Comment 229 for bug 160311
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| Jaap Haitsma (jaap) wrote Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult [please no more comments; patches welcome] | #229 |
Seem to be solved in GNOME 3
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On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 20:48, Ben Shadwick <email address hidden> wrote:
> Does anyone know if this issue still exists in the current state of
> Gnome 3?
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> Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult [please no more comments; patches welcome]
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> Status in Ayatana Design: Confirmed
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged
> Status in The Metacity Window Manager: In Progress
> Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “human-gtk-theme” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “light-themes” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “human-gtk-theme” source package in Maverick: Invalid
> Status in “light-themes” source package in Maverick: Triaged
> Status in “metacity” source package in Maverick: Triaged
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: metacity
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> - The issue has been an issue for users (especially of large) screens for several releases
> - Trackpad users seem to be particularly impacted by this
> - The issue appears to have been significantly aggravated in Lucid by changing the border width from 3 pixels to 1 pixel
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> The window borders in metacity are far too thin to be used for comfortable window resizing, and resize handles are not available in all applications (or even most). In fact, of all the windows I have open right now, not a single one of them has a resize handle. The result is that I get a lot of "misses" when I try to drag a window border, which usually results in my clicking on the wrong window altogether. The best fix for this usability bug is to create an "invisible" region around each non-maximized window about 4px thick that can be used for resizing (in addition to the visible border). Or perhaps there should be a border thickness option on the System > Preferences > Windows dialog (although the default thickness should still be increased considerably). Ideally all windows would also have a resize handle but I realize that these have to be application controlled (at least that seems to be the position of the metacity team).
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