KDE Kwickies

KDE Tips ‘n’ Tricks:

Maximize a window, both vertically and horizontally - left click on the Maximize button (but you knew that..)
Maximize a window, just vertically - middle click on the Maximize button
Maximize a window, just horizontally - right click on the Maximize button
With a dual monitor setup, the SeparateScreenFocus kwinrc variable (added September 2006) tells KDE what windows show up in the Alt-Tab list:
- true - only show windows on the current screen (monitor)
- false - show all windows on all screens
Mind you, there was a bug in the first implementation of this (3.5.5) which reversed the meaning of the booleans. Which also meant the default was to show only windows on your current screen, which is a really strange thing to want to do, if you ask me! In version 3.5.7, it was toggled correctly (which mean I had to go back in and reset it). To set this, edit your ~/.kde/share/config/kwinrc file and add the option to the [Windows] section. Or do it from the command line:
```
$ kwriteconfig –file kwinrc –group Windows –key SeparateScreenFocus –type bool true
$ dcop kwin default reconfigure
```

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