tilingxfcexubuntu
I'm using XFCE 4.10 (Xubuntu 13.10), when I drag any window to the top of the screen, it gets tiled to half desktop, like this:
Also when I drag the window to the left or right, it doesn't stick vertically.
How can I have it maximize windows when tiling them on the top or bottom of the screen?
Tiling snap is built into the XFCE window manager, just drag your windows to the edges of the screen for the snap to occur.
If you want the "tiling-snap" of compiz you will need to get your coding-hands dirty because this was made available as a code-patch for these two ubuntu releases.
According to this article - there is a patch available to enable windows tiling (aka windows snap) for the xfwm4 compositing manager.
There is a great you-tube video showing this in action.
I have applied this patch and uploaded this to my PPA.
to install
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/xfwm4
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfwm4
logout and login
If don't want to install the modified xfce window manager, you will need to use compiz as your compositing manager to enable tiling:
sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager
Then add compiz --replace ccp & to your autostart programs list.
i prefer using Alt+d to move the window into the left half of the screen and Shift+Alt+d the right half.
/usr/local/sbin/window-left and /usr/local/sbin/window-right/commands/custom/<Alt>d, String and /usr/local/sbin/window-left/commands/custom/<Shift><Alt>d, String and /usr/local/sbin/window-right
(You can choose the best shortcut Keys, that fit for you using <Alt>, <Shift>, <Control> and <Super>)
Best Answer
"How can I solve it?" If I take your meaning sir, you are displeased by two default Window Manager settings. One can be found in Settings Manager -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Accessibility -> Automatically tile windows when moving toward the screen edge. For the other, perhaps you are thinking of Settings Manager -> Window Manager -> Advanced -> Wrap workspaces when dragging a window off the screen.