resizing windows

[Tres Seaver]

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Wander Boessenkool wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 15:29 +0100, R Kimber wrote:
> 
>>Is the a simple way of re-sizing a window that opens larger than the
>>visible height of the desktop, without removing the two gnome panels?
>>I.e., how do I grab the bottom of a window when I can't see it?
>>
> 
> You can press Alt+F8 on your keyboard and then use your cursor keys to
> resize it. First press the direction of the side you want to grab and
> then resize it by moving that side with your cursor keys. When done
> simply press Alt+F8 again and your set.
> 
> Moving a window when you can't see the titlebar can be accomplished by
> pressing Alt+F7, cursor keys, Alt+F7, or by simply holding Alt when
> dragging anywhere in the window.
> 
> 
>>Presumably removing the panels is a solution, but there must be
>>something less disruptive.
> 
> 
> Indeed there is ;-)

I have Alt+F11 mapped to "Maximize vertically" in the "Keyboard
Shortcuts" preferences applet.  Hoary seems to make it a "full maximize"
sometimes (it seems random), but Alt-F5 seems to put it back to
"vertical full" at the original width.


Tres.
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