[clug] Window resizing -> Alt-right-click
Bryan Kilgallin
bryan at netspeed.com.au
Mon Jun 8 04:12:53 MDT 2015
Thanks Brett:
> 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.
In Ubuntu Unity, that yields this menu.
{Minimize; Maximize; Move; Resize} /
{Always on Top; Always on Visible Workspace; Only on This Workspace;
Move to Workspace Right; Move to Workspace Down; Move to Another
Workspace ->} /
{Close}
> Also useful is <ALT> Left Click anywhere on a window to move that window.
Same here.
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