On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 15:21 +1300, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > Taking it for a window-level feature prevents it from being used for > any application-level feature. For example, in a Web browser there are > all sorts of things you can do with a link: open it in a new window, > open it in a new background window, open it in a new tab, open it in a > new background tab, or download the linked item. In Epiphany we would > like to be able to use (Shift+)Alt+click for one or two of those > things, like popular Web browsers on other platforms do. But we can't, > because Metacity has taken it. Why not (Shift+)WindowsKey|MacCommandKey+click? Just as valid :) > I would much prefer that the easy way of moving a window was "drag any > part of the window that isn't for something else", with no modifier key > necessary. Drag a window's title bar, status bar, an empty part of a > toolbar, an empty space between controls, and so on. That would provide > less target area than Alt+drag did (though still *much* more target > area than on Windows or the Mac), but (1) it would be more obvious, (2) > it wouldn't need two hands, and (3) it would remove the need for the > clutter of a title bar and the rest of the window being visually > distinct elements. This would be, indeed, good. Rui
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