Drag Window from anywhere in Metacity?

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Dylan McCall wrote on 22/08/08 17:12:
> 
> I recently noticed a really awesome feature in Matchbox. When it is set
> to have windows in free mode (rather than fixed), one can drag those
> windows from /anywhere/. As long as the widget being dragged does not
> handle the necessary click events itself (eg: Is a button, text box,
> scroll bar, etc), the event is handled by Matchbox and used to drag the
> window. I found that very smooth and very smart. It is quite a unique
> feature in the world of operating systems.

All brushed-metal windows in Mac OS had this behavior, starting with
QuickTime Player 4.0 in 1999 and iTunes in 2001. As of Mac OS X 10.5
(which abolished brushed-metal windows), it is standard behavior for all
windows.

>...
> Has there been discussion of implementing this feature for Metacity?
>...

I've suggested it occasionally, but haven't seen anyone else express any
interest.

> It would be particularly useful with the discussion of changing window
> decorators, since this would keep moving windows on Metacity's end so
> we never lose that functionality.
>...

What discussion are you referring to?

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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