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Re:Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem by prmoustache on Friday October 13, 2023 @07:06AM (#37869244)
> I can’t move a window anymore without clicking around like an idiot to figure out what’s part of the title bar and what’s a button.

I don't know about MacOS and Windows nowadays but most linux/BSD window managers + Haiku allows one to move or resize a window using a keyboard shortcut so that you can do it regardless of where you put the cursor.

It is a must have to know because there is inevitably moments where you have a window showing at the wrong place. I remember back in the days I was using windows sometimes when switching from multiple screens to single screen a window would start/appear out of the frame so you'd have to move it using one of those shortcuts.

I would be surprised Microsoft and Apple have removed these. Someone to confirm?

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Re:Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem by CRConrad on Monday October 16, 2023 @04:12AM (#37897000)
> I don't know about MacOS and Windows nowadays but most linux/BSD window managers + Haiku allows one to move or resize a window using a keyboard shortcut so that you can do it regardless of where you put the cursor.

Except this is an X11 feature, and they're all frantically switching to Wayland... Which probably doesn't have that feature, right?

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Re:Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem by Biganon on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:59AM (#37897664)
It has nothing to do with X11, and everything to do with your window manager. Many wayland dms allow it, such as sway which is a clone of i3.
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