On 05/16/2014 11:12 AM, Ali Linx wrote:
Not really. This is true ONLY if that window allows you to do that.
Most of the painful cases where you can't do anything but to hit
'Enter' key blindly assuming that would mean 'Ok' or press 'Esc' or
just close the window.
Ali:
This surprises me. Admittedly, I haven't tried this on every Ubuntu
variant. I have only tried it on the systems I have on my HP Mini.
I have a Linux Mint partition on that machine. I will try the test there.
I am not aware of any way the application can prevent the OS from moving
the window via Alt-click-drag. The application can prevent re-sizing,
and it can limit some of the title-bar buttons from being there. I know
of no way it can prevent dragging.
As far as I know, Windows only allows you to drag the window by clicking
on the title-bar and dragging. The Alt-click-drag seems to be a Linux
thing.
I definitely sympathize with the plight of people with small screens.
On my own application, I thought a lot about what absolutely had to be
in the main window. There is a certain set of controls that you need to
be able to use without resorting to an additional dialog.
On the HP Mini, I can actually use my application because I can position
the window (using alt-click-drag) so that the important controls (on the
main pane) are all on the screen at the same time. And I did put a fix
in so that if the window doesn't fit on the screen (in either or both
directions) that it re-sizes the window to use the minimum size in each
problem direction.
I can't use my application on Windows XP (on the HP Mini) because the
title-bar has to be visible to drag the window, and the title-bar is one
of the non-necessary parts of the window.
--
Sincerely,
Aere
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