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Quick Guide: 6. Moving Windows (changes)

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You can move windows by left-dragging on their title bar.

Dragging windows

More About Windows

The window controls (window furniture) are named as shown in the illustration below:

A window

The table below summarises the functions performed by each of the window controls:

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Icon Name Functions
Back
Left-click Push to back
Right-click Pull to front
Shift-left-click Push back by one window
Shift-right-click Pull forward by one window
Close
Left-click Close window
Right-click Close window and open/front parent
Shift-left-click Iconise the window
Shift-right-click Open/front parent window
Ctrl-Alt-left-click Close all windows
Title bar Title bar
Left-click Pull to front
Left-drag Pull to front and move window
Right-drag Move window without changing window order
Iconise
Left-click Iconise the window
Right-click Iconise the window
Shift-Alt-left-click Ctrl-Alt-left-click Iconise all windows
Toggle size
Left-click Toggle between full size and last size
Right-click Toggle between full size and last size
Scroll up
Left-click Scroll up small amount (one line)
Right-click Scroll down small amount (one line)
Scrollbar well
Left-click Scroll up larger amount (one page)
Right-click Scroll down larger amount (one page)
Scrollbar slider
Left-drag Scroll window up or down
Right-drag Scroll window up, down, left and right
Resize
Left-click Pull to front
Left-drag Pull to front and adjust size
Right-drag Adjust size without changing window order

Left-dragging a window doesn’t just move it around the screen; it also brings the window to the front. If you right-drag instead, you can move a window around keeping it in the same place in the window stack (e.g. while it is behind other windows).

Closing a window with the right button has the handy side-effect of opening the parent window to the front of the stack. This is especially useful for browsing filer windows but often also works for document windows in editors (and a shift-right-click on the close icon opens the parent window without closing the window).

The scroll bars work much like on any other desktop with a couple of useful extras. If you right-drag a scroll bar, you can move the windows contents in both directions at once (side-to-side and up-and-down).

If you right-click on the scroll arrows, the window scrolls back in the opposite direction. The same goes for clicking in the “well” of the scroll bar (the bit around the draggable bit) – this is handy if you click one time too many and just want to scroll back a bit!

The “resize” icon on the bottom-right of windows is used to adjust the visible size and shape of a window. Dragging (or clicking) with the left mouse button will also bring the window to the front of the stack, whereas the right mouse button will keep the window in the same place relative to other windows in the stack (so you can resize a window that’s behind another one without it jumping to the front).

See also

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Revised on March 2, 2021 12:23:40 by Sprow (202)? (91.85.45.13)
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