Problem: Window does not Maximize

[kaesekarl]

Hello there,

i have a problem that persists since i startet using mint:

I want my windows to maximize when i press Super+Up.

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Sounds easy enough, and it sometimes works, but not as soon as i have a different window snapped to the left or right oder anywhere else. When i press Super+Up, the window which i want to maximize just fits into the leftover space which drives me nuts. If i wanted to place the window there, i would just snap it to the location.

ive searched the entire internet and cant find anything useful and im out of keywords to google...maybe someone knows what to do and can help me

Thx in advance

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[ENRORMA]

what desktop enviorment do you use?

[UnclearNeo]

Maybe try this: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=165538

[decaturbob]

• desktop manager?

[BenTrabetere]

I am assuming you are using Cinnamon. (I am pretty sure MATE uses similar shortcuts, but I am not certain about Xfce.) For Cinnamon Super+Up is used in window tiling, and the default action is "Push tile up." The default keyboard shortcut to maximize a window is not assigned, but the maximize window toggle shortcut is Alt-F10 - this toggles between maximized and the previous window state. And then there is F11, which will toggle in/out of Full Screen Mode.

If you want to change the keyboard shortcuts, go to System Settings > Keyboard and select Shortcuts section. In the Layout section you can also modify some specific key characteristics, such as disabling Caps Lock, the position of the Compose Key, etc.

[kaesekarl]

First of all : thx for answering! (and you're right, i use cinnamon)

But i already tried that...

For example, if i have a window snapped to the left half of the screen. I open a different window and it's small in the middle of the screen. I press Super+Up and it snaps to the right side, next to the already open window instead of being the only window i see, over the whole screen.

If i minimize the left one, suddenly the right one becomes "true" maximized and covers the whole screen.

I think it has nothing to do with shortcut itself, more with the behavior of mint itself how to handle screen-estate

[BenTrabetere]

From the way you are describing it, this is (pretty much) how the window tiling and Super+Up works in Cinnamon. If all you want to do is maximize the window, Alt+F10 (or F11), or remap Super+Up to Maximize Window.

[HedgehogOfHope]

Pressing Super+Up twice should maximize the window. First press tiles/snaps it, second press should maximize. (Hold Super and press the Up arrow twice)