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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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id="shell-windows-maximize">
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-windows#working-with-windows"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="shell-windows-tiled"/>
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<desc>Double-click or drag a titlebar to maximize or restore a
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-03-14" status="candidate"/>
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<revision version="13.10" date="2013-10-23" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>Maximize and unmaximize a window</title>
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<p>You can maximize a window to take up all of the space on your desktop
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and unmaximize a window to restore it to its normal size. You can also
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maximize windows vertically along the left and right sides of the
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screen, so you can look at two windows at once. See
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<link xref="shell-windows-tiled"/> for details.</p>
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<p>To maximize a window, grab the titlebar and drag it to the top of the
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screen, or double-click the titlebar. To maximize a window using the
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keyboard, hold down <key>Ctrl</key> and <key><link
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xref="windows-key">Super</link></key> and press
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<key>↑</key>.</p>
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<p>To restore a window to its unmaximized size, drag it away from the
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edges of the screen. If the window is fully maximized, you can
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double-click the titlebar to restore it. You can also use the keyboard
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shortcut <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key> <key><link
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xref="windows-key">Super</link></key> <key>↓</key></keyseq>.</p>
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<p>Hold down the <key>Alt</key> key and drag anywhere in a window to