[GRLUG] cursor arrow won't grab window edge

[Eric Beversluis]

On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 15:53 -0500, Topher wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2012, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 14:30 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> >> On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 14:26 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> >>> Does anyone else have trouble getting the cursor arrow to grab a window
> >>> edge so the window size can be adjusted? It's drying me crazy. I've got
> >>> my acceleration set to 'slow' and sensitivity set to high, but that
> >>> doesn't seem to help.
> >> Actually what's happening is that when the cursor arrow shows at the
> >> edge of the window I want to resize, and I left click, instead of
> >> grabbing the edge it often opens a "maximize" etc dialog. Other times it
> >> just won't grab the edge.
> >
> > Do you have the mouse buttons reversed [left-hand mode].  The left-click
> > behavior is what would normally happen with a right-click.
> 
> Additionally, if you're using a good window manager you should be able to 
> hold alt and middle click drag to change the size of the window.
> 
> topher
That seems to work better than just trying to grab the edge with left-clicking, 
but it won't let me shrink the vertical size of the GnuCash window beyond a 
certain point--and that leaves it still too big to see the whole thing
on my screen (1380x768).



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