-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dylan McCall wrote on 22/08/08 17:12: > > I recently noticed a really awesome feature in Matchbox. When it is set > to have windows in free mode (rather than fixed), one can drag those > windows from /anywhere/. As long as the widget being dragged does not > handle the necessary click events itself (eg: Is a button, text box, > scroll bar, etc), the event is handled by Matchbox and used to drag the > window. I found that very smooth and very smart. It is quite a unique > feature in the world of operating systems.
All brushed-metal windows in Mac OS had this behavior, starting with QuickTime Player 4.0 in 1999 and iTunes in 2001. As of Mac OS X 10.5 (which abolished brushed-metal windows), it is standard behavior for all windows. >... > Has there been discussion of implementing this feature for Metacity? >... I've suggested it occasionally, but haven't seen anyone else express any interest. > It would be particularly useful with the discussion of changing window > decorators, since this would keep moving windows on Metacity's end so > we never lose that functionality. >... What discussion are you referring to? Cheers - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIrvLB6PUxNfU6ecoRAkB8AKCV8E7Sd1rkr7z9N+njvnel2RA47ACgq1D6 e8+rN7ZcxJ0BTeJT2ceD3vw= =4IQg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
