Comment 171 for bug 160311

Okay, I've read a lot of the comments... here's my 2 cents.

Don't change themes or look and feel. Don't even change how the windows work. (for this problem)

This isn't an issue with resizing windows, it's not an issue with themes. The look and feel is fine and dandy.

What would be nice is a NEW FEATURE. One that is configurable through System Preferences...

Create a configurable (visible/invisible) border around the themed border of a window. Something that doesn't even overlap the window but rather on the outside. Allow the System to tell the window to resize if that feature is turned on.

Think about it... if the window is maximized, this region lies outside the window and is unreachable. It's only something that would be noticed or needed in a non-maximized - non-minimized state. It would allow me to click in a configurable region of space NEAR the border of the window rather than accidentally click off the one pixel border of the window and activate a window sitting behind the window I was attempting to work with... (Personally, I think that's the most annoying part of this problem.)

The other annoying part of the problem is I have to slow down, use surgical precision to make sure I'm on the 1 pixel border, click carefully so I don't accidentally move my mouse off the pixel during the click, then I'm free to move the window, but I'm already in slow mode. (so something that should take 1 second, takes 5-10 seconds -- even more if you miss-click)

And whether or not you consider this a high priority or not, it certainly is a pain and a usability factor. And it's INDEPENDENT of themes.

It's a global system feature that should be configurable... let the window manager tell the window to resize because the user told the window manager it wanted to resize the window by clicking a potentially invisible border as fat as the user wants to make it.

That's my 2 cents. (I get that there are other ways to resize windows... I get that there are work-arounds... I get that some people don't want to create a new feature because of the work involved... And I also get people don't want to modify look and feel of their themes.) So, I think a new global system-wide feature is the correct way to approach this. (And I'm not volunteering to do this...)

But as a new user to linux/ubuntu/gnome or whatever this is about... I'd love to be able to easily click near the edge of a window to resize it.