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Why does my system not allow me to snap file windows to either side of the screen?

sb flag

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon.

By 'snap' I mean that feature which allows one to partition the window to either side of the screen either by dragging the window to a side or through some keyboard short-cut (ordinarily super+left-arrow)

By 'file windows' I mean those windows which display the content of directories via the GUI not the terminal.

Sorry for the lengthy explanations, but I don't know the proper terms and just want to make myself clear.

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in flag

If not already installed you should install Extension Manager and select the extension Arrange Windows

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If not installed you can do so with the following command in terminal:

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager

There are other extensions such as Awesome Tiles and others you can experiment with to find the ones that suit you best.

This one may be worth exploring too (indeed the one the OP agrees works for him):

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sb flag
Thank you kindly, but this did not fix the issue.
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in flag
another one *Tiling Assistant* for you try using `Extension Manager` is shown in my answer which may work for you.
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sb flag
Wow. That actually works out of the box. Needs a little configuring, though. Thank you!
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perhaps then mark the answer as accepted (grey tick) and give it an upvote so that others with the same issue can easily find it. Thanks
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