border sensitivity

[Worrier Poet]

On 11/15/2012 05:58 PM, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hi Ray,
> 
> Ray Andrews, 15.11.2012 06:15:
>> I recently upgraded my video card, and this one offers fantastic
>> resolution.  The problem is that when you try to grab an edge of a
>> window there seems to be no allowable proximity, so you need to move the
>> pointer to the exact pixel of the edge of the window.
> 
> As Sergio points out, this highly depends on the Xfwm4 theme. Only the
> visible pixels in its XPM files for the borders are clickable. You can
> always modify them to increase the width or choose a different theme
> which comes with wider borders.
> 
> An alternative is resizing via Alt+right mouse button. With this you can
> click anywhere to resize windows.
> 
> With newer GTK versions windows don’t need to have a status bar to have
> a resize grip so that also helps.

I've just scanned the messages in this thread occasionally, so I may
have missed it. But I don't think I've seen anyone mention the use of
the menu for each window that becomes available when the window has
focus, and <Alt>+<Space> is invoked. Selecting R (for resize) from that
menu and using the arrow keys allows resizing of the window. The first
arrow key hit selects the border to be moved, and subsequent use of the
arrow keys moves that border. It's the only way I ever resize windows.

You might want to make use of settings in the Advanced tab  of the
Window Manager settings dialog to adjust the way this resizing feature
works -- snapping to other window edges, desktop, etc.

I hope I'm making sense. Migraine + medication = moron (albeit with good
intentions).

;-)

Best regards,
the worrier