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Feature Request: RMB drag on titlebar to resize

Submitted by Adam Purkrt

Assigned to Olivier Fourdan @olivier

Link to original bug (#12026)

Description

For me, the re-sizing of windows with xfwm is, frankly, cumbersome and requiring either too much mouse precision [to hit the window edge - which, at the same time, I don't like to be too thick], or requiring two hands [alt + rmb drag on the window area], or not really convenient [rmb click, selection from menu]

I wonder - how about employing right mouse button dragging of the titlebar for this pivotal purpose?

Basically, what I'm proposing is - make the titlebar a resize region, activated when dragged with right mouse button.

This would make window resize [a pivotal function of a window manager] much easier, and attainable with just one hand.

I just found that currently, with rmb drag on titlebar, you can move the window without bringing it forward. My presumptuous guess is this is not a widely used feature, and easy resize instead would be more appreciated...

One would just catch the left half of the titlebar with rmb = could resize left and top edge. If you catched the right half = resize top and right edge.

Would it be possible to make this an option at least?

Version: 4.12.0