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How do I fix Chrome 'show in folder' to open in file explorer and not in new tab?

When I click "show in folder" Chrome opened the folder in a new tab. How can I fix this such that Chrome opens the folder with my standard file explorer (caja)?
Martin Thoma
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MATE: how to increase window resizing area

I use MATE on CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 15.04 and with both I have trouble resizing windows. It seems like I have to click on a 1px size line to change and that's a bit difficult with touchpad sometimes. Is there any way that I can increase this area…
Jakke
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TeamViewer doesn't catch Alt+Tab in Linux Mint (Mate)

When I run Teamviewer on Windows, when I press Alt+Tab, TeamViewer catches it and sends it to the remote OS, which then switches its windows. But when I'm running Teamviewer on Linux Mint (Mate) and I press Alt+Tab, I just switch from Teamviewer to…
sashoalm
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Ctrl+Alt+Shift shortcuts not working on Linux Mint 19

I migrated from Mint 17.3 MATE to Mint 19 MATE and my Ctrl+Alt+Shift keyboard shortcuts stopped working. If I try to enter a Ctrl+Alt+Shift shortcut in mate-keybinding-properties, the Alt doesn't register For example: If I press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X,…
Petr Skocik
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How to reset system colors

I'm using Linux Mint, MATE version. I have a weird problem that occurs quite frequently when scrolling down through log files in terminal: the machine pauses for a second or two, and when it comes back my system colors have been scrambed. That…
Max Williams
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Lagging keyboard; missing keystrokes

I'm on Mint 17.3 on Toshiba Satellite L500, and all of a sudden (possibly following an update), my keyboard started to act really quirky. Some keystrokes are received with a lag, some are not, and some get doubled. This isn't tied to any particular…
Petr Skocik
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Mate Panel Completely Gone

I installed MATE on my Antergos Desktop and right clicked on the panel → reset panel. Since then it has disappeared completely. I have tried pretty much every mate-panel command combinations such as --layout default.layout --reset --replace and…
LeopardShark
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How Do I Stop MATE From Switching Windows When I Middle-Click the Title Bar?

When I middle-click a tab in Chrome it closes it, which is handy. However, if I try to middle-click a tab in Chrome and miss by 1 pixel, I wind up middle-clicking on the title bar, which for some reason causes MATE to act almost as if I'd done ALT…
machineghost
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How to disable workspace switching keys (ctrl-alt-arrow) in Mate / Macro

In MATE (at least as shipped with Ubuntu 17.04), by default, Ctrl-Alt-{Left/Right/Up/Down} switches workspaces. Thus this shortcut is unavailable in applications. In the "Keyboard Shortcuts" (mate-keybinding-properties) application, this shortcut is…
Dominique Unruh
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How Can I export/source/. from mate -e?

I'm trying to write a simple script that starts a terminal and runs the command workon foo. In other words, I just want to do: mate-terminal -e workon foo However, that doesn't work because the workon command requires me to first do: export…
machineghost
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Linux Mint MATE Caja “Share Folder…” menu entry missing

I have two Linux Mint 16 MATE boxes connected. One has the "Share Folder..." right-click menu item in Caja, and the other does not. How do I get it? Later: After installing caja-share, the menu item shows as Sharing Options rather than Share…
Harvey
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MATE menu search - press enter behaviour

The search feature in recent-ish versions of MATE is great, like Windows 7. Execpt that pressing Enter doesn't execute the first search result, it starts a dedicated search application. This is stupid and negates the main advantage of the feature in…
Keenan
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How to change default terminal emulator in MATE?

I'm using Linux Minte Debian Edition, with the MATE desktop. In Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, I've set Desktop/Run a terminal to my favorite key combination (Mod4+Space). When I use this, I get the MATE-Terminal. I'm used to ROXterm, so I have…
polemon
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Mate screenshot area works in terminal, but not in hotkey

When I type mate-screenshot -a into my terminal, I'm given crosshairs and everything is dandy. However, my declared keyboard shortcut with command mate-screenshot -a just takes a screenshot of the whole desktop. What's going on here?
pixelpax
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MATE: Alt key focusing application's menu

One of things I like in Windows is that in almost every app I can press Alt, and app's main menu becomes focused. Unfortunately this doesn't work in MATE. (I use Linux Mint 13, if that matters). I know that I can press Alt+ (say, Alt+F to…
Dmitry Frank
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