Firefox always starts maximized

**Leed** · May 20th, 2011

I don't know if it's a bug or a "feature", but every time I start Firefox in Unity it opens in maximized mode.

As for many people this is what they like it may be convenient for them, but for the more drag & drop people like me that like to have several open windows on one screen it is rather annoying. It means I must normalize the window every time I start the browser.

Is there a way to stop this behaviour?

**AlphaLexman** · May 20th, 2011

Try this from the command line,

Code:

firefox -width 800 -height 600

or change the numbers to your liking!

**lovinglinux** · May 21st, 2011

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...18&postcount=7

**philinux** · May 25th, 2011

Originally Posted by lovinglinux

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...18&postcount=7

This is a bit of a pita for me. Especially on a 22" monitor.

This is the bug report.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/754214

**lovinglinux** · May 25th, 2011

Originally Posted by philinux

This is a bit of a pita for me. Especially on a 22" monitor.

Indeed. I don't think it was a good idea to implement such feature.

**gsrgod** · February 16th, 2012

I agree, automaximizing is a bad idea.

Personally, I use Devil's Pie (http://www.foosel.org/linux/devilspie) to customize my windows in Ubuntu. It allows you to override the automaximize with your own preferences. Read the documentation for further info.

Hope it helps!

**K4NEB** · February 16th, 2012

mine opens up how ever i closed it.

if i make it into a smaller window thats how it opens when i open it next start up.

unless thats just my machine, i havnt changed any settings