Try Alt+Tab to switch to different running application. You could also try Alt+F1 for desktop menu or Alt+F2 and start terminal ...
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 1:50 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer > into a media center. It has some interesting features so I'd like to > use it now and then. But apparently it never occurred to the developers > to add an option to run it in a window instead of full screen. When it > launches it takes over the screen so I cannot do something else while > watching a video. I spent an hour searching for a solution and came up > empty-handed. > > I opened the .desktop file that installing it created (Synaptic on > Xubuntu 16.04), where I found a lot of actions, including > 'Actions=fullscreen;standalone;' which I deleted, leaving just a > bare-bones .desktop file, but it still comes up full screen. > > Before I uninstall it and go back to living my life, I am wondering if > there is something I can add to the 'Exec=kodi' line in the .desktop > file to force it to behave and cooperate with other applications > running on the computer. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
