Comment 293 for bug 160311

Actually the size of the shadow sounds as a good starting point!

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Eisenberger Tamás <email address hidden>

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:07 AM, The Fiddler <email address hidden>wrote:

> 2011/12/22 u-foka <email address hidden>
>
> > Maybe the best would be a configurable size for the hidden grab area :)
> > Currently it's difficult to change, how I seen the size is hardcoded
> > into the theme right?
> >
> >
> But is this really necessary?
>
> Three options:
> - review feedback and pick a sensible default value
> - add a new option to ccsm
> - link the actual radius with some other element that makes sense, e.g. the
> shadow decoration.
>
> KDE has a configurable border size somewhere in its theme options (option
> #2). Gnome 2 used to link the radius with the theme border (option
> #3). Windows and MacOS (Lion) don't have a configurable size, same as Unity
> (option #1). I am not sure about Gnome Shell (but the default size seems to
> be slightly larger than Unity).
>
> This is on of those cases where a sensible default, well, makes sense. A
> size of 8px or 10px would be easier to hit than 5px, without impacting
> usability negatively (i.e. it still falls within the visible shadow
> decoration, where you are unlikely to click to raise a window). It should
> be a relatively simple change with a negligible chance of regressions.
>
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