Questions tagged [usability]
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Possible to "snap" top/bottom instead of just left/right in Windows 7?
In Windows 7, I know you can do Windows + Left to put a window in the left half of the screen. Is there a feature that will do top and bottom?
Abe Miessler
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Firefox scroll bar disappearing
Since the last update (Firefox 100), the scrollbar in Firefox fades out slowly when you don't move the mouse for a second and immediately reappears when the mouse moves one pixel. This drives me nuts as something moves on the side of text inputs or…
Luc
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How to highlight the current row and column like a crosshair in Libreoffice?
How can I highlight the current row and column like a crosshair in Libreoffice as guide for the eye?
There seems to be an open feature request from 2011 and a very similar question for openoffice - but nothing I can find on libreoffice and…
Jonas Stein
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Windows 10 no longer allows dragging pseudo-maximized windows; is there a solution?
Under Windows 10, I can no longer drag around a window that is pseudo-maximized. For example, a Remote Desktop window that is 'maximized' to its maximum size of 1280x1024 (per my .rdp file) must be restored down to a smaller size, then dragged,…
psouza4
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gnome3 annoyances: how to fix un-resizeable windows?
gnome3, while again trying to copy apple shortcomings as if it is the holy grail, made windows opened as modal from other windows un-resizable for no reason at all. and un-movable, because why would anyone ever want to read what was behind without…
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How to scroll horizontally in IntelliJ IDEA under Windows?
I have a touchpad/trackpad I can scroll horizontally with (two-finger scroll) basically anywhere.
Not in IntelliJ IDEA, though. Is there a way to make it work there too?
(I do currently use Shift+vertical scroll to scroll horizontally)
Bloke
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How to make vertical scrollbar wider on firefox
How do you make the vertical scrollbars wider in Firefox?
Chris
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Chromebook: How do you increase the size of the Chrome webbrowser GUI?
I have a Chromebook with a small screen size and relatively high pixel count (aka resolution)[1]. Some of the text that normally would be easily readable on my large 27 inch screen is literally... 1/16 inch tall on this screen... and I don't like…
Trevor Boyd Smith
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How do I prevent the browser (JavaScript and CSS) from disabling text selection on web pages without disabling all JavaScript?
Some websites insist on ruining usability and accessibility by disabling the ability to select text on the page. Sites can do this via CSS or JavaScript (example page).
Is there some way that this can be disabled in Firefox so that the user can…
WackGet
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Any native methods to have Firefox display site source code ("View Page Source") in a dark theme (white on black)?
Does Firefox currently have a native way (perhaps an about:config preference) to display the source code viewer ("View Page Source", view-source:) in a dark theme (white on black)?
I performed a search, but didn't see anything relevant.
Before…
Amazon Dies In Darkness
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How to toggle line number display in nano on a Mac?
Is there a keyboard shortcut for toggling line number display in the nano editor on a Mac?
The keyboard shortcut Option-# that works in Linux work doesn't work on a Mac.
I read where someone suggested Control-# or Option-C but they don't work…
3rdrockdata
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How can I set default keyboard-layout for individual applications?
How can I set default keyboard-layout for individual applications?
Example:
For Chrome: Russian
For Visual Studio Code: English
I know Windows has an auto option for this, but often it doesn't work correctly, and
I also have a third language.…
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How can you use CHM files well in Chromebook?
I need CHM files for my research work because of their better search capabilities than PDF. I have not found any way to read CHM (Compiled HTML) files on a Chromebook. They are the faster way to read my files than PDF because of indexed search and…
Léo Léopold Hertz 준영
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Is it possible to Copy as CSV from LibreOffice Calc sheet?
LibreOffice Calc allows to "Save as" CSV, but it requires multiple steps to obtain the data on clipboard, if the objective is to paste somewhere e.g. an LLM prompt.
Is there a quick way to right click selected cells and "Copy as CSV"? With or…
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Is it possible to get my Wacom tablet mapped across multiple monitors in KDE
The default KDE wacom setting is that the pen cursor follows the "active screen".
That means that if you're using the pen as your pointing device, to click on something on another monitor you have to somehow click somewhere in the other monitor to…
stib
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