I'd like tile windows so that two windows are on the screen, one left, one right. I don´t get it to work. How can I do this? I can move one window with SUPER+arrow keys to the left, right, up or down half of the screen. But when I want to adjust the second window, it doesn´t move.
I have also a strange problem with the Zorin menu. When I use SUPER+arrow keys it gets out of its form and I can only logout to get the normal Zorin menu back.
It is a fresh Zorin 17 Lite install and I´m not able to move a window with Super + right arrow key to the right side of the screen although it is set up this way in the windows settings. I edited the shortcut and pressed the same keys, and now at the moment it works (Edit: No, no longer works).
I tried to delete the SUPER shortcut key for Zorin menu but it isn´t set to use SUPER key in the keyboard settings:
If Super Key is bound to the zorinmenulite plugin, and also bound to the window tiling, maybe that is what is causing this glitch.
I have never experienced this one.
The second window should resize. If it is not and you cannot move it, that suggests focus is staying on the app menu.
And could the window manager then be trying to treat it like a window and size it to the screen? Interesting.
I use Whisker Menu on my primary display.
And never had it resize or steal focus. So, I suspect you are on to something with the ZorinMenuLite being the culprit.
I tested it with removing the zorinmenulite-plugin from the taskbar, and then the tiling works.
But you need to remap the SUPER+right arrow key each time you reboot or logout. That's not comfortable and annoying. Really buggy!
The arrows left, up and down work, but right not (and my key is not defective).
Zorin 17 Lite has been released so long time ago, and such an important function is not solved yet?
So you have to remove the Zorin menu when you want to use the normal window tiling functions with the preinstalled shortcuts?! That's surely not what was intended.
Where can I remove or remap the SUPER key for zorinmenulite-plugin? I found it nowhere.
Edit: Whisker menu also doesn't work together with window tiling when you set SUPER key as shortcut to open whisker menu. I tried if it helps to enable "stay hidden when focus is lost" in the whisker menu settings, but without success.
Actually, I would really like to keep the super key to open the menu, as I use it often. Isn't there a graphical window tiling manager like in the core version, so that you only have to drag the windows to the top edge and then select which position they should occupy?
You can drag the Window and move it towards the edges of the screen (don't release the window) , as soon as your cursor reaches to the edge it will be tilled accordingly.
Ah, thank you, that works after many trials with a window - when you move it fast enough. It is difficult with the touchpad to be so fast.
Some applications don´t work correctly, e.g. settings and Zorin Appearance. They never are tiled. Do you know, why? I often use them and would like to behave them as normal windows.
And the terminal always has a space at the bottom between the taskbar. Mysterious.
I found out that when I enable "prevent
focus is lost" at windows finetune settings, then I can tile two windows with the normal keyboard shortcuts SUPER + arrow keys. But the Zorin menu still gets out of form.
So, only the silly bug with the right arrow key needs to be solved.
It constantly resets itself and then no longer works. Perhaps there is a conflict with another shortcut.
Don't know about settings but Zorin Appearance is build that way not to resizable, this is even same on the Zorin core version.
I believe it doesn't need to be very fast. Just drag the Window normally and while keep holding it move the tracpad towards the edges, just don't release the window until the cursor reaches to the edges.
Also you can try increasing the touchpad sensitivity and see if it helps moving the cursor fast.
That did it! I've never found out what the problem is and have used XFCE nearly a year now.
I always released the window when the window reached the edge, but not the cursor.
Do you know if the upper left and right corner can be set up to tile a window to the half of the screen instead of maximizing the window?
I'd also like to make the scrollbars permanently visible e.g. in Settings and Thunar, because they often won't appear when I need them. How can I do this?
This image is not accurate but it's should work in the same manner
Drag your window to top-right edge and it will be tiled in top-right. Mid edge will tile the whole right side. Bottom-right edge will tile the window at bottom right.
That was a stupid question of me. It works perfectly when I focus my eyes on the cursor and not the window borders. Important is where the cursor is.
I don't need to change the function of the corners.
I tried so set overlay-scrolling to false in dconf-editor /org/gnome/desktop/interface/overlay-scrolling
and tried to add a file with 'GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0' to /etc/environment.d, but didn´t work, too (tested with Settings app).
With a fresh reboot and not re-adjusting the shortcut for tiling windows to the right side, it worked to move a window to the right side with super+➡️. I'll see if it is a permanent solution. It may also help to remove the other ones KP_Up and KP_Down (You can also set the output to empty instead of removing the line).
I have no keypad with numbers on my laptop, so it may help to avoid conflicts. As far as I see, it works good now (have removed all three lines 202, 212, 220 - KP_Left doesn't exist).
The problem with Zorin menu loosing its form and treated as window is still there when the Zorin menu is opened while pressing SUPER+an arrow key.
I tested the window tiling function on a laptop which has a separate numblock, but also there the normal right arrow key to move windows (together with SUPER) didn't work correctly, only pressing key 6 of the numblock which also has a on the key, worked there.
@AZorin@zorink It would be helpful for other users to adapt the keyboard shortcuts in Zorin 17 Lite for moving windows to the right side so that there are no conflicts.
For all those users who don't like editing files:
You can go to settings > Window manager > Keyboard
and clear the four marked entries there. You have mostly to do that twice because they are double-booked. The right side should be empty then.
Now remap the four lines with the keys you like by clicking on edit. I used SUPER+the arrow keys.
This action removes all double-booked entries for the window tiling so that there no longer are conflicts.
Something is interesting:
If you try to use the Whisker menu with the SUPER key instead of the Zorin menu and set SUPER key as shortcut, there are considerably more problems and the Windows tiling shortcuts SUPER+arrow keys do not work at all - the Whisker menu always opens (all Zorin menu shortcuts were removed before).
But when you assign Whiskermenu e.g. to Alt+Pause or Ctrl+Esc, then it opens also when you press SUPER, and window tiling works.
So it seems as Zorin menu isn't assigned to pure SUPER key, although you only need to press SUPER to open it.
There is probably a function integrated that redirects the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Esc and Alt+Pause to the Super key.
There is this tool called xcape used in Zorin Lite to perform the Alt+Pause with Super. Launch task manager and look in the process list or search for it, you will notice xcape is running to perform this task.
When launching thunar with sudo or whatever way you launch it as root, try passing the same environment variable but instead of 0 try 1 (I'm assuming 0 means enable and 1 means disable)
I've never found out what the problem is and have used XFCE nearly a year now.
to move windows (together with SUPER) didn't work correctly, only pressing key 6 of the numblock which also has a 
