In Ubuntu 12.04, when you move a window such that it touches the top corner, the window automatically maximizes to full screen. This tutorial will explain you how to disable this feature.
This Windows 7 aero like feature is controled by Grid plugin in CompizConfig Settings Manager. When you move a window to right corner, it resize to right half.
Introduction
If you ever happen to open a window, and it is oversized so, the Title bar of the window itself is not reachable, you will not be able to pick it with the mouse and move it, so one way that works on KDE, GNOME, Fluxbox and others is:
Moving a window with the help of the keyboard
First you need to press the ALT key, then click the left button of the mouse while you have the mouse over
I am using ubuntu 12.04 and after using browser and listening to songs for sometime...I can't move totem from the title bar..When clicking on the title bar it Lowers....but I can use alt+left mouse button to move it!....I experienced the same thing with Skype too..there may be more apps including the browser that have the same problem...Is this because of the compiz?...
there is another thing....
This is quite annoying. For some reason I can not hold anything with my mouse.
For example.
I can not drag a window by holding its title bar.
I can not move the scroll bar of any window by mouse.
I can not even select text
Alt+Click on a window does not move it.
All these tasks are related to dragging. And this dragging is not working.
I am trying out live xubuntu on my samsung n150 (netbook, similar to eeepc). So far everything seems perfect, except for this one thing.
When I am clicking the mouse while moving the cursour, the click event is delayed. This is extremely annoying when i try to to move windows, because i end up clicking the window behind the window i am trying to move and thereby changing focus.
Ok I finaly got ubuntu install after a pain in the ass of a time to get it to work with my SSD raid.
On OSX I use Zooom2 to move my windows around with keyboard shortcuts and mouse motion. This operates in a very similar manner to Ubuntu, with the following difference:
On Zooom2, I have it set so holding down Shift + Cmd when the cursor is over a window and dragging the mouse moves said window.
This simple tutorial will explain how to disable or change the Alt+left mouse from moving windows in Ubuntu 12.04 gnome-shell and unity desktop.
There used to be a built-in utility for switching this movement key to an other in Gnome 2.
I don’t know why ‘Move Window’ plugin in CCSM doesn’t work in Ubuntu 12.04.
It seems ubuntu does not support my mouse well. It dosen't matter how fast I move it, it just works how far I move it.
This is really a critical issue when I try to click a link, or select something in a text, or click a little button etc.
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