I recently installed SuSE 11. I have a problem with some windows/frames. Most often, these are windows/frames with options or settings. They are too tall: If there are controls or fields near the bottom, I can’t access them. I can re-size them horizontally, but not vertically.
Example: Knode → Settings → Configure Knode → Reading News.
Any ideas on how I can fix this?
If you are using KDE, you can hold down the <ALT> key and resize with the right mouse button.
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Huff-N-Puff wrote:
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> I recently installed SuSE 11. I have a problem with some
> windows/frames. Most often, these are windows/frames with options or
> settings. They are too tall: If there are controls or fields near the
> bottom, I can’t access them. I can re-size them horizontally, but not
> vertically.
>
> Example: Knode → Settings → Configure Knode → Reading News.
>
> Any ideas on how I can fix this?
>
>
You can always move a window in linux by holding down ALT and then
click-dragging anywhere in the window. Use this to expose the upper right
corner, then click the ‘maximize’ button to resize things to your current
desktop, or grab a bottom edge and resize… or just click on the buttons as
needed.
Pretty handy I think. You don’t need to be able to see the titlebar to move
a window. Works well for those apps I use that don’t draw the window
decorations at all. (usually status apps and tiny utilities)
Loni
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Thanks. I don’t have a problem accessing the upper right corner. When I try maximizing the screen, the buttons are still too far down.
When I previously tried moving a window, I found that I couldn’t move it so that the title bar was higher than the top of my screen, which didn’t help solve this problem. However, this turned out to be a problem with my technique – I have to be sure that the cursor in not in the interaction area of a GUI control component, and I have to start the move when the cursor is a fist, not an arrow.
Similarily, you can hold down the <ALT> key and move a window with the left mouse button [in KDE].
g