Questions related to Graphical User Interfaces.
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UI builder for demonstrating an asp.net MVC web application
I want to start a new asp.net mvc project, and currently I am in the design phase. The customer asked us to provide the UI for the system to agree on it before starting our implementation efforts. the ...
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Clear Recent Repos in Git Gui
How can I clear entries in the Git Gui's the recent repositories without deleting those repositories or the .git folders within them?
Here is an example:
Here is my Git/Git Gui version info:
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Mysteriously misspelled English GUI in Jitsi - how to fix?
I just have installed Jitsi, an open source chat program written in Java. UI is misspelled in every language:
Helo = Help
Tnnlr = Tools
Offlime = Offline
I had same problem with some ...
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Windows 7: Application Windows Fail to Appear Occasionally
I have a Windows 7 64 bit system which has a strange problem for past several months: After the computer runs for several days continuously a problem is encountered where clicking on the task bar to ...
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Confused on the X11 Window system and what do I need to get it to work
So in order to open a graphical interface in linux when doing ssh to a remote server we use the X system. Ok.
I have seen in some examples using Putty that there is some configuration on Putty client, ...
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Linux Graphic Library for Microcontrollers
I have been working with a lpc1788 (Cortex M3) evaluation board. For some application developement I used a GUI library/tool by Segger, called emWin.
Though I have completed the applicatiopn ...
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Interface (semi) graphically with SSH
Is there any way I can use the ssh command to interface somewhat graphically throught the terminal.
Example: I have my laptop while I'm lying in bed. I want to watch the colbert report on my desktop ...
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Creating a form for editing multiple tables in a MySQL database
I'm writing a MySQL database, hosted on a Linux server (Ubuntu 12.04) and was intending to use OpenOffice Base on a client machine to act as a front end for data entry.
That's fine for editing a ...
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Is there any GUI or Windowing system providing just a web browser? [closed]
I am looking for a GUI / Windowing System, or anything like that, which can be installed on a linux box, providing a web browser as the only User Interface.
For example, a GNOME like Desktop ...
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How to reset Google Chrome's settings for a webpage's user-modified webpage layout
I locally changed the GUI layout of a website I visit with Google Chrome:
The website http://jsfiddle.net has a paned window layout which separates the four panes "HTML", "JavaScript", "CSS", and ...
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How to prevent an app from minimizing (Windows 7)
Is there a way, on Windows 7, to prevent a specific application from minimizing to the task bar & the system tray, even if the application itself doesn't support this feature?
Please note: I mean ...
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Keep GUI app running after vncserver shutdown
I am trying to do the following:
Connect through SSH to an Amazon EC2 instance
Start a VNC server
Connect through VNC
Start a GUI application and log in
Kill the VNC server but keep the GUI ...
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OpenVPN fails to connect when switching from Windows XP to Windows 7 - with same ovpn profile
My workplace has a VPN set up, which I used to connect to using OpenVPN on Win XP. Now I'm trying to achieve the same on a Win 7 64bit box.
I installed the 64bit OpenVPN client (March 2013 release)
...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the following ...
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emacs: “click” on “links” in command line emacs
In some emacs documentation there are underlined texts that resemble links. For instance, by M-x list-packages we get the following:
In some GUI version of Emacs like Emacs For Mac OS X (but not ...
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Can I set a user-specific umask for GUI apps?
I've set my umask to 077 in ~/.profile, but this only affects command-line programs, not graphical applications like the Finder. Is there a way I can change the umask that apps running under my ...
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Windows menus are initially faded
I've had this problem before, restart fixed it but I'm wondering why it occurs. Randomly, my computer will start to make the menus faded when they are initially created (For example right click ...
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Windows of applications fail to come 'to front'.
I am running Windows 7, 64 bit, and for the longest time, I have has this problem where windows of my various applications will repeatedly fail to come 'to the front' when I click on them.
Needless ...
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Enable a user to have superuser privelages locally but with password input
Is there a way to have user privelages that would normally require superuser privelages, WITHOUT USING THE TERMINAL?
I'm thinking like a dialogue that pops up when your trying to access a folder/file ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 booting in command line?
I just restarted my Ubuntu OS and now, for some reason, my Ubunut 12.04 boots in command line...without the GUI?
I use Wubi and haven't really done anything out of the ordinary. I've managed to get ...
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hide GUI that briefly spawns when running a process from the command line
I'm running a build command on Ubuntu 12.04. The command opens a GUI for a few seconds, and then closes it. I'm finding this kind of disruptive -- is there a way to alter the command-line syntax to ...
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Specify new patterns for hidden files
Is it possible to specify a new pattern to match files and folders I wish to hide from (Finder|Explorer|etc.)?
When using some editors (in my case Emacs), automatic backups will be created that are ...
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How to setup Windows 8 Boot GUI with Windows 7 as DEFAULT?
I have Acer Aspire S3, with original Windows 7. I try to install Windows 8 on another partition with "stock" Windows 7. After several hours of trying, I still can't figure how to boot in Windows 8 GUI ...
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Error launching Matlab on Fedora 17
I have installed Matlab 2012a on Fedora 17, as I need it for some University Assignments I have to do. Although it was a bit tricky, I managed to install Matlab to usr/local/MATLAB/R2012a (default)...
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If I want to create a GUI for FFMPEG for screencasting then what do I need to learn? [closed]
I use FFMPEG all the time for recording my actions on Ubuntu 12 and Fedora 17. I dont like using command line much.
If I want to create a GUI which will allow me to record, pause the recording, or ...
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How to change the icon of html files?
Windows (at least XP and Vista, I haven't tried 7) refuses to honor my setting of the icon to show for html files. It insist in showing the paper sheet with the IE logo on it.
On XP I changed the ...
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How I can make GUI of Netbeans look darker?
I have sensitive eyes. It is important for me - having everything dark in my monitor. For example, this is my Eclipse. How I can make Netbeans good for my eyes? I work under Linux, Lubuntu. Thank you ...
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How to make 'window buttons' and 'launchers' combined on Xfce?
By default there are two panels - one with buttons of active applications, and one with favorite shortcuts. Is it possible to somehow make one panel, where shortcuts will be placed, and in the same ...
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How to make the scroll wheel to affect always what's under the mouse pointer? [duplicate]
It happens to me so many times that I roll the scroll wheel over some scrollable element, but the thing DOES NOT SCROLL. What's worse, something else on another part of the screen may scroll.
I know ...
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If I install the Ubuntu Desktop on Ubuntu Server, will I still have the server kernel?
I know, I know, insert standard lecture of "You shouldn't install a GUI on a server OS!"
But, after reading this guide:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-gui-in-ubuntu-server.html
It implies that ...
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How to get Windows's default minimize, restore and close buttons in Chrome? [duplicate]
How can Chrome be configured to respect the default behavior for Windows XP forms in Classic mode? Specifically, I'm asking about the minimize, restore and close icons in the upper right-hand corner ...
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How do I get a good directory difffile I can use to patch/what to use for patch
I'd like to make a clean diff of a directory that allows me
to later use a gui patch program for windows to apply the diffile.
If possible I don't want to have to deal with hardcoded paths in the ...
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RDP Tiles sticking / poor scrolling (MS Vista -> Windows 7)
I often RDP to my Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit) work desktop from home through an IPSec VPN; I also connect to from work from other Windows 7 and Windows XP computers.
While I am at work, I have no ...
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Is there a Mac SQL/DB browser for DB2
I'm currently using Sequel Pro to access MySQL and I love it. Is there a good Mac OS X graphical interface for IBM's DB2 Database?
I can type queries, but I'm working with a large complex schema and ...
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Modify another program's WinAPI layout
I have a program that displays a GUI overlay using raw WinAPI and I was wondering if anyone was aware of any tools that injects itself in another program and allows you to modify the GUI of the ...
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OS X - DEAAD300 File Can't be seen via Terminal or Deleted
OS X - 10.7.5
I have a file DEAAD300 on a users desktop that I can not delete.
EDIT - The file can not be opened either.
The icon that shows up looks like an Excel file (The user has Office 2011 ...
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What's the definition of “Devices” in the charms bar? [closed]
In the Windows 8 GUI, if one move the mouse cursor to the corner, a panel with several options appear (aka the charms bar). One of these options on the bar is "Devices". If one opens this, he will get
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How to make fillers in GTK applications smaller?
I start an GTK-based IDE on my netbook, and it looks not so nice: too much screen space space wasted on dull gray areas.
I want it to be more like this:
How to make GTK programs to economize ...
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Is it MS Windows a GUI running over a 'core' OS? [closed]
As far as I know, the GUI of the linux distros runs over a non-graphic kernel. You can see the 'command prompt' loading programs and devices while the system starts. Moreover, you can do any task in ...
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SQLManagementStudio - Available databases combo box in menu - can't find it in Tools/Customize
GUI customisation question: In MS SQLServer Management studio there is a combo box with the databases available at the server. I want to copy it to the menu row; but I can't find the control in the ...
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Shutdown Windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I shutdown Windows 8?
I haven't been able to find anything in the GUI of Windows 8 to shutdown the computer. So I have to open a Command Prompt and type ...
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Shell replacement for windows 8 [closed]
I have been using bblean for years now but it doesn't work in windows 8 unfortunately. I will soon upgrade my machine to windows 8 and I wanted to know what is the state of shell replacements in it. ...
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redirect application windows to a hidden windowstation/desktop [closed]
Is there a tool which would allow me to run an interactive windows application with all its windows hidden, for example by redirecting all of them to an invisible window station or desktop?
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GUI tool for presenting connectivity status on a firewalled network with port blocks etc
The Israeli railway company has recently started a project of wireless LAN availability on its lines. Now, it's all in the flakey stages, sometimes things are up and sometimes they aren't; sometimes ...
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Can't click on RubyMine menu bar (mac menu bar not responsive)
Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
I am on mac os 10.8.2 and I have tried both 4.5 and version 5 (eam) of RubyMine.
When I click on the menu bar nothing happens.
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Buttons, scroll bars and icons are small and blurry in win7
After I created a new user on my computer, my normal user has strange gui errors. I tried a lot with changing DPI settings and so on, but nothing helped, my buttons, scrollbars and icons are somehow ...
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Changing file browser in Scientific Linux
I use Scientific Linux Release 6.1 (Carbon) with GNOME 2.28.2.
When I double-click on a folder on the Desktop it is opened in "File Browser".
When I open a folder via "Places" on the Main Menu Bar, ...
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TortoiseHG; how to search for only a certain file extension for commit?
I have an ongoing problem using the TortoiseHG Workbench commit window to search for only a certain file type, such as with Python modules. Often I have tons of .pyc files that I don't want to be ...
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How to port Firefox OS to ordinary computers?
The Last time I asked this question, people told me it wasn't clear and closed my question. I am new to this website (or any other questions website), so for that, I'm sorry and I will try to ask ...
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A desktop version of Firefox OS/ b2g [closed]
I have recently found myself very interested in the B2G project. It inspired me to make my own OS based on it, like a distribution. The major difference from the main project is that I want this to ...
