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Hy!

I'm a little bit afraid of a larger resize area.. If I click 10px far 
from a window, I probably want to raise the window below. 5-6px is ok, 
but more is risky, especially because that area is invisible.

Eisenberger Tamás <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On 12/21/2011 03:56 PM, The Fiddler wrote:
> 2011/12/21 John Lea<160311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> @stapostol; thanks for your response, I've marked the bug as also
>> affects unity2d.  Re. the sizing of the dragable area, in WindowsXP the
>> dragable area is 5px (but it may well be larger in Windows 7).  So yes
>> the size could be increased, but 5px also seems workable.
>
>
> Indeed, WinXP had 5px draggable areas - but WinXP is 10 years old now and
> it might not be the most suitable point of reference for modern design
> topics. The draggable area was increased in Vista (same as Win7) and I
> think I recall a msdn blog mentioning this was based on usability tests
> (but it's been half a decade since then and my google-fu is letting me
> down, so don't quote me on that).
>
> In any case, the drag area is invisible in Unity, so a potential size
> increase should be a relatively safe change.
>
>
>>   For those who
>> need * significantly* larger grabable areas for accessibility reasons,
>> another options is to use the love handles with a key combination, see
>> http://linux-software-news-tutorials.blogspot.com/2011/06/activate-
>> fantastic-grab-handles-in.html for details.
>>
>
> These are indeed fantastic, maybe they merit more attention than currently
> given. (I love them on my laptop, but I cannot find a way to use them on my
> desktop).
>

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311

Title:
  Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Fix Released
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Fix Released
Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
  In Progress
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in Unity 2D:
  New
Status in “human-gtk-theme” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “light-themes” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
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

Bug description:
  *************
  >>>> No more comments needed <<<<

  This should mostly be fixed for Natty and might get backported to
  earlier releases as well.

  *************

  *************Blueprint for Natty, Ubuntu 11.04:

  https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/packageselection-
  dx-n-resizing-windows

  Work items1 * Make sure the new resize grip fits in current applications; doesn't interfere with anything. We should make some noise about this during the Natty cycle so people keep their eyes open and file bugs.
  2 * Invisible window resize area - around 3px invisible area to allow resize on all sides.

  *************

  Working grip backported to gtk2 already available in ppa :
  https://launchpad.net/~bratsche/+archive/gtk

  *************

  Workaround:  Edit /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/metacity-1/metacity-
  theme-1.xml.  Set the following values in frame_geometry_normal as
  desired:

          <distance name="left_width" value="3"/>
          <distance name="right_width" value="3"/>
          <distance name="bottom_height" value="3"/>

  ************

  Binary package hint: metacity

  - 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

  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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