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In my university's linux, there is in the dock a button that when we click on it, we can move the screen to either top right/bottom left/bottom right, and the actual screen is in the top left of this split screen. It was extremely useful cuz I was able to put for example a terminal in a screen view, and other stuff in other views. But I can't remember at all it's name...

This image explains what I'm trying to have and what do I mean by split screen into 4. Can you guys tell me what is this called and how to do it in ubuntu 16.04 ?

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Mark Kirby
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What you are looking for is the workspace switcher, you can enable it in the system settings >> appearance >> behavior.

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Then you can install unity-tweak-tool to configure them in workspace settings

sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool

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To add to Mark's post, to launch unity tweak tool:

unity-tweak-tool

You might encounter issues, or not be able to launch Unity Tweak tool:

Error: schema com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens not installed

You can try to install dependencies first:

sudo apt-get install unity-lens-applications unity-lens-files
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The easiest approach is tactile: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4548/tactile/

To learn how to use it follow this link: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-shell-extensions-on-ubuntu-22-04-jammy-jellyfish-linux-desktop

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