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[Philipp Wendler <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Am 15.06.2011 22:28, schrieb Matthew Bassett:

> What about just having the menu bar consistently appearing with the
> window buttons: i.e. in the panel when the window is maximised, and on
> the title bar on non-maximised windows -- appearing when the mouse goes
> over the title bar.
> 
> This leaves the issue of how to grab the title bar of a non-maximised
> window in order to move it, which I would assume to be an easier problem
> to design/resolve; my naive suggestions would be to either
> 
> 1) to not activate menu drop downs until mouse-up (so you can grab the
> the menu bar/title bar without issue and drag the menu around), or
> 
> 2) only make the menu appear when you mouse over the left hand half of
> the title bar.

There could also be a grab handle in the title bar, e.g. a fourth
button. I think "move window" fits nicely into the row of "close",
"minimize" and "maximize". When clicking on this button, you wouldn't
need to keep your mouse button pressed until the window is in the final
position, which might help some people that have problems with drag'n'drop.

For windows with short menus, clicking on the empty space beyond the
right-most menu bar entry could also allow dragging around, so you'd
need to use the small button only for windows with too long menus (which
are relatively rare I guess).

Greetings, Philipp