Questions tagged [user-interface]
Questions about the user interface of programs or machines.
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Equation 'structures' drop-down menus in MS Word extremely slow to appear - why?
Woe is me, I am forced to use MS Word (v25.02). My system is generally speedy enough, but I'm having trouble with the equation 'component', if I can call it that. I am writing a document and want to ...
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How do I avoid the narrowing-and-fading effect Thunderbird vertical scrollbars?
I'm using Thunderbird v. 143 on a Windows 11 23H2 machine, and I'm bothered by how the vertical scrollbars look.
I want the toolbars to always be prominently visible and have a decent width and clear ...
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How to completely remove the Firefox tabs' "tooltips", without affecting anything else?
How do I turn off the obnoxious "tooltip"-like pop-ups that show when you hover the mouse cursor over a tab in Firefox? I'm not trying to turn off "tooltips" on webpages -- only in ...
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How to enlarge the GUI font size in FreeCAD 1.0 on Windows 11?
I am new to FreeCAD and want to make the font size of my GUI bigger; it is too small and hard to read. I haven't found an instruction for changing the GUI font size on the internet, only for changing ...
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How to manually launch the services needed for a working macOS loginwindow GUI?
Issue: Fast User Switching hung mid-way and while the WindowServer is running, I only see the mouse pointer on a black screen but no login window GUI.
Goal: to get the login window GUI on screen (via ...
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How to set some taskbar apps to always hide labels and set some to only combine when full
On my Windows Taskbar I have some apps which I would like to be able to read the labels of, all the time and some which I don't need to. Is there any way to combine these two options and choose the ...
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In Windows 10, how can I disable Window snapping when resizing, but WITHOUT disabling Window Snapping when moving windows?
Windows 10 has a very useful feature where Windows automatically snap to certain positions when dragged to any edge except the bottom. However, when resizing a window, (where the pointer changes to ...
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Strange visual behaviour on Windows 11
I just purchased a new Lenovo laptop with Windows 11, and after setting it up noticed a couple of things that I have never seen on any Windows before, including Win11 on my previous Dell laptop. Where ...
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Can I prevent a search tab from opening when I press Enter in the quick filter?
I'm using Thunderbird (or BetterBird). I very much dislike the direction the user interface has take in recent years; and one of my particular annoyances is the message search tab. I specifically ...
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How to keep/restore previous window size and position after exiting the snap layout in Windows 11?
I love to use Windows 11's snap targets to position two windows side by side for example. But after I close them in the snap target, I expect them to have the same size and position before I snapped ...
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Set volume control height on Debian + LXDE
I have Debian + LXDE and want to change the height of the volume control. Is there a configuration where I can set the size? I'm using Nightmare-01 on Openbox. My monitor is somewhat big and the size ...
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Chrome: how auto-hide sidebar in fullscreen
It's annoying that Google Chrome sidebar is still displayed when I go fullscreen (F11). How to hide sidebar when going fullscreen automatically?
I mean for example Menu -> History -> Grouped ...
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GIMP: how to run command by name
How to perform an action/command by its name?
For example, I want to "Rotate" an image by 90 degrees, but I don't want to go through the whole GIMP menu to find the button that does the ...
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Windows 11 taskbar multiple rows
so I recently upgraded my home PC to Windows 11, but seems like it is actually a downgrade from some points of view! I might be a messy person to have many windows open, but it was just fine when my ...
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Windows 11 restore classic context menu on taskbar applications
How do I restore the normal/classic context menu in Windows 11 on the taskbar applications?
That is right-clicking on an application button on the taskbar.
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