I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 21 Apr 2011, at 09:11, Peter <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks to scaine #58 for something that works > can't believe it took 4 years for some to realise windows that are > extremely difficult to grab the sides of is not the intention of a > Graphical User Interface > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of > Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. > 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 “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). ** Attachment added: "unnamed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311/+attachment/2233535/+files/unnamed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 Title: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/160311/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
