xfwm4: moving windows by keyboard in larger steps

[Simon Steinbeiss]

Just as a note: we haven't migrated Bugzilla just yet (we're already
working on it), so the feature request would have to go to bugzilla.xfce.org
 instead.

Cheers
Simon

Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 6. Mai 2020, 11:27:

> 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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