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I’m running XFCE on Linux and I’ve run into a strange problem : I can only see one window at a time.

If I open several applications (e.g. Firefox, Terminal, VScode,...), they all appear in the top panel taskbar, so they are running. But on the desktop, only the active window is visible. As soon as I click on another window in the taskbar, the previous one disappears from the screen.

How can I make XFCE display multiple windows on the screen at the same time, instead of hiding all but the focused one?

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Option 1:

You might be using an incorrect theme. Try switching to the default theme.

In Settings > Window Manager > Style

Select "Default" or "Default-hdpi".

Option 2:

If you're already using the default theme, then try resetting your XFCE in the shell:

Reset the window manager settings with:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p / -R -r

Restart the window manager:

xfwm4 --replace &

Or with the Settings Editor:

Settings -> Settings Editor > Then I right-clicked on the xfwm4 channel and clicked Reset

Option 3:

Reset and reinitializing the screen with:

xfwm4 --replace & and xfwm4 --auto &

Option 4:

Disable completely the XFCE Compositor under:

Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Compositor

Uncheck, Enable display compositing, then possibly perform a restart

Option 5:

Delete the window manager's configuration and restart your system:

rm ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml

and/or

rm ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml

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