Ubuntu – Enable Sticky Edges Ubuntu 20.04

20.04gnomemultiple-monitors

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and i can't find any way to enable Sticky Edges, what i want is for the cursor to briefly stop on the edge before crossing over to the second monitor i don't know if sticky edges is the right term for it but that's what i found, somewhere else was referred to as cursor barrier.

What i have tried:

  • displays settings don't have this option anymore
  • gnome tweak tools, could not find anything here either
  • dconf gnome shell overrides, only have edge tiling but this seems a different feature and even when enabled doesnt give me the behaviour i want

Any clue on how to do this on ubuntu 20.04?

(i can add screenshots of the things i have tried in case you think it should be in one of the things i already tried)

Best Answer

I wondered where 'Sticky Edges' checkbox had gone too.. so pleased someone asked this already. Solution is easier than I thought.

Sticky works on outside edges of both monitors (x-left & x-right) by default but the inner edges don't bind.

Discovered by accident that dragging window across threshold between monitors will create a 'snap' halo in much the same way a sticky edge would.

If the halo is snapped to the wrong side, make a slight move to correctly align it on the desired monitor & then release mouse button.

Sticky is stuck.

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