Comments on: Even Geekier Window Resizing

By: Marc Respass

Marc Respass — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:47:18 +0000

This is a cool tip. I accidentally stumbled on another. If you point at a flat edge (doesn’t work at corners) and move the other way, you can drag the window. Point at the right edge and move left or right to resize but move up or down and you drag the window. Once you start, you can move any way you want. Same with top or bottom (start moving sideways).

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:28:20 +0000

@getaneditor – Thanks, fixed.

To those of you who find my typos so offensive as to warrant snarkiness in the tone of your comments, maybe you should find another blog to read. I aim to inform and entertain, by devoting a small fraction of my time to writing articles here. Mistakes will happen. Deal with it, or move along, please.

By: getaneditor

getaneditor — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:24:30 +0000

“particuarly”

By: Adam Wright

Adam Wright — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:12:11 +0000

I’m a fan of the surprisingly little known use of the cmd to resize and move windows that don’t have the focus, without giving them focus.

By: Reginald P. Linux

Reginald P. Linux — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:47:59 +0000

Linux did it first.

By: Kurt Tappe

Kurt Tappe — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:47:28 +0000

@Todd: You need to go even further back. I seem to recall these modifiers date to MacPaint. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I seem to recall using them in SuperPaint in 1989 and I thought even then that they were Mac standards.

By: Todd Fincannon

Todd Fincannon — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:36:52 +0000

These are the same modifier keys that Adobe Creative Suite applications have used for resizing objects since forever.

By: Adam Alexander

Adam Alexander — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:07:08 +0000

You can even use them both together!! Very cool thanks for the tip.

By: Henrik N

Henrik N — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:30:40 +0000

Print Screen with Shift+Cmd+4 works similarly. Opt makes it resize from center. Shift doesn’t constrain the ratio but instead locks one dimension.

By: Grant Hutchins

Grant Hutchins — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:20:13 +0000

I also find it interesting that you can choose to press the modifier keys at any time, and that it takes the proportions and center point at the moment the key was pressed, not the original ones.

Seems like the wrong choice to me, but it is interesting nonetheless.