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Window manager

A window manager is system software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. Most window managers are designed to help provide a desktop environment. They work in conjunction with the underlying graphical system that provides required functionality—support for graphics hardware…

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Window manager

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Edges122
Triples89
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
Components1

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Window manager

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related to Microsoft Windows · 17
Window manager → Ctrl, Desktop Window Manager, Direct3D-based Desktop Window Manager, GDI, In Windows, It, Microsoft Windows, Resource Hacker, Shift, Since Windows, Win, Window, WindowBlinds, Windows, Windows Explorer, Windows Registry, Windows Vista
related to Windows navigation · 17
Window manager → Alt, An, Clicking, Different, For, FVWM, In Windows, KDE, Macintosh, Microsoft Paint, Microsoft Windows, Notepad, One, Pressing, Tab, Window, Windows
related to history · 16
Window manager → Alto, Apple's, GUI, However, In, It, Its, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Quartz Compositor, QuickDraw, The, While, WIMP GUI, Xerox Alto, Xerox Star
related to X window managers · 12
Window manager → But, Compiz, GNOME, KDE Plasma Workspaces, KWin, Metacity, On, Sawfish, Some, Strictly, Window System, Window System's
related to ChromeOS · 5
Window manager → Ash, ChromeOS, Chromium, In, Since
related to Stacking window managers · 4
Window manager → All, Changes, However, Stacking
related to Tiling window manager · 2
Window manager → Microsoft Windows, Tiling
related to Compositing window managers · 1
Window manager → Compositing
related to Dynamic window manager · 1
Window manager → Dynamic
related to Types · 1
Window manager → Window

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window windows managers manager microsoft stacking system used also desktop active tiling user example compositing environment screen graphical os one

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task barsinstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
program launchersinstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
docks to facilitate halving or quartering windows on screeninstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
workspaces for grouping windowsinstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
desktop iconsinstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
wallpaperinstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
an ability to keep select windows in foregroundinstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
the ability toinstance ofMany window managers also come with various utilities and features0.80text
WindowBlindsinstance ofWindow management on Windows can also be enhanced with third-party tools0.80text
Resource Hackerinstance ofWindow management on Windows can also be enhanced with third-party tools0.80text
arrival of a new mail messageinstance ofIt contains mainly icons to indicate status information and notifications0.80text
Microsoft Windows where the active window may be obscuredinstance ofThere are also situations in click-to-focus window managers0.80text

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