Remove White Border Around Windows (solved)

[icurate]

I am setting up a computer with 20.3 Elsie and am looking for a way to remove the thin white border around the windows. I can't find anything in the settings and my online search results are from 10 years ago. My other computer with 19 doesn't have this. I use these computers for presentations/displays and the border is distracting if the windows overlap. Any help will be appreciated.

[shedyed]

See if you can right-click on the window and set the border to be

a) 1 pixel thick (or thin)
b) borderless
c) normal

If you're successful with either a or b, Congratulations! You've picked a working window manager (I think that's the term, but why fuss over little details)

It's what you do AFTER that ought to impress. If that right-click even allows you to set the border for THAT application (your slideshow) all throughout, then you're right on the money.

If you're a console cowboy, you might be bold enough to install wmctrl, but it can be tricky like conky, because it leads to a rabbit hole.

These are just suggestions. Remember that line from Morpheus, something like I'm just showing you the door...

[karlchen]

Hello, icurate.

I am setting up a computer with 20.3 Elsie

Actually, there is Linux Mint 20.3, nickname una.
And there is Linux Mint Debian Edition 5, short form LMDE 5, nickname elsie.
Yet, there is no 20.3 elsie anywhere.
So, please, share the complete output of the terminal command

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inxi -Fxxxz

with us so that we can be sure about which Linux Mint edition we are talking and which desktop environment is in use.
Thanks.
Karl

[icurate]

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: muffin 5.2.1 
  dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 5 Elsie base: Debian 11.2 bullseye

[icurate]

This is an example of the window border that I need to get rid of.

[smurphos]

That border comes from your choice of themes, specifically the Controls theme and the Windows border theme and how they interact. I can't quite work out what theme you've set from the screenshots. If you want rid - changing theme is the answer.

[Moem]

System:
Kernel: 5.10.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: muffin 5.2.1
dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 5 Elsie base: Debian 11.2 bullseye

So, that is LMDE 5, not Mint 20.3.
I have moved your topic accordingly.

[all41]

WindowBorder.png

This is an example of the window border that I need to get rid of.

Try:
Go to the Welcome Screen/Fist Steps/Desktop Colors---move the slider to Dark (moon symbol)

[icurate]

Try:
Go to the Welcome Screen/Fist Steps/Desktop Colors---move the slider to Dark (moon symbol)
lmde5.png

I appreciate your help, but that just gives me a black border instead of white. The biggest question for me is how I ended up with Debian instead of Cinnamon. I am pretty sure that I just need to install Cinnamon and that will fix my issue.

[smurphos]

You've got Cinnamon, running on Mint just on a Debian (rather than a Ubuntu) base. You will have ended up with that by using an LMDE5 ISO to install.

Changing your Window Borders theme (the hint is in the name) - Menu > Preferences > Themes - will fix your problem.

Hint - both the current Mint-X and Mint-Y Window border themes have a detectable border but you can Add/Remove to use other themes from the Cinnamon Spices selection, or there are various alternative themes available to install in the repos - search in synaptic / software manager for 'theme'

[icurate]

You've got Cinnamon, running on Mint just on a Debian (rather than a Ubuntu) base. You will have ended up with that by using an LMDE5 ISO to install.

Changing your Window Borders theme (the hint is in the name) - Menu > Preferences > Themes - will fix your problem.

Hint - both the current Mint-X and Mint-Y Window border themes have a detectable border but you can Add/Remove to use other themes from the Cinnamon Spices selection, or there are various alternative themes available to install in the repos - search in synaptic / software manager for 'theme'

I really appreciate the explanations, I learned a lot. I read about the differences between the Debian and Ubuntu versions of Mint and ended up installing the Ubuntu version, just so my two installs are the same.

[all41]

installing the Ubuntu version, just so my two installs are the same.

Makes total sense. Still hang out in the Mint forums though.
Much to be learned