[clug] Stupid scroll bar! -> window resizing

Brett Worth brett.worth at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 03:30:28 MDT 2015


On 08/06/15 18:29, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 08/06/15 17:53, Peter Barker wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015, Bryan Kilgallin wrote:
>>
>>> Whereas I have an issue with window edges. These seem narrow and finicky!
>>>
>>> {To resize your window horizontally and/or vertically:
>>
>> OK, some good news in all of these threads.
>>
>> You don't need to exactly target the corners or edges to resize your
>> windows.
>>
>> Put the mouse over the window you wish to resize, towards the edge you
>> want to move.  Towards a corner if you want to move multiple (adjacent
>> ;-) edges.
>>
>> Hold down the ALT key (either one).
>>
>> Middle-click-and-drag in the direction you wish to move the edge/s.
>>
>> You might also like to see what happens if you left-click-and-drag while
>> holding down the ALT key.
>>
>>> www.netspeed.com.au/bryan/
>> Yours,
> Sounds useful - but doesn't work with KDE for me :(

On KDE the <ALT> Right Click gives the same functionality. i.e. Will resize the window 
while pivoting on the diagonally opposite corner of the quadrant you clicked in..

Also useful is <ALT> Left Click anywhere on a window to move that window.

Brett

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