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I'm trying to get GIMP to display as a single window in XMonad. Currently, it's floating strangely in front of every other display and I can't use it.

I have tried reading this:

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/General_xmonad.hs_config_tips#Gimp

But it seems this is for versions of GIMP before 2.8 when there wasn't the option to have GIMP use only 1 window. Because of this, it's an XMonad problem, not a GIMP one.

How can I do this?

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  • Whats your Xmonad version? – Nima G Jun 21 '12 at 13:09
  • @Nima version 0.10-4 – Pubby Jun 21 '12 at 22:51
  • Ok can you provide your xmonad.hs? – Nima G Jun 22 '12 at 9:00
  • @Nima The only thing I have changed in it are different keybindings, otherwise it's the default. – Pubby Jun 24 '12 at 0:09
  • I wish GIMP/Steam/Evince would stop trying to badly manage windows and leave the window manager to do its job! – Mark K Cowan Jan 16 '17 at 23:59
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Gimp 2.8 has an option under the "Windows" menu titled "Single Window Mode". Check that, and restart Gimp.

pic of option in gimp

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  • Uh, maybe a whoops... Does this option not help with Xmonad? Go on people, flame me... {sigh} – lornix Jun 19 '12 at 3:42
  • I have that option checked but XMonad is treating it strangely and floating it in front of everything else. – Pubby Jun 19 '12 at 3:51
  • @Pubby: Try to dock the floating windows to the right and left sides of the central window. – harrymc Jun 19 '12 at 13:53
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OK, I had the same problem and figured out the best solution (at least for me) while I was looking online for one: Simply go to window -> single-window mode. Then make the window go to fullscreen with mod + t (this is the default binding).

I know the first part was already answered, but that part alone only gets all gimp windows together in one, it still is a floating window, and I don't like that in my xmonad.

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I'll try again.

How to unfloat Gimp

The link has quite a bit of information on using Xmonad. Several references to this page.

One more, specifically concerning Gimp:

look in the responses below the main part of the article

The relevant part:

But xmonad also floats all gimp windows by default. I use this to avoid floating the main two windows:

managehook = composeall [
    gimp "toolbox" --> (ask >>= doF . W.sink),
    gimp "image-window" --> (ask >>= doF . W.sink),
    manageHook defaultConfig
]
where gimp win = (className =? “Gimp” (fmap (win `isSuffixOf`) role))
role = stringProperty “WM_WINDOW_ROLE”
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  • I think I'm just going to quit now while I'm ahead... I just posted the SAME link... {Sigh} I'm terribly sorry to have bothered you.. Any chance on some love for the SECOND link? – lornix Jun 19 '12 at 4:03

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