xfwm4: moving windows by keyboard in larger steps

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hey

I think it's a good idea, you may file a feature request in gitlab (so I
dont forget).

Cheers
Olivier



On Mon, 4 May 2020 at 16:49, Nicolas Roeser <
Nicolas.Roeser at rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I run xfwm4 and mostly use the keyboard to move windows. This can become
> a bit cumbersome (especially on large displays) from time to time.
>
> This is why I would like to see a feature added to xfwm4: when moving
> windows by keyboard, if a modifier (like the Shift key) is pressed, use
> a bigger step size.
>
> This morning, I had a quick look at the source code, and I think that
> the proper place where to add such a thing would be in file
> ‘src/moveresize.c’ in function ‘clientMoveEventFilter’: we see a
> variable ‘key_move’ there, which is normally set to 16. I would like to
> add something like
>
>    if (modifier_pressed) key_move *= 5;
>
> I think that things like this are an appropriate job for a window
> manager, aren’t they? Would you appreciate such a change, in order to
> make it easier for people who need the keyboard when working with xfwm4?
>
> How are pressed modifiers detected in this context? Do they account for
> a separate key press (and release) and do you have to use some static
> variable to track their state? Or can you get the modifier status from
> ‘event->key’?
>
> Finally, is it necessary to give the user an option to configure the
> modifier? That would mean that a piece of code has to be added to file
> ‘settings.c’, wouldn’t it?
>
> Cheers
> --
> Nico
>
> Nicolas Roeser, Computer Centre, Universität Regensburg
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