[CLUE-Cert] Re: Neat X-trick

[Lynn Danielson]

Gary Gray wrote:
> > Dennis J Perkins wrote:
> > > I came across a neat little trick for X Windows.  To move a
> > > window, hold down the Alt key and the left mouse button and
> > > move the window.
> >
> > it works with KDE.  Does anyone know how many other window managers
> > support this?
> 
> > I just tried it with Icewm. It worked for me.
> 
> Works with Blackbox (at least with the KDE Patch). IIRC, also
> works with FVWM2 and WindowMaker.
>
> > I use Sawfish and it works there.

Thanks for the info.  I've occasionally had trouble with app's which
opened a window which didn't fit into my screen and title bar was
inaccessible and every once and a while I'll move a window and manage
to move the title bar off the screen.  This trick certainly beats
restarting the app' when I want to reposition it.  It's nice to know
that most if not all window managers support this.

Now I'm wondering if this binding is posix or simply an adopted
convention? :-) 


Lynn