[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #4493: ALT+CTRL on border could resize a window

#4493: ALT+CTRL on border could resize a window
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  Reporter:  humdinger           |        Owner:  nobody
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  assigned
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:  R1
 Component:  Servers/app_server  |      Version:  R1/alpha1
Resolution:                      |     Keywords:
Blocked By:                      |  Has a Patch:  0
  Platform:  All                 |     Blocking:
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Comment (by humdinger):

 Replying to [comment:6 bonefish]:
 > Just to add my opinion: Ctrl+Alt quite consistently makes the whole
 window behave like the tab. I'd find it a bit weird, if the border, which
 normally already behaves like the tab, would work differently when Ctrl-
 Alt is pressed.

 Ah... That is, dear Ingo, because you're working with a limiting
 definition. :)[[BR]]
 See CTRL+ALT not as window-behaves-like-tab, but as general window
 managing shortcut. You have CTRL+ALT+Cursor to switch workspaces, add
 SHIFT to take the active window with you. You have CTRL+ALT+Z to
 alternative-size, CTRL+ALT+M to minimize, CTRL+ALT+H to hide all the app's
 windows etc.

 CTRL+ALT plus border-click is just another window managing shortcut.

 Replying to [comment:7 leavengood]:
 > It might indeed be one of those annoying surprise moments for the user
 when they happen to click the border when trying to do a whole window move
 while pressing Ctrl+Alt and get a resize instead.

 First off, how many times will the user be surprised? Then, why should a
 user invoke CTRL+ALT when clicking on a border to move/send-to-back a
 window when that can be accomplished without touching the keyboard with a
 simple click on the border. CTRL+ALT can be considered the switch that
 invokes an alternative behaviour of a window.

 Also, I think changing the mouse-pointer could help the user to anticipate
 behaviour: When pressing CTRL+ALT the pointer could sport resizing arrows
 when above a border, or a move-symbol when anywhere else above a window.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/4493#comment:8>
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