[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #4493: ALT+CTRL on border could resize a window
- From: "humdinger" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:45:25 -0000
#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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