Comment 113 for bug 160311
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| Clint Grimsley (oxygen-addict) wrote Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult | #113 |
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Holding the alt key while using the middle mouse button seems to be the
best way to resize windows.
I agree, tis a pain to try and resize from the edge of a window.
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 05:42 +0000, imclean wrote:
> Just want to register my agreement with those who think this a major usability issue.
> While the right click - resize method is a work around, it is one that the majority of users will never find. (I didn't until I read it here). It is also slow and clumsy.
> The precision required to select the edge of the window on my 24" 1920x1200 screen is probably in the order of 100 microns movement of my mouse.
> I frequently have to move my mouse infintesimally side to side several times before being able to select the edge of a window.
> It drives me crazy.
> I consider it the biggest interface problem I have encountered in Gnome,just ahead of the broken autohide function on panels.
>