# When minimizing a screen
**URL:** https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861
**Category:** Budgie Desktop
**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861 "2020-06-28T18:10:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@mrc](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mrc)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/1 "2020-06-28T18:10:55Z")
When I minimize a screen it simply disappears. Should it not be visible where it can be recalled?
mc
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### Author:  [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/2 "2020-06-28T18:26:17Z")
By screen you mean window? If so, clicking its icon does not work? Which application?
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### Author:  [@mrc](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mrc)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/3 "2020-06-28T18:58:30Z")
It does not seem to matter whether I’m working in LibreOffice or Chrome, when I minimize a screen it simply flies off screen leaving no indication what I might click to retrieve it. I have to always start over.
mc
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### Author:  [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/4 "2020-06-28T19:22:04Z")
Please activate window previews, then when pressing alt-tab, can you activate the window? Also: multimonitor or single?
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### Author:  [@mrc](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mrc)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/5 "2020-06-28T20:01:33Z")
It does not seem to matter whether I’m working in LibreOffice or Chrome, when I minimize a screen it simply flies off screen leaving no indication what I might click to retrieve it. I have to always start over.
mc
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### Author:  [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/6 "2020-06-28T20:03:23Z")
Yeah, you wrote that, but please see my previous message.
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### Author:  [@mrc](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mrc)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/7 "2020-06-28T20:08:11Z")
That tip about Alt-Tab solves the problem. I was not aware of that move. Thank you.
mc
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### Author:  [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/8 "2020-06-28T20:10:14Z")
What is your UB version?
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### Author:  [@mrc](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mrc)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/when-minimizing-a-screen/3861/9 "2020-06-28T23:11:18Z")
Problem solved and I thank you.
mc