mulcahey

I've just started using Brave on Linux (distro info at bottom) and I have a question about keyboard shortcuts & how the browser manages active windows, because it seems to be doing something different from my last browser.

I usually use Firefox, and I've set it up so that I can open a new tab with the Mail key on my keyboard. Pressing my Mail key executes this command, opening a new tab.

xdotool getactivewindow key ctrl+t

But now I've switched to Brave browser, and that command no longer works. When I've got Brave open and I press my Mail key, nothing happens.

I've tried alternate commands:

xdotool key ctrl+t

and

xdotool getwindowfocus key ctrl+t

but no result. Does anyone know how to fix? What is Brave doing with its browser tabs/windows?

Thank you!

• Desktop: Linux Mint Xfce 4.18.1
• Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
• Ubuntu 22.04

For years, I've used a CSS trick to move my window controls (Minimize, Fullscreen, Close) from the Menu Bar into the lower toolbar, right beside my Overflow menu. (I'm on Windows 10, so these are the controls you see in the upper right window)

But suddenly, that doesn't work. My window controls are back up in the Menu Bar. That's unfortunate, because I usually hide my Menu Bar.

Can anyone review my code and tell me what needs to change? Thank you!

/* Move Window Control buttons to Nav Bar */

:root:is([tabsintitlebar], [sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
  --uc-window-control-width: 138px; /* Space reserved for window controls (Win10) */
  /* Extra space reserved on both sides of the nav-bar to be able to drag the window */
  --uc-window-drag-space-post: 30px; /* right side*/
}

:root:is([tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"], [sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
  --uc-window-drag-space-pre: 0px; /* Remove pre space */
}

@media  (-moz-platform: windows-win7),
        (-moz-platform: windows-win8),
        (-moz-os-version: windows-win7),
        (-moz-os-version: windows-win8){
  :root:is([tabsintitlebar], [sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
    --uc-window-control-width: 105px;
  }
}

@media (-moz-gtk-csd-available) {
  :root:is([tabsintitlebar],[sizemode="fullscreen"]) {
    --uc-window-control-width: 84px;
  }
}

.titlebar-buttonbox, #window-controls{ color: var(--toolbar-color) }
:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] .titlebar-buttonbox-container{ display: none }
:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #navigator-toolbox { position: relative; }

:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #TabsToolbar > .titlebar-buttonbox-container:last-child,
:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #window-controls{
  position: absolute;
  display: flex;
  top: 0;
  right:0;
  height: 40px;
}

:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #TabsToolbar > .titlebar-buttonbox-container:last-child,
:root[uidensity="compact"][sizemode="fullscreen"] #window-controls{ height: 32px }

#nav-bar{
  border-inline: var(--uc-window-drag-space-pre,0px) solid var(--toolbar-bgcolor);
  border-inline-style: solid !important;
  border-right-width: calc(var(--uc-window-control-width,0px) + var(--uc-window-drag-space-post,0px));
}

:root[tabsintitlebar]{ --uc-toolbar-height: 40px; }
:root[tabsintitlebar][uidensity="compact"]{ --uc-toolbar-height: 32px }

#TabsToolbar{ visibility: collapse !important }

:root[sizemode="fullscreen"] #TabsToolbar > :is(#window-controls,.titlebar-buttonbox-container){
  visibility: visible !important;
  z-index: 2;
}

:root:not([inFullscreen]) #nav-bar{
  margin-top: calc(0px - var(--uc-toolbar-height,0px));
}

:root[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"]{
  min-height: unset !important;
  height: var(--uc-toolbar-height,0px) !important;
  position: relative;
}

#toolbar-menubar[autohide="false"]{
  margin-bottom: var(--uc-toolbar-height,0px)
}

:root[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"] #main-menubar{
  -moz-box-flex: 1;
  -moz-box-align: stretch;
  background-color: var(--toolbar-bgcolor,--toolbar-non-lwt-bgcolor);
  background-clip: padding-box;
  border-right: 30px solid transparent;
  border-image: linear-gradient(to left, transparent, var(--toolbar-bgcolor,--toolbar-non-lwt-bgcolor) 30px) 20 / 30px
}

#toolbar-menubar:not([inactive]){ z-index: 2 }
#toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive] > #menubar-items {
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  margin-left: var(--uc-window-drag-space-pre,0px)
}