Comment 144 for bug 160311

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Guido I (guidoweb) wrote :

@Marcus Carlson, daniel, mcphargus, Alden, Melroy van den Berg, The Fiddler

I agree with you that Alt+click is just a workaround, not a solution, but at least for me it's a really effective workaround.
I almost never bother with window borders or grippies, because I got so used to Alt+Clicking anywhere in the window to move or resize. I really miss that feature when I have to deal with MS Windows.
Some kind of tip or video showing these kinds of features would be great

@The Fiddler,
I am indeed on a laptop, and I too, find it very difficult to press alt + both touchpad buttons + swipe finger on pad.
But clicking just one button (left button to move window, for example) is much easier, and that's what I use all the time.
I've posted a patch in compiz bug #207065 to make windows resizeable with just alt+right click, which makes this feature much more accesible in laptops.
It's been accepted upstream, and fix will be included in compiz 0.9 - i believe that will alleviate many frustrated laptop users trying to resize their windows, that will no longer have to aim for window borders, or entangle fingers by clicking both touchpad buttons ;)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/207065