Move and resize windows with mouse buttons

[Aleix Pol]

So you want to make an app resize in creative ways or to modify KWin
to resize windows in different ways?

We can resize and move using the meta + pointer, does that help?

Aleix

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 2:14 AM disquisitiones <disquisitiones at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello Aleix,
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> thanks for your reply.
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> Sorry I now realize that I've not been totally clear in describing the functionality I have in mind.
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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
> in the top bar or borders as it is usually implemented.
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> I find it much faster and convenient than having to first reach those narrow enabled window parts to start the operation.
> And mapping for example the lateral mouse buttons for this is ideal.
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> That is pretty easy to get in Compiz but unfortunately, I've never seen it available anywhere else.
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> Luca
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> Il giorno dom 11 ago 2024 alle ore 19:48 Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> ha scritto:
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>> Hi,
>> I'm not really sure I understand what you want.
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>> Isn't with press and drag how one normally resizes windows in KWin?
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>> Aleix
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>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 4:17 AM disquisitiones <disquisitiones at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Hello,
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>> > 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.
>> >
>> > Could you point me to the source code area where this could be implemented?
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>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Luca