Jetpack Flight Log » compiz http://jetpackweb.com/blog Rock{et}ing the interweb Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:51:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Ubuntu Tip: Force new windows to start centered on the desktop http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2009/08/06/ubuntu-tip-force-new-windows-to-open-centered-on-the-desktop/ http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2009/08/06/ubuntu-tip-force-new-windows-to-open-centered-on-the-desktop/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:57:15 +0000 Brian Racer http://jetpackweb.com/blog/?p=207 I use a pretty generic Gnome + Compiz desktop setup in Ubuntu, but one thing that really irks me is my applications always seem to start snapped to a corner. What I really want is for them to open centered on my desktop. You can achieve this by doing a little registry modification(I’m pretty sure there is a nice GUI app to adjust these settings, but I don’t believe it is installed by default).

Press Alt+F2 and enter gconf-config. This will open up Gnome’s registry editor.

Set the following two values:
Key: /apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows Value: smart
Key: /apps/compiz/plugins/place/screen0/options/mode Value: 1

Now your applications should start up nice and centered :)

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