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> Dragging a window to the top of the screen maximizes the window. FOR GODS SAKE WHY. I use this all the time when working with several monitors. Just press Al
by yoodenvranx 8y ago
> Dragging a window to the top of the screen maximizes the window. FOR GODS SAKE WHY.
I use this all the time when working with several monitors. Just press Alt, click somewhere onto a window, move this window to a different monitor, smash window to the top of the screen. Bam, instant monitor-switching of full-screen windows.
(And yes, usually I use keyboard shortcuts for this but when the hand is already on the mouse then this is the best way to do it)
- sametmax 8y agoI love those features so much. Dragging the window near a side of the screen make it fills half of it too.
- qznc 8y agoI learned that Windows has another nice variation on this: When you vertically resize (not drag!) a window to the top, it vertically maximizes the window. On Linux I configure a double click on the top bar to do this. I like to vertically maximize my terminals.
- sametmax 8y agoWindows has a few tricks that are nice. One feature I miss from it is that if you drag and drop something from a windows below another, the one from which you drag the item from doesn't get focused and doesn't raise to the front.
- jasonkostempski 8y agoIn Xfce, you can put the mouse where it shows the resize arrow and double click to maximize in that direction. Windows has that for vertical but not horizontal. Neither has it for diagonal, it would be sweet if that pushed the activated corner to the desktop corner.
- amygdyl 8y agoAlt-TAB thru to the window you want[0] WindowsKey-ARROW aligns top to bottom fully, or if left and right, to the side, half screen (leaving the alt tab reduced windows still selectable, so I frequently switch to the mouse then, which is fluid for next seeking to insert my cursor to edit)) and I think Page Up maximises full screen but again not recently used this option. Yes, Windows has had really very worthwhile UI shortcuts for a long time, since 7 definitely, I skipped XP mostly, W2K got just long enough support on contract I never saw SP1 or 2 even . [0] I think you can go straight to the window you want by hitting the number of the window in order but I've never used this as too many windows and I'm in a phone now, but this could be cute if you're strict about your desktop layout and I'm a rare one who isn't so particular, a laxity learned from a spell in front line help desk
- markdog12 8y agoYou can double-click vertical edges too
- mixmastamyk 8y agoLike this in theory but they manage to screw it up. The new size is a state that is lost when moving again. :(
- vatueil 8y agoPersonally I appreciate that, so YMMV. Makes it easy to divide the screen between two windows and then return the windows to normal size without manually resizing them.
- yellowapple 8y agoAnd (at least in Xfce) dragging to a corner makes it fill that quarter of the screen. Really nice for building tri-window layouts where you need one tall and two short windows, which is how I typically arrange my windows when I use a tiling WM anyway, especially when programming: tall window for code, top short for Magit, bottom short for DirEd (if I have a high enough resolution, I might sometimes turn that into three smalls - Magit + DirEd + a REPL - which Xfce doesn't seem to support, unfortunately).
- reitanqild 8y agoI use shortcuts a lot. Three desktops, Top: Dev environment (VS Code + browsers + git extensions) Middle: Servers, frontend servers and test runner console (anything I need to check or restart from time to time) Bottom: anything that I'd rather not touch (I start some windows from a shell and move them to desktop 1, this is probabably not the most optimal way but I try to be more pragmatic and spend less time on tweaking my setup and this is a step in the right direction.) I use Super + arrow up/down to move between them, I've assigned super + ctrl + shif + arrow up/down to move the currently focused window up or down etc.
- cabalamat 8y ago> I use this all the time when working with several monitors. Just press Alt, click somewhere onto a window, move this window to a different monitor, smash window to the top of the screen. Bam, instant monitor-switching of full-screen windows. 1. What's wrong with the maximise button? It wasn't broken, it didn't need fixing. 2. What if you want the window at the top of the screen without being maximised?
- criddell 8y ago1. I think the maximise button is still there. I don't think they altered it at all. 2. If small targets like the maximise button aren't a problem for you, then stopping the windows drag a few pixels before the mouse hits the top of the screen should be easy for you as well. The drag to the top is nice because it mirrors the drag to left and right side. Since this is Linux, I'm sure you can configure this stuff somewhere.
- walshemj 8y agoYou mean it has the super annoying snap to window edge that windows 10 has
- unethical_ban 8y ago>You mean it has the super functional snap to window edge that windows 10 has See how opinions work?
- walshemj 8y agoWell if and only have a laptop screen to work with trying to adjust windows and have it to do something stupid that hids other windows you want to see.
- tobeportable 8y agoAlt + double click can also toggle maximize the window under the cursor.