<div dir="ltr"><div>The functionality I have in mind should be offered in general for any window, I see it as a responsibility of the window manager.</div><div>Something that as said is available in Compiz, so it's not really anything new as an idea.</div><div><br></div><div>Yes I know about meta + pointer but to me is as slow and inconvenient as having to reach the window borders or top bar before starting the operations.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure if this can be of sufficient general interest to be considered as a feature that can be added to KWin.</div><div>However I think that if someone tries it, would never accept to go back to the usual methods after (kidding a bit :-))<br></div><div><br></div><div>If there is no interest in adding it in KWin, could you point me to the relevant sections of the KWin source code where I could try to implement it by myself?</div><div>I'm not familiar with the KWIn codebase and this could help a lot.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Luca</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno mer 14 ago 2024 alle ore 19:23 Aleix Pol <<a href="mailto:aleixpol@kde.org">aleixpol@kde.org</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So you want to make an app resize in creative ways or to modify KWin<br>
to resize windows in different ways?<br>
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We can resize and move using the meta + pointer, does that help?<br>
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Aleix<br>
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 2:14 AM disquisitiones <<a href="mailto:disquisitiones@gmail.com" target="_blank">disquisitiones@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello Aleix,<br>
><br>
> thanks for your reply.<br>
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> Sorry I now realize that I've not been totally clear in describing the functionality I have in mind.<br>
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> My point is to be able to move or resize windows by clicking on any internal point of the window region (and then dragging), and not only<br>
> in the top bar or borders as it is usually implemented.<br>
><br>
> I find it much faster and convenient than having to first reach those narrow enabled window parts to start the operation.<br>
> And mapping for example the lateral mouse buttons for this is ideal.<br>
><br>
> That is pretty easy to get in Compiz but unfortunately, I've never seen it available anywhere else.<br>
><br>
> Luca<br>
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> Il giorno dom 11 ago 2024 alle ore 19:48 Aleix Pol <<a href="mailto:aleixpol@kde.org" target="_blank">aleixpol@kde.org</a>> ha scritto:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>> I'm not really sure I understand what you want.<br>
>><br>
>> Isn't with press and drag how one normally resizes windows in KWin?<br>
>><br>
>> Aleix<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 4:17 AM disquisitiones <<a href="mailto:disquisitiones@gmail.com" target="_blank">disquisitiones@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Hello,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I would like to move and resize windows associating this action to a mouse button click and a drag action, without the need to use any keyboard key at the same time. To my understanding there is no setting currently available in KWin to obtain this behaviour, so I would like to try to modify the source code in order to get this functionality.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Could you point me to the source code area where this could be implemented?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Luca<br>
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