I want my windows to be a specific size (not full screen) and to be in the middle of the screen by default. When I close the application and re-open it, it will be the dimensions I want it to be by default. Is there an easy way to do that? I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and the Unity desktop enviroment.
I don't know if you can simply make all windows behave the same, but you can individually. We'll use Thunderbird as an example.
Make sure you have ccsm installed: Open a terminal (Press Control-Alt-T) and enter
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Open ccsm. You'll be using the Place Windows and Windows Rules plugins in the Window Management section.
First, go into Place Windows, select the Fixed Window Placement tab and Select New.
Enter the program name (class=xxxx) and set the starting X and Y coordinates. The coordinates start from the top left corner of the screen. This tells the program where to open on the screen.
Next go to the Windows Rules plugin and select the Size Rules tab and new.
Enter the program name (class=xxxx) and set the X and Y size. This tells the program what size to open the program in pixels (pixels wide x pixels high).
Now, open the program you just did this for and it should open where and how big you want it to everytime.
Note that you will have to do this for every program you want to open in a specific place and a specific size. You can also use one without the other, for instance always having a program open in a specific place but not having it's size defined.
