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Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Re: Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Post by Tepix »

drewg123 wrote: post #37
nicwolff wrote: post #12

Wish you could change the key combo for this, I've been using a long-abandoned tool called Zooom2 to do this with `fn` (and `fn` + `control` to resize`) and fear losing it on my next Mac if it's an M1.

This is exactly when I can't deal with a mac as a desktop. My 30 year old muscle memories created in the late 80s with TWM use alt (on a std kbd, would be cmd on mac) + mouse button 1..3 to move, resize and iconify windows. Kde supports this, ldxe supports this, etc. I tried and abandoned using a mac as a desktop ~15 years ago because I didn't have this feature, and I didn't have true focus-follows-mouse. I don't wan…

It sucks when you're unable to overcome old habits...

Re: Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Post by FranklinMaillot »

I don't understand how MacOS is constently praised for its UI while half the comments here mention a third party app just to make it usable. Maybe it's just me, but I owned a Mac for over 5 years and I could never wrap my head around how MacOS handles windows and open apps.

Re: Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Post by memetomancer »

eyelidlessness wrote: post #47
newaccount74 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Apple prepares for a lot of eventualities internally and only some things end up being released. Eg. they built macOS X on Intel years before they announced the switch. It's quite possible someone is working on making macOS touch-screen capable, even when they don't have concrete plans for releasing a touch screen Mac.

> they built macOS X on Intel years before they announced the switch. Not a correction, just adding context: Mac OS X always had Intel builds, even before release. It would be surprising to me if they don’t still maintain Intel macOS builds just in case.

Apple will have to support Intel Macs until at least 2026? 2027? Beyond?

...so I would assume there is plenty of maintenance being done on x86 macOS.

Re: Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Post by adamomada »

Etheryte wrote: post #42
copperx wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Along the opposite axis? Can you elaborate?

If you grab the right-hand edge of a window, you can drag it left or right to resize the window. However, if you instead drag it up or down, you can move the whole window.

And if you hold option (alt) when dragging left or right, it will mirror the drag on the opposite side, so you can quickly expand or contract the window size

Re: Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Post by lelandfe »

blueberrychpstx wrote: post #60

Another question - I've looked before for any documentation on building tools for Mac, and can't really figure out anything besides "run this xyz app to trigger an AppleScript and do magic". Does anyone know of any Swift APIs for interacting at the level of the OS itself?

scriptingosx[0] is a great resource, here's a simple Swift command line tool they wrote that might be a good reference: https://github.com/scriptingosx/desktoppr

[0] https://scriptingosx.com/

Re: Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Post by reayn »

ajdoingnothing wrote: post #20
RobertRoberts wrote: post #5

My mac users feel the exhaustion of micro managing windows but don't know what causes the drain until I show them a better way [1]. [1] https://rectangleapp.com/ (I add this to all the Macs I touch)

I don't understand why Apple didn't build this functionality and enabled it by default. It's much easier dragging a window at any corner or side on a Linux/Windows OS.

If I remember correctly it has something to do with Microsoft patenting window drag/snapping to the edge of the screen for resizing.

Re: Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

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Post by throwk8s »

FranklinMaillot wrote: post #63

I don't understand how MacOS is constently praised for its UI while half the comments here mention a third party app just to make it usable. Maybe it's just me, but I owned a Mac for over 5 years and I could never wrap my head around how MacOS handles windows and open apps.

All depends on what one is used to. On Linux I've had to fight with window borders so narrow by default (on whatever Ubuntu Studio uses) that they practically couldn't be resized. You had to aim at like one pixel. I read somewhere that a window could be resized by holding Alt and clicking with the middle mouse button... but on a Mac you never need to hold down keys and have a three-button mouse to do something that basic.
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