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I am not able to change the size of my nautilus window. It is now small.enter image description here

What should I do to restore it to normal size?

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Reset to default
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Click in the window to make it active, then hold ALT and hit space - a small menu will appear at the top left corner of the window. You will see:

Minimize
Maximize / Unmaximize
Move 
Resize
Always on top
Close

"Unmaximize" is present if you have the window "maximized". "Move" makes the arrow keys usable for moving the window (press ESC to exit this mode), same for "Resize".

Press ENTER when you're done with your adjustments.

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Use Alt and Middle Click and drag to change its size.

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  • note that your pointer should be at the edge of the window, i.e. it doesn't work in the middle of the window
    – Jakke
    Commented Jun 26, 2014 at 17:25
  • Yes, and if it is close to one corner etc, that is what it drags from.
    – Tim
    Commented Jun 26, 2014 at 17:48
  • and they say the linux on the desktop will be usable any day now. The mere existence of this question suggests otherwise.
    – Gary
    Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 17:59
  • @Gary haha, I know what you mean. The newest version of Ubuntu is a little easier, it’s got much larger window borders. I should probably update this answer in fact!
    – Tim
    Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 18:13
  • your answer is still quite valid for ubuntu 16.04 though
    – Gary
    Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 20:24

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