Changing sensitivity of window resizing

kirbo719 · 2020-01-17 19:12:05

Running Xubuntu 18.04 LTS

Certain windows remain quite difficult to resize - when mousing over a window's edge there's such a narrow area where the mouse pointer switches to the resize tool.

I recall a couple Xubuntu LTS versions ago fixing this issue, but I don't now recall which settings applet to use, and I'm not finding this topic from keyword searches.

Would someone kindly refresh my memory on how to change the sensitivity of the window resize tool?

Thanks,

Bob

ToZ · 2020-01-17 19:40:41

Hello and welcome.

The usual answer here is to use a window manager theme with larger borders - but must don't like the look. You can also Alt + Right-click'n'drag anywhere near the window border to start the resize event as an alternative method.

I also find that it is somewhat easier to grab the window edges in the top-left and top-right corners to start the resize.

kirbo719 · 2020-01-18 05:26:59

Thank you for both tips.

That Alt + right-click-n-drag, that makes the resize easy. Thanks!

Aravisian · 2020-01-18 05:43:24

I recall increasing the frame margins to solve this issue in the past. Is that relevant in this thread?

Aravisian · 2020-01-18 20:37:55

pedherall wrote:

I think that with xfce 4.16 and csd this problem will finally be solved.

LOL Yes, CSD is the solution to THIS problem. Right.

Care to explain just HOW you reached this conclusion? Should we really begin arguing the CSD problem in Every Thread that is trying to resolve an issue? Because the problem in THIS thread is a constant horrendous problem we all experience right? (I never have. My resizing works smoothly and perfectly.)

Here's another great solution. Uninstall Linux and Install Microsoft Windows 10. That will REALLY solve the problem.

I suggest sticking to solutions that actually can work - helpful suggestions... instead of Promoting a new product to wait for that is highly contentious (In spite of the developer claiming few people even care about it after repeatedly admitting he knew he would get backlash.)

Last edited by Aravisian (2020-01-18 20:58:01)

Misko_2083 · 2020-01-19 21:22:45

The options to move and resize the window exist in the menu button:

Instead of CSD some custom window buttons could also work.

This is my fake window bar example with an undecorated yad window.
It emulates the title window bar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGNV2cLfF_I
Requires: at, xfwm4, wmctrl, xdotool, yad 0.42 (with html dialog), mpv

To move and resize the window my window manager is set to Alt+F7 and Alt+F8.

I used xdotool to press Alt+F7 when the propper button is clicked.
When the cursor is in the "move" mode, keyboard arrow keys help in selecting the border.

#!/bin/bash
# Fancy alarm Misko_2083 @ 2020
# Requires: at, xfce4, wmctrl, xdotool, yad 0.42 (with html dialog), mpv

#########################
# Begin User Interface  #
#########################

# JavaScript, HTML and CSS

YURI="$(cat << EOF
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<!--CSS for the page-->
<style>
.body, .html {
  overflow-y: hidden;
  cursor: default;
  background-color: #CECECE;
}

.tooltip {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

.tooltip .tooltiptext {
  visibility: hidden;
  width: 120px;
  background-color: black;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
  border-radius: 6px;
  padding: 5px 0;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  top: 180%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -60px;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 1s;
}

.tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
}

.tooltip .tooltiptext::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 100%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -5px;
  border-width: 5px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: transparent transparent black transparent;
}

.tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
  visibility: visible;
}

#jsalarmclock{
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 14px;
}

#jsalarmclock div{
margin-bottom: 0.8em;
}

#jsalarmclock div.leftcolumn{
float: left;
width: 150px;
font-size: 14px;
clear: left;
}

#jsalarmclock span{
 margin-right: 10px;
}

#jsalarmclock input[type=number]{
 width: 50px;
}

p {
 font-weight: bold;
 font-size: 11px;
}

.btn {
  border: 2px solid black;
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  padding: 8px 16px;
  position: sticky;
  font-size: 12px;
  cursor: default;
}

/* Green */
.bar {
  border-color: #4CAF50;
  color: green;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.bar:hover {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: white;
}

/* Blue */
.bl {
  border-color: #2196F3;
  color: dodgerblue;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.bl:hover {
  background: #2196F3;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Orange */
.bltop {
  border-color: #ff9800;
  color: orange;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.bltop:hover {
  background: #ff9800;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Red */
.restart{
  border-color: #f44336;
  color: red;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.restart:hover {
  background: #f44336;
  color: white;
}

/* Gray */
.default {
  border-color: #000000;
  color: black;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.default:hover {
  background: #000000;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.title {
 font-size: 10px
 cursor: default;
}
</style>

<!--Script to prevent right click menu-->
<script type="text/javascript">
    if (document.addEventListener) { // IE >= 9; other browsers
        document.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
            //here you do nothing
            e.preventDefault();
        }, false);
    } else { // IE < 9
        document.attachEvent('oncontextmenu', function() {
            alert("You've tried to open context menu");
            window.event.returnValue = false;
        });
    }
</script>


<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************

* JavaScript Alarm Clock- by JavaScript Kit (www.javascriptkit.com)
* This notice must stay intact for usage
* Visit JavaScript Kit at http://www.javascriptkit.com/ for this script and 100s more

***********************************************/

/* Modified for my needs Misko_2083 */

var jsalarm={
	padfield:function(f){
		return (f<10)? "0"+f : f
	},
	showcurrenttime:function(){
		var dateobj=new Date()
		var ct=this.padfield(dateobj.getHours())+":"+this.padfield(dateobj.getMinutes())+":"+this.padfield(dateobj.getSeconds())
		this.ctref.innerHTML=ct
		this.ctref.setAttribute("title", ct)
	},
	init:function(){
		var dateobj=new Date()
		this.ctref=document.getElementById("jsalarm_ct")
		this.submitref=document.getElementById("submitbutton")
		this.submitref.onclick=function(){
			jsalarm.setalarm()
			//this.value="Alarm Set"
			this.disabled=false
			return false
		}
		var selections=document.getElementsByTagName("select")
		this.hourselect=selections[0]
		this.minuteselect=selections[1]
		for (var i=0; i<60; i++){
			if (i<24) //If still within range of hours field: 0-23
			this.hourselect[i]=new Option(this.padfield(i), this.padfield(i), false, dateobj.getHours()==i)
			this.minuteselect[i]=new Option(this.padfield(i), this.padfield(i), false, dateobj.getMinutes()+1==i)

		}
		jsalarm.showcurrenttime()
		jsalarm.timer=setInterval(function(){jsalarm.showcurrenttime()}, 1000)
	},
        info:function(a) {
                var h = document.createElement("p");
                var filename = String(a).replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '');
                var t = document.createTextNode("Alarm "+filename);
                h.appendChild(t);
                document.body.appendChild(h);
                h.setAttribute("id", "info");
        },
        dom:function(a){
                // DOM 2 Events
                var dispatchMouseEvent = function(target, var_args) {
                  var e = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
                  // If you need clientX, clientY, etc., you can call
                  // initMouseEvent instead of initEvent
                  e.initEvent.apply(e, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
                  target.dispatchEvent(e);
                };
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'mouseover', true, true);
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'mousedown', true, true);
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'click', true, true);
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'mouseup', true, true);
        },
	setalarm:function(){
		this.hourwake=this.hourselect.options[this.hourselect.selectedIndex].value
		this.minutewake=this.minuteselect.options[this.minuteselect.selectedIndex].value
                var a = document.createElement('a');
                var linkText = document.createTextNode("Go");
                a.appendChild(linkText);
                a.title = "fake link";

                a.href = this.hourselect.options[this.hourselect.selectedIndex].value+":"+this.minuteselect.options[this.minuteselect.selectedIndex].value;
                jsalarm.dom(a)
                jsalarm.info(a)
                a.href = "repeat@"+document.getElementById("repeat").value;
                jsalarm.dom(a)
                if(document.getElementById("forever").checked == true) {
                  a.href = "repeat@"+document.getElementById("forever").value;
                  jsalarm.dom(a)
                }
                a.href = "command@"+document.getElementById("command").value;
                jsalarm.dom(a)
                //a.parentNode.removeChild(linkText);
		//this.hourselect.disabled=true
		//this.minuteselect.disabled=true
	}

}

</script>
</head>
<body class="body">

<!--left-->
<div 
 style="-moz-user-select: none; -webkit-user-select: none; -ms-user-select:none; user-select:none;-o-user-select:none;position:absolute;left:0;" 
 unselectable="on"
 onselectstart="return false;" 
 onmousedown="return false;">
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="move" class="btn default">#</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Move</span>
</div>
<text class="title"> Alarm </text>

</div>

<!--right-->
<div 
 style="-moz-user-select: none; -webkit-user-select: none; -ms-user-select:none; user-select:none;-o-user-select:none;position:absolute;right:0;" 
 unselectable="on"
 onselectstart="return false;" 
 onmousedown="return false;">

<!--Here you define window button links and text-->
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="resize" class="btn bar">+</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Resize</span>
</div>
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="minimize" class="btn bltop">_</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Minimize</span>
</div>
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="maximize" class="btn bl">[]</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Maximize</span>
</div>
<a href="exit" class="btn restart">X</a>


</div>

<br />
<br />
 <form action="" method="">
  <div id="jsalarmclock">
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Current Time:</div> <span id="jsalarm_ct" style="letter-spacing: 2px"></span></div>
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Set Alarm:</div> <span><select></select> Hour</span> <span><select></select> Minutes</span> </div>

  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Repeat:</div><input size="5" type="number" id="repeat" min="1" value="1"/>  <br>
        <div class="leftcolumn">Loop forever</div> <input type="checkbox" id="forever" value="forever"/>
       <span style="font: normal 11px Tahoma">Loop forever overides repeat</span> <br>
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Set file:</div><a href="file:///musicfile@"><button type="button">Select a file to play</button></a>
             <span style="font: normal 11px Tahoma">Select a file to run with mpv or type in a custom action</span></div>
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Set Custom Action:</div> <input type="text" id="command" size="55" value="" /> <br>
       <span style="font: normal 11px Tahoma">*Command to launch, if empty mpv will be used (do not use "@" character here)</span></div>
  <input type="submit" value="Set Alarm!" id="submitbutton" />

  </div>
</form>

<a href="file:///atq@"><button type="button">At Job List</button></a>

<script type="text/javascript">

jsalarm.init()

</script>
</body>
</html>
EOF
)"
#########################
# End of User interface #
#########################

#########################
# Bash functions        #
#########################
# fuction to recursively kill all descendants
function _kill_descendant_processes() {
    local pid="$1"
    local and_self="${2:-false}"
    if children="$(pgrep -P "$pid")"; then
        for child in $children; do
            _kill_descendant_processes "$child" true
        done
    fi
    if [[ "$and_self" == true ]]; then
        kill -SIGTERM "$pid"
    fi
}

# Main window
function _yad_ui(){
    # Set the line buffering with stdbuf
    echo "${YURI}" | stdbuf -oL -eL yad --title="Set Alarm" --width=650 --height=500 --no-escape \
    --html --no-buttons --print-uri --undecorated --borders=0 --window-icon="alarm1c.png" 2>&1 & echo $!
}

# Main Function
function _do_stuff(){
    # fetch yad process id
    read YAD_PID

    # read yad stdout line by line
    while read -r line
    do
        case ${line##*/} in
            resize) xdotool key alt+F8 ;;
            move) xdotool key alt+F7 ;;
            exit) if yad --width=400 --title="Set Alarm" --height=100 --text="Exit?" --button="No:1" --button="Yes:0" --window-icon="alarm1c.png" 2>/dev/null; then
                      kill -SIGUSR1 $YAD_PID ;
                     _kill_descendant_processes $$ 2>/dev/null;
                     break
                  fi
                  ;;
            minimize) xdotool getactivewindow windowminimize ;;
            maximize)    if xprop -id $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) _NET_WM_STATE | grep -E "MAXIMIZED_HORZ.*MAXIMIZED_VERT|MAXIMIZED_VERT.*MAXIMIZED_HORZ" > /dev/null 2>&1
                         then
                             wmctrl -ir $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
                         else
                             wmctrl -ir $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
                         fi ;;
         [0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]*)
            #kill -SIGUSR1 $YAD_PID
            echo "Alarm set to: ${line##*/}"
            alarm_time="${line##*/}"           
;;
                   repeat@*) REPEAT="$(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g')"
;;
                   command@*) COMMAND="$(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g')"

if [ ! -e "/tmp/yalarm.$$" ] ; then
      MUSIC="$(yad --width=600 --height=500 \
                    --title="Alarm" --text="Select a file to play in mpv" \
                    --file-filter="Audio | *.mp3 *.MP3 *.wav *.WAV *.ogg *.OGG" \
                    --file 2>/dev/null)"
      [ $? != 0 ] && continue
       echo "${MUSIC}" > /tmp/yalarm.$$
fi

# Fredx181
hrnow=$(echo $(date +"%k"))

# For when trying to set alarm for next day e.g. from current 21:00 to target 6:00
if [ "${alarm_time%%:*}" -eq "$hrnow" ] &&  [ "${alarm_time##*:}" -le "$(date +"%M")" ]; then
    # prompt yes/no in case accidentally chosen current hour but less than current minute
    yad --center --title="Are you sure?" --text="Are you sure to set the alarm to ${alarm_time} - tomorrow ?" --width=400 --button="Yes:0"  --button="No:1"
[ $? -ne 0 ] &&  continue 
fi



if [ ! "${COMMAND}" = "" ]; then
at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" $(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g') &
EOF
else
    if [  "${REPEAT}" = "forever" ]; then
at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" mpv --force-window --loop inf "$(cat /tmp/yalarm.$$)"
EOF
    else
at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" mpv --force-window --loop "${REPEAT}" "$(cat /tmp/yalarm.$$)"
EOF
   fi
fi

# Here we set alarm
#at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
#exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" $(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g')
#EOF
;;
                   atq@*) (REMOVE_JOB="$(atq | yad --list --width=600 --height=500 \
                                                  --text="Select 'at' job to remove or close this window" \
                                                  --column "Job List" \
                                                  --button="Remove at Job" 2>/dev/null \
                                            | awk '{print $1}')"
                          if [[ "${REMOVE_JOB}" == [0-9]* ]]; then
                             echo "${REMOVE_JOB}"
                             atrm "${REMOVE_JOB}"
                             killall mpv
                          fi) &                      
;;
                   musicfile@*) (MUSIC="$(yad --width=600 --height=500 \
                                              --title="Alarm" --text="Select a file to play in mpv" \
                                              --file-filter="Audio | *.mp3 *.wav" \
                                              --file 2>/dev/null)" \
                                               [ $? = 0 ] && echo "${MUSIC}" > /tmp/yalarm.$$) &
;;
       esac 
    done
rm /tmp/yalarm.$$
exit
}

_yad_ui | _do_stuff & wait $! 2>/dev/null

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#1 2020-01-17 19:12:05

Changing sensitivity of window resizing

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Re: Changing sensitivity of window resizing

#3 2020-01-18 05:26:59

Re: Changing sensitivity of window resizing

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Re: Changing sensitivity of window resizing

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Re: Changing sensitivity of window resizing

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Re: Changing sensitivity of window resizing

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