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Re: Put a resize widget in the title bar

 

This is already the case with the border on the top in the Ambiance
and Radiance themes. Unfortunately, Compiz, doesn't understand that
bit of the window theme. If you run Metacity (disable “desktop
effects”) you will be pleasantly surprised.

This was also the case with the border on the bottom, but since I
never run Compiz (for issues like the one I just described) I never
realized it didn't work by default. I guess that's why people
misunderstood it and it seems to have been removed in Maverick.

Dylan


On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Remco <remco47@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With the new theme, the resize border has been reduced to 1 pixel,
> making it annoyingly difficult to resize a window. Some solutions have
> been proposed, such as always requiring a status bar with a resize
> widget, or doing some magic with the borders to make them act like
> they are bigger than 1px. The easiest solution has--as far as I
> know--been overlooked: use the title bar. We don't use the right side
> of the title bar at the moment. Eventually, it will fill with
> windicators. How about we put one in there for every window that can
> be resized: a dotted resize handle. A mockup is attached.
>
> --
> Remco
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