How do I make a window smaller? Control window size?

If a window used the full screen, it integrades in the top bar now. To bring it back to normal windowed mode, you can point your mouse in the top left corner and the usual three bottons will appear or you can do a double click at the free space between the progamms menu and the symbols in the top bar.

I've managed to figure out how to get back the old window size for my two applications (firefos and Thunderbird)

But I'm having problems with terminal: I've setup three terminals. There's only one terminal icon window on the left. There used to be a bottom bar in Ubuntu that had an entry (not an icon) for each application currently being used. This bar is no longer there.

For example, if I had swetup three different terminals (which i have done), there were three terminal entries on the (now missing) bottom bar (as well as an entry for Thunderbird and an entry for Firefox, if both of these were executiong).

Now, there is one icon on the left for all terminals -- it is very difficult to control individual terminals after minimizing them -- clicking on the terminal icon makes all three appear, in peculiar smaller windows, obscuring all other applications. Clicking on one of the three mini-terminals will make it go to normal terminal size, but not the others.

It used to be that minimizing a window left that box in the bottom bar; one could quicky unminimize it by clicking on the box in the bottom bar.

This functionality is no longer there -- as well as the lack of a button on a firefox window that has been maximized to return it to it's default size. Similarly for Thunderbird.

Is there any way to once again get that bottom bar, which showed a box (not an icon) for every executing application, whether minimized or not?

Thank you,

  -- Saul Lubkin

Concerning answer #1: That works, and solves the first problem that I asked (about
restoring a window to its default size; thanks).

But I still don't know how to control three different terminals: If I minimize them all, the only way i know to try to unminimize one of them is to click on the terminal icon on the left, which produces the peculiar behavior described in my message above.

Is there any way to obtain the functionality of a bar, with a box for each currently executing applications -- e.g., three boxes if there are three terminals, to quickly minimize or unminimize whichever one I want at any moment?

Thanks in advance,

  -- Saul

Another question: The bar of icons on the left takes up a lot of space.

Is there any way that i can put it on the bottom, rather than on the left? (I've already
reduced the size of these icons to a minimum).

Thanks in advance,

  -- Saul

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Saul Lubkin <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #206710 on nvidia-settings in Ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+question/206710
>
> You gave more information on the question:
> Concerning answer #1: That works, and solves the first problem that I
> asked (about
> restoring a window to its default size; thanks).
>
> But I still don't know how to control three different terminals: If I
> minimize them all, the only way i know to try to unminimize one of them
> is to click on the terminal icon on the left, which produces the
> peculiar behavior described in my message above.
>
> Is there any way to obtain the functionality of a bar, with a box for
> each currently executing applications -- e.g., three boxes if there are
> three terminals, to quickly minimize or unminimize whichever one I want
> at any moment?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -- Saul
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

And another question: I used to be able to blank my computer, by accessing
a button on the top; my passwd was required to restore the screen. How do
i do this now? (That's a matter of security).

Thanks again,

  -- Saul

Hi ,
all those questions and further more can be solved if you open the "Ubuntu Desktop Guide" and start reading.

When you are in Desktop environment (focus on that) place you mouse to up bar and click "help" .

Thank you

I don't understand. I don't see an icon for "help", or how to get the Ubuntu Desktop Guide.

(My major remaining problem: How to get the icon bar to be on the bottom, rather than on the left side???)

  -- Saul

If you use terminal a lot, I suggest you install guake. It's awesome

How do I install guake?

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 3:15 AM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #206710 on nvidia-settings in Ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+question/206710
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> If you use terminal a lot, I suggest you install guake. It's awesome
>
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same way you install any package....

Please take a look at http://ubuntu-manual.org/