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The Gnome Shell is a window manager for the Gnome 3 desktop environment.

The Gnome Shell was introduced in the Gnome 3.0 release having been developed for a number of years before that. It marks a shift from the old windows and toolbars paradigm to one centred on Activities. The key being dedicating the screen to one application at a time.

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My PC is not a phone - how do I remove the swipey pre-log in screen from Gnome 3?

I'm currently running centos 7 (the server with gui config) on a VM. I'd like to keep the log in screen, but the 'phone' style pre-login lock screen that requires a swipe to access the main login screen is annoying. Is there any simple way to…
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How to enable dragging windows with alt-click in gnome 3 / gnome shell

Dragging windows around with alt-click has always been one of my favorite features on a linux desktop: no need to aim at the window title to drag, just press alt, click anywhere within the window and drag. This seems to be disabled in gnome 3 /…
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Disable default Gnome Shell Super Key Mapping

Gnome Shell by default uses the Super (Windows) key to display the activities overview. But I'd prefer to use the Super key to invoke Synapse. Right now I have to press Super+Super+Spacebar in order to invoke Synapse which is annoying…
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How to activate window snapping in Gnome Shell?

Gnome 3.X usually provides window snapping (tiling) and it is triggered by moving a window to the left or right edge of your screen. However, on my desktop this feature isn't working. Moving a window to the edge does not have any effect? How could I…
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Making application menus on top of gnome shell

Is there a way to get gnome shell components (panel, message tray) to be appear below the popup menus of other applications such as Java and Gtk Apps. The problem is when there are gtk apps which have tray icons. The popup menu tends to appear…
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How to make Gnome Shell Alt+Tab list applications before switching to the next one?

I use Gnome Shell 3.4 and I find the Alt+Tab feature extremely powerful. Switching between opened application windows is fast and effective, at least more than trough the overview. Unfortunately, I sometimes press Alt+Tab in order to list active…
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gnome-shell Window buttons have disappeared

I've just installed the latest version of gnome-shell and it doesn't have window buttons? Is there an entry in gconf-editor that I can change to enable those buttons? In general, how do you tweak gnome-shell?
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