How to detach modal dialogs from main window? Popup dialogs attached to window title and not movable
I found a much easier solution. Actually you can configure it with the GNOME Tweaks (previously known as "GNOME Tweak Tool"):
Just disable "Attached modal dialogs" under "Windows".
Just for those that was unable to solve this, here is what I did to make my dialogs moveable.
I used dconf-editor which can be easily installed by: sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
- Open:
dconf-editor - Browse to: org -> gnome -> shell -> overrides -> attach-modal-dialogs
- Set it to:
false
Or everything in one line without installing dconf-editor:
- Detach dialog:
dconf write /org/gnome/shell/overrides/attach-modal-dialogs false - Attach dialog:
dconf write /org/gnome/shell/overrides/attach-modal-dialogs true
Using Ubuntu 12.04 BTW.
For GNOME Shell
You can disable it in gnome-shell with a single command in the terminal. Open it with Ctrl + Alt + T shortcut and use the command below:
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter attach-modal-dialogs false
You will get rid of that popup attachment.
On older versions of GNOME Shell was under org.gnome.shell.overrides, probably since this issue.
For Cinnamon
To disable the same on cinnamon, you need this command
gconftool-2 --set --type=bool /desktop/cinnamon/windows/attach_modal_dialogs false
You can use gconf-editor to do the same thing. Install it with sudo apt-get install gconf-editor command.
The "design decision" is based on how macOS does it. It solves the problems with modal dialogs popping up without seeing to which program they belong to. The dialog should provide enough information to make your choice.
However, at least for gnome-shell you can change this behavior with
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter attach-modal-dialogs false
This is by design in Cinnamon, as well as in gnome shell
This feature is for arranging Modal Dialogs within their parent window, and can be disabled gnome shell by the use of gconftool. It can also be disabled in cinnamon.
This feature has also been seen in Mac OSX