raise window on-click
Ben Steeves
bcs at metacon.ca
Tue Nov 25 12:40:41 UTC 2003
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 02:33, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Rob Park wrote:
> >
> > Ugh, this drives me nuts. I use focus-follows-mouse because I like being
> > able to type into whatever window I'm pointing at, WITHOUT having to
> > click it.
> ...
> > BUT, sometimes I DO want to
> > raise the window, and it's *so* much easier to be able to click anywhere
> > than to be restricted to the title bar.
>
> Alt + Mouse 1
>
> Problem solved.
Except that holding down alt is a problem for disabled usability. And a
pain for non-disabled users. It really ought to be a metacity option.
Or GNOME should include at least one more powerful window manager by
default.
Simplicity is very important, yes, but usability is more important.
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