[GRLUG] cursor arrow won't grab window edge

[Topher]

On Sun, 5 Feb 2012, Eric Beversluis wrote:

> 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).

Some windows won't allow you to go smaller than a certain size (pidgin) 
but that seems pretty big.  To maximize vertically, try holding alt and 
double middle clicking anywhere in the window.  I don't remember if that's 
a normal window manager feature or just part of my awesome one.

topher

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