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October 26

Difference between Cinnamon and Xfce in GIMP

As I am experimenting with Xfce after years of using Cinnamon on my Fedora 32 Linux system, I have run into another difference.

When I open about 30 to 40 images in a single GIMP session, Cinnamon stacks the windows neatly just offset from each other. Xfce, on the other hand, scatters them all over the screen.

Is there any way I can make GIMP in Xfce behave like it does in Cinnamon? JIP | Talk 00:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Not directly an answer, but GIMP's Single-window mode (Windows > Single-window mode) will open the images in a series of tabs in one window, which I imagine is similar to what you get in Cinnamon. Henry^Flower 19:41, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

If it opens all images in one single window and all I get to see is one image at a time, then I'm afraid this would be even worse. I prefer seeing multiple images at the same time so I can choose at a glance which one to work on next. So Xfce's behaviour would be preferable to only seeing one image at a time. JIP | Talk 22:18, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

I just tried it, and sure enough, it only shows one image at a time. I have to access the Window menu to switch between images. What's even worse, I chose "Toolbox" from the Window menu but was unable to see the toolbox anywhere. So this solution won't do at all. JIP | Talk 22:22, 26 October 2020 (UTC)