Window appears off screen on ubuntu [closed]
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I have a dual monitor setup, and I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I have changed the positioning of the monitors several times, and now for some reason some of the windows open up off-screen (outside of both screens), Update Manager, for instance. How can I position the windows on one of my screens?
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Still a problem with 14.04 – Lambart Sep 25 '15 at 20:06
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Mine is easier: Alt + Spacebar And then use left or right arrow to move them back

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You can get the window back on your screen by using
ALT + spacebar
This would show you the maximize/minimize/ ... options. Click maximize and it would occupy your screen.
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instead of maximize you can use move and then move it with the mouse

– A. Binzxxxxxx Jun 29 '15 at 8:01
ubuntu updater offscreen and alt-space only shows "always on top" (wonder if this is some messing of dual monitors) – neu-rah Nov 19 '15 at 9:26
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You can also maximize and then drag into your screen. – Goose Aug 11 '16 at 15:27
Quicker way I found after fighting with off-screen widnows (for Ubuntu 16.04): go to Appearance, Behavior, and then check / uncheck Enable workspaces. All windows magically appear! – Roman Susi Nov 8 '16 at 15:16
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Be sure to have the off-screen window selected (use Alt-Tab or Super-W for example). Then hold Alt+F7 and move the window with the cursor keys until it appears in the viewport.
When this happens to me the hidden window is usually below the screen (I occasionally use two screens with one on top of the other, a setup that agrees well with a laptop on a desk). If you use Super-W to select the window, you can guess where it is by looking at the animations. Holding Alt+F7+Up brings the window into view for me.
Cheers.
I use several monitors and sometimes an application, e.g. an Android emulator opens off-screen. I use the following approach to move it back to the visible area:
Use ALT+TAB to switch to the off-screen application
Press ALT-SPACE -> this shows the system menu, maybe the menu is not visible but you still can call its options
Press M to select the “Move” menu
Use the mouse or the arrow keys to move the application
(use Alt-Tab or Super-W for example).