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> Dragging your cursor to a window’s title bar to move it takes an unneeded level of precision

So does ... to a windows's resize border. Have they/do they plan to implement a similar thing for resize where instead you can drag to any ~20% of the side (with a modifier)?

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This is actually similar to how I use Hyprland

Super + Left Click lets me drag a tiled window to a different location, while Super + Right Click lets me drag to resize. I usually do both with my keyboard but it's nice to have the option.

KDE does this too, and I'd be non-functional without it. Grabbable window decorations seem a thing of the past.

I've seen me try to do this on Windows so often when I run into a Windows machine. I disable the title bar on most of my things anyways so I need the key.

Can you do holdKey + Drag to resize (especially useful for touchpads)?

Yeah, I hold Super and drag Right Click to resize

I meant without any clicks, that can be more convenient, especially with touchpads

This is a big deal if you want to use common Linux desktops in pure "tablet" mode, with no keyboard or mouse attached. You can move windows easily enough by grabbing the header bar, but there's no equivalent for resizing. You can of course rely on full-screen or half-screen tiled windows, but it's a big UX downgrade compared to using a mouse and/or keyboard.

(Mind you, a tablet PC running Linux will nonetheless be vastly more productive than even an iPad. But still.)

Haven't heard of great UI solutions here, though it might be better to have some customizable gesture for window management trigger, after which you can do the same as on a desktop holding a modifier:

touch/drag from window center area to move

touch/drag ~20-30% of window's sides/corners to resize in that direction

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