Resizing and moving windows using keyboard key and mouse [SOLVED]

yoda · 2020-03-02 21:37:49

Is there a way to configure some keyboard key so :
- I can move a window without clicking/Holding the Top of the window
- I can resize without having to click the window edges but more PRESS SOME KEYBOARD KEY, clicking within the window anywhere and drage to resize...

Things I was able to do with some distro and that I like...

JF

Last edited by yoda (2020-03-02 21:57:11)

yoda · 2020-03-02 21:50:36

OK I found one :
ALT key plus pressing mouse in the window anywhere to move

Now searching for RESIZE....

PackRat · 2020-03-02 21:55:19

ALT + Mouse1 to move
ALT + Mouse3 to resize

Last edited by PackRat (2020-03-02 21:56:03)

yoda · 2020-03-02 21:56:58

PackRat wrote:

ALT + Mouse1 to move
ALT + Mouse3 to resize

Tks PackRat !!!!

Where in the GUI or text files I could have found that ? Asking that because I am trying to remove the CTRL A (Usually Select all) that launch a terminal.

Tks a lot...

Moved my main Desktop to BL-Lithium and trying to learn my new environement ASAP

JF

Last edited by yoda (2020-03-02 21:59:44)

PackRat · 2020-03-02 22:00:08

Those are actually default actions for openbox and fluxbox window managers. Should work on any distro.

For openbox, the key and mouse bindings are defined in the ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml file.

There are plenty of options for openbox key and mouse binding actions.

Edit - for BL Lithium, they made a move to use xbindkeys; there may be a menu entry to edit key bindings. Otherwise, I think it's the ~/.xbindkeysrc file. The bindings to launch applications will be there.

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damo · 2020-03-02 22:10:44

The window keybinds are in rc.xml or bl-rc.xml, whichever you are using.

The command keybinds are in rc.xml/bl-rc.xml OR .xbindkeys, whichever you are using.

There are items in the main menu for displaying all the keybinds ("Display Keybinds" is a clue).

yoda · 2020-03-02 22:23:33

damo wrote:

The window keybinds are in rc.xml or bl-rc.xml, whichever you are using.
The command keybinds are in rc.xml/bl-rc.xml OR .xbindkeys, whichever you are using.
There are items in the main menu for displaying all the keybinds ("Display Keybinds" is a clue).

I have a default Lithium install...

By default, we are using keyboard shortcuts in both of those config files ?

tks
JF
I already started modifying them but don't quite perfeclty understand which one are " effective / functional ".... Trying to figure it out...

yoda · 2020-03-02 22:52:29

damo wrote:

The window keybinds are in rc.xml or bl-rc.xml, whichever you are using.
The command keybinds are in rc.xml/bl-rc.xml OR .xbindkeys, whichever you are using.
There are items in the main menu for displaying all the keybinds ("Display Keybinds" is a clue).

@damo

Be default, Lithium install has some keybind that when you CTRL + A it open a terminal..

CTRL - A is some SELECT ALL used a lot in all OS and distros.

Where can I get rid of CTRL + A from opening a terminal ?

I really looked in several config files....

Tks in advance
JF

damo · 2020-03-02 23:09:00

On Lithium, the main menu has "Display Keybinds", but "Ctrl-A" doesn't appear there.

I think you may have found a bug -

if a window is open, then Ctrl-A does as expected, and selects all. Some of the time;
otherwise Ctrl-A toggles a terminal on/off.

Investigating....

EDIT: are you running Lithium in a Virtual Machine? I think it may be a keybind issue with lxterminal, which I don't get on my main install, only in a VM.

BTW: you can display the xbindkeys keybinds either from the menu, or by running xbindkeys_show with Control+Shift+q.

Last edited by damo (2020-03-02 23:46:22)

yoda · 2020-03-03 01:02:44

OOPS, now typing from one of my laptop and I do not have the issue.... The CTRL-A (Select all works normally) issue..

Will try to figure out what is doing that on my last new installation ( Desktop)

JF

hhh · 2020-03-03 03:36:52

I just quickly scanned the thread, so apologies if this has been mentioned...

Alt+m will move a focused window via arrow keys, hit Enter or Esc to finalize.

Alt+r will resize a window, for example use up arrow to start resizing up, switch to right arrow to resize right, Enter/Esc to finalize.

Alt+m is used for some programs, but I can't remember where (Media menu in a media player, maybe?) Alt+m will move the window instead of opening the menu header. Reassign the window action to another shortcut for the easy workaround.

johnraff · 2020-03-03 04:36:47

Ctrl+A opens no terminal on my Helium Real Metal install nor on Lithium running in a qemu VM.
Is this some VirtualBox thing?

damo · 2020-03-03 05:30:46

johnraff wrote:

Ctrl+A opens no terminal on my Helium Real Metal install nor on Lithium running in a qemu VM.
Is this some VirtualBox thing?

OP is running Lithium on bare-metal I believe.

I found the same(?) effect with Lithium in a qemu VM (but not with Helium): if lxterminal and/or terminator are running, then Ctrl-A toggles them off/on, and sometimes another very small window is left.

Curiously, I've just noticed that the Ctrl-A toggling only happens if the terminal is started from the menu. That misbehaving window also has a different colour theme from terminals started via commandline, dmenu or gmrun.

EDIT: I've done an OOPs - I must have set x-terminal-emulator to be terminator at some point. That is the misbehaving application 8o

EDIT 2: If I spawn a new terminator process with Super+Shift+i, that window doesn't show the toggling behaviour.

Last edited by damo (2020-03-03 05:42:08)

damo · 2020-03-03 05:43:04

@yoda - are you using Terminator as your terminal emulator?

SOLUTION: Delete the hide_window keybinding in .config/terminator/terminator

Last edited by damo (2020-03-03 05:50:56)

yoda · 2020-03-03 12:07:38

damo wrote:

@yoda - are you using Terminator as your terminal emulator?
SOLUTION: Delete the hide_window keybinding in .config/terminator/terminator

Shame on me.... This was exactly that..... :-(((

Yoda

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