Can I turn off window snapping in GNOME 3?

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You have probably found the solution by now, but just in case you have not yet found it or some one else is interested. The gnome-tweaks option you are looking for is called 'Edge Tiling' located in the Windows section.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Digital Ninja
    Digital Ninja over 1 year

    I want to avoid my windows snapping to the edge of my screen when resizing and moving, but it doesn't seem to work.

    I am running GNOME 3.28.2 on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. I see no options for snapping when I go through the native Settings app, I have gnome-tweaks in which I see no options for snapping, and I have Compiz config which does have options for snapping, but unchecking it has no effect. Which has me wondering if Compiz config is outdated for GNOME 3 or something? My apt says it's the latest version, 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1.

    So, can I turn off window snapping in some alternative "hacky" way?

    Edit

    The suggested duplicate thread didn't solve it for me. I turned off the setting in Dconf editor as per the accepted answer, but they still snap. It seems quite inconsistent, and i can't figure out if it depends on the type of application or size of the window or what, however the title bar on top always snaps, whereas sides sometimes don't.

    • ob2
      ob2 over 5 years
      Possible duplicate : askubuntu.com/questions/907797/…
    • pomsky
      pomsky over 5 years
    • pomsky
      pomsky over 5 years
      Which one did you turn off using dconf editor?
    • Digital Ninja
      Digital Ninja over 5 years
      If you mean the commands from your other accepted answer, i ran both. I even tried it as sudo now, just in case, it still snaps. But for example the terminal window snaps differently than Firefox. If i don't let the edge of terminal quite touch the edge of the screen, it will allow me to leave it close to it. Once they touch, i just have to drag away far to unsnap it. But for Firefox i can never leave it close; if i leave it close and let my mouse go, it adjusts the position and snaps it to the edge.
    • DK Bose
      DK Bose about 5 years
      "I even tried it as sudo" is not a good idea. Running things with sudo could alter permissions of files/folders in your home directory thereby making them inaccessible to you as a normal user.
  • pomsky
    pomsky almost 4 years
    You're probably talking about newer release(s) of Ubuntu, but the question was originally asked for Ubuntu 18.04 which does not have this specific option.
  • Levente
    Levente about 3 years
    Kubuntu does not use the Gnome 3 desktop environment.
  • Levente
    Levente about 3 years
    What desktop environment do you use CompizConfig with? Gnome 3? Is it still relevant / supported?
  • bruce westfall
    bruce westfall about 3 years
    Running Linux Mint 19.3 with Mate as the desktop manager
  • bruce westfall
    bruce westfall about 3 years
    looks like i have gnome 3.28
  • lngs
    lngs almost 3 years
    Oh! Thank you. @I_Ranger
  • ken
    ken over 2 years
    MATE is not Gnome 3...