16.04 Disable Auto Resize Windows

[name5]

The 14.04 solution apparently does not carry through to 16.04. The bug of windows automatically resizing themselves despite the size the user picks has reappeared. I cannot make the windows the size that I want as they continually snap to either edge of the screen. How do I prevent distorting the window size that I select? For example, if I bring a window to the upper right corner of the screen, it goes to full size. The same occurs with the upper left. If I bring a window to the right or left edge, it expands to half screen. This was difficult to fix in 14.04 and it is disappointing that the fixes apparently broke in 16.04.

[mc4man]

No bug here, just disable the grid plugin in ccsm (- compizconfig-settings-manager

[coleman-rik]

I think there just might be. I'm running gnome 3 under Ubuntu 16.04 and I can't get it to stop resizing windows that get too close to the edges or top...
:confused:

I've checked the CompizConfig Settings Manager and the grid plugin isn't enabled.

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[deadflowr]

Hmm, gnome3, you mean gnome shell?
compizconfig-settings manager would normally be more or less useless then.
Since shell doesn't use compiz by default.
You might try:

[gsettings get org.gnome.shell.overrides edge-tiling
if it shows true then reset it to false with:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides edge-tiling false

or install dconf-editor and toggle down to the org gnome shell overrides page and toggle true/false there.
I would also think that there would be a setting for this in gnome-tweak-tool or whatever it's called in 16.04.

[coleman-rik]

Yes, gnome shell in gnome 3.

Thanks, that seems to have done the trick.

Seems like an awful place to bury something seemingly simple.