Questions tagged [gui]
Questions related to Graphical User Interfaces.
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7-Zip -- 7z.exe | 7zG.exe | 7zFM.exe (which one to use?)
7-Zip has multiple .exe files, which one do I use?
Every so often I would forget which way round these were, or would try and use one of the .exe's for the wrong purpose, so thought I would get to the ...
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Windows 7 Explorer keyboard shortcut: set focus to files/folders/content area?
Is there a Windows 7 Explorer keyboard shortcut to set focus to files/folders/content area (depicted below)?
This has bothered me for so long...
I want to set my explorer window's focus to the files ...
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How do I access my modem's GUI when it's in bridged mode?
I wanted to try setting up my ActionTec P5001a DSL modem/router in bridged mode with a Linksys E2500 router for improved NAT performance. Switching the modem to bridged mode and the router to PPPoE ...
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How to identify which program has left a portion of its UI floating on my screen?
I noticed that what looks like a tooltip saying "Increase Indent" is floating homeless on my screen. Here it is with the edge of the browser window beneath it:
It has attained nearly infinite Z-order ...
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How to awake Emacs GUI after pressing Ctrl+z
I'm using Emacs GUI in Gnome. After pressing Ctrl+z, the Emacs window is minimized. However, if I bring the window to the front, it doesn't respond to any key press or mouse event. I searched the web ...
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Focus Follows Mouse or Sloppy Focus on Mac OS X
"Focus follows mouse" or "sloppy focus" is a feature common to X11 window managers on Linux/Unix, including GNOME, KDE, CDE, XFCE and window managers like Enlightenment, Fluxbox and Window Maker. It ...
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Boot Ubuntu 16.04 into command line / do not start GUI
I want my Ubuntu 16.04 to not start GUI on boot and show command line console only. I have tried the following recipies but none of them are for version 16.04 and so they do not seem to work — GUI ...
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Automate GUI tasks?
I have a Windows application which is deadware, and it lacks the option of exporting data into a file. The only way to extract data is to copy each line into the clipboard, and paste it in an editor.
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How to find ip address of my Asus RT-AC86U in Access Point mode?
I'm using an Asus wireless router model RT-AC68U and can connect fine to the internet using it wirelessly. I configured the router to be an Access Point, but having done so, I can no longer locate ...
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Is there any GUI tool to configure /etc/fstab?
I have little experiences in configuring the 'fstab'. I'm looking for any GUI tool that helps me with this. If possible based on gtk and should be available in Debian.
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How do I decrease the window shadow in Mac OS X?
I've found the default 40px Mac OS X window shadow too big:
Is it possible to decrease it to, say, 4px?
Update: I can disable shadows entirely with defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-...
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Do text based browsers reduce network traffic?
Do text based browsers such as lynx, links and elinks consume less bandwidth than a GUI based browser (ie, Firefox, Chrome etc.)?
I'm guessing no reduction in traffic.
Rationale: I think a text based ...
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What do I need to do to have my Raspberry Pi host a webpage with dials indicating CPU temperature, CPU load, etc., in real time?
I am good with Unix commands and scripting, but I have nearly no web experience. I have a script that grabs metrics I’m interested in, like CPU load or system temp and updates a file every 10 seconds. ...
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Why does this window have square corners?
On Windows 7 with the Aero theme, Notepad++'s Preferences window has square corners, no system menu icon, a close button, and a darker 1px border. This window also has an AlwaysOnTop attribute.
(I ...
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tasksel: apt-get failed (100)
I was installing Xfec desktop environment in the Debian 8 OS. I logged in as root and command tasksel in the shell. Among the other chooses, I selected the Xfce
At the time the installation is few ...
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Meaning of the clockwise/counter-clockwise rolling circle in Google Chrome
When using Google Chrome I've observed that the icon that holds the favicon.ico shows a rolling circle before a page is fully loaded.
It appears as if the circle is rolling counter-clockwise when the ...
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Starting Ubuntu without the GUI
I want to boot a "Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS" server, but I want XFCE not to be started, nor X at all, only Shell.
How do I tell my server to boot to the shell, not running XFCE at all?
I have an SSH ...
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What is the difference between DESKTOP_SESSION, XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP, and XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP?
I want to detect which desktop manager I am running, and I found out that there are three environment variables, DESKTOP_SESSION , XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP , and XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP which could help me do ...
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My Windows 7 has suddenly stopped displaying Unicode symbols
For some strange reason, my computer suddenly doesn't show certain unicode characters anymore! I have no idea what happened.
Affected applications include Windows Explorer (should be Japanese ...
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Which fork of GitX is the most active? [closed]
I've been using the original GitX but I've noticed it hasn't had any updates for quite a while. Which version of GitX is the most active, in terms of updates/stability/features?
The original (...
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In Firefox 4, how do I get the RSS feed button back?
I've upgraded to Firefox 4 and the RSS feed button was removed from the address bar! How do I get it back?
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How can I set environment variables for GUI apps in OS X Mavericks?
I've been struggling to get an app to run in OS X Mavericks. I finally was able to get it to run by drilling into the .app bundle and running the shell script directly. It seems that JAVA_HOME needed ...
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How to auto-hide bookmarks bar in Chrome?
I am looking for a way to auto-hide the bookmarks bar in Chrome, so that it only shows when I hover over the area.
I'd also like a method to auto-hide the address bar in Chrome that works in a ...
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How do I use 7-Zip GUI for Windows to create .tar.gz files?
How can I use the 7-Zip GUI on Windows to create .tar.gz files?
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How to record a mp3/m3u stream using VLC?
How do I capture/record directly from a MP3/M3U stream of a radio station, using VLC player, setting up VLC via its graphical user interface (GUI)?
I prefer the Windows version of VLC but ...
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Amazon S3 GUI client for OS X [closed]
I'm looking for a good GUI client for Amazon S3. On Windows I used Cloudberry Explorer and I would like to know if there's anything like that for Mac OS X.
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how to install gui for debian
I have installed debian in my old computer(extremely slow) with minimal installation. It is showing me terminal. I tried installing GUI as follows:
$apt-get update //done successfully
$apt-get ...
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How do you increase the resize border thickness in Xubuntu 12.04?
I want to make the window resize border larger, but do not want to change the window manager or the desktop theme. How do I do so?
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Better GUI for vim?
I enjoy using vim, its endless features and the way it does things (for the most part). I've been using it on and off (not as my main editor) for at least 7 years now, so while I'm far from being an ...
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Play VLC stream without interface
I would like to use VLC to play an Internet radio stream without starting the GUI. Is that possible? I have explored the command line documentation for VLC a bit and I did not came to any solution.
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in Apple OSX how to move the window control buttons to the right side
In Apple OSX how can I configure (system configuration)
the windows control buttons (Maximize/Minimize/Restore)
to appear always in the right side of the window?
Thx
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How to make the scroll wheel to affect always what's under the mouse pointer? [duplicate]
It happens to me so many times that I roll the scroll wheel over some scrollable element, but the thing DOES NOT SCROLL. What's worse, something else on another part of the screen may scroll.
I know ...
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Linux services: is there a GUI for services?
I am looking for a GUI program, that shows running services from /etc/init.d (and /etc/init), and allows to manage (start / stop / runlevel) them. What can you recommend?
Background: even though I ...
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How do I disable tab stacking in Opera 11.01
There's new feature in Opera 11.01 called tab stacking. It helps you to hoard tabs.
It works for (and annoys) me in Opera (11.01 build 1190) under Win32, but somehow doesn't appear in the same build ...
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Do I launch the app XLaunch for every login to use GUI in Ubuntu WSL in windows 10 pro?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS WSL in y Windows 10 pro. To set graphic user interface in Linux bash shell I installed XLaunch. But to use GUI in my WSL for every login in my pc I need to launch XLaunch. Is ...
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Good, lightweight GUI-based process monitor for Linux [closed]
I'd like a snappy GUI-based (I insist since people still want to propose console-based) application that can show me running processes and allow me to kill them, on Linux. It doesn't need to be as ...
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Is there a free Ubuntu unrar GUI?
I'm aware of the CLI unrar program but is there a GUI version of unrar? Basically, I want to right click my rared file and unzip the content in the current directory.
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How to highlight the current row and column like a crosshair in Libreoffice?
How can I highlight the current row and column like a crosshair in Libreoffice as guide for the eye?
There seems to be an open feature request from 2011 and a very similar question for openoffice - ...
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Customizing fast-access buttons on left-hand side of File->Open dialogue in most Windows programs
In many Windows programs when I open a file, the GUI dialogue that starts with "Look in:" and provides a list of directories and files to open has a thin panel on the left-hand side with the following ...
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How do I do a wildcard search inside Azure Storage Explorer
I'm trying to do a search for *40075* inside azure folder search box, and was wondering how I can do a real wildcard search from the folder search box, and how.
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Is it possible to run graphical applications such as Firefox without installing a full desktop environment in Arch Linux?
I have been an Ubuntu user for 2 years and am contemplating moving to Arch. I love their philosophy, The Arch Way, and I admire their tenacity to bare the system to the user. I think if I am ever ...
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Is it possible to launch GUI of headless VirtualBox' machine?
After I launch a virtual machine (Ubuntu 12.04) in headless mode on Windows 7 host
C:\Users\XXX>VBoxManage startvm "ubuntu 12.04" --type headless
Waiting for VM "ubuntu 12.04" to power on...
VM ...
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Alternative to MySQL Workbench? [closed]
Is there a free alternative to MySQL Workbench? I really need a visual database designer that doesn't crash every five minutes.
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Run a GUI app on remote computer from SSH
I want to run a GUI application on my Ubuntu computer, but it should started by a shell script on my Debian server trought SSH.
Is this possible?
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Remove new tab and close tab buttons in Chrome
I always use ctrl + T to open a new tab, so I have no need for the new tab button. I'd also like to remove the close tab buttons since I always close tabs with ctrl + W.
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sudo access for desktop actions in Gnome/KDE?
I feel kinda silly asking this question. I'm using CentOS 5.4 and KDE. I downloaded an archive and I want to drag/drop the contents into a folder that I need root access to write to.
I can obviously ...
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Linux GUI Database Manager [closed]
Does anyone Know any KDE application for working with databases in a unified way? It must support several DBs (sqlite, MySQL, Oracle). GTK apps are also welcome :)
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Easy and simple SQLite database GUI?
I'm looking for a really simple GUI that interfaces with an SQLite database to facilitate editing/searching a single table, which includes:
Editing the table in tabular format, like a spreadsheet (...
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Good free OCR with GUI for correcting mistakes? (for Windows)
I've used SimpleOCR, which has a nice GUI for correcting mistakes. Unfortunately it makes a lot of mistakes! (and suffers other bugs and limitations)
On the other hand Tesseract is more accurate but ...
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How do I get the border to show on the Windows File Explorer when active?
This is a relatively new problem, so probably introduced with a recent Windows Update: The window border of the Windows 10 File Explorer is not visible when it is the active window.
Here is a ...
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