want to group the first two that I mentioned (Dolphin & Konsole).
Well, we right click on the title bar in any of the two windows. In my case I did it about Console and let's go where it says Move window to group.
As you can see, all the windows that I have open are displayed, and as I am interested is the Dolphin, I select it .. And look what happens:
In effect, the two windows are grouped into one, which we can select as if they were tabs or normally from the panel and as many windows as we want can be grouped. 😀
I use it often, though if I'm not mistaken it only works with Oxygen window decor. I think there were plans to extend it to other decorations, but it seems that things have stalled.
Dragging the window with a middle click achieves the same result. Another trick: mid-clicking the Maximize button maximizes vertically only.
I don't use this grouping a lot but it's always good to know tricks about managing our desktop 🙂
O_O Great tip .. Well, this grouping windows I just had breakfast hahaha. And I find it very useful ..
Oh this is what you were telling me on the phone the other day? … Mmm interesting yes 🙂
Years using KDE and now I see this.
Hahaha, that's what I thought .. 😛
Another little trick that you all know for sure but I didn't know until recently, and I butted my head when I found out. To move a window, press ALT and move the mouse over any point in the window and you can leave it wherever you want , super fast, I no longer have to go to the top bar of the window to move it ... 🙂
KDE never ceases to amaze me. It seems incredible that something so simple is so great!
Woooo, look, I've been using KDE for a while and these tips completely surprise me.
One more to not stop recommending KDE
The Compiz equivalent used it years ago (next to the cube, jelly-like windows ...) to show Windows users "how ugly" Linux was. But the truth is that I never found these groups of practical use.
Can someone who uses them tell us what advantages in organization or speed are achieved?
Well, just another way to work / organize with several windows so it can always be useful.
In your ubuntu you can't do it?
Also interesting is the trick of moving the windows with the Alt key.
Greetings.
The advantage that I find is adding the function of tabs in those programs that do not have them. But to group different programs in the same window I do not find advantages.
In Ubuntu it can be done with Compiz's Group and Tab Windows.
I'll use it to see if it's practical ...
This is good for me since I usually use firefox and tor now I switch between the windows as if it were a tab thanks Elav
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