[HoserHead]

In GNOME with the window manager Metacity, I can alt- or meta-click in a window and drag it around (exactly the same way as dragging on a titlebar, only anywhere on the window). I find that, especially with my small iBook screen, I miss this on OS X.

Does any similar key combination exist? I haven't been able to find one that works. Perhaps a third party application?

[Judge_Fire]

http://www.catchysoftware.com/products/maximice/

I have no personal experience of this one, but if its good for you, let us know

http://www.macupdate.com is a great site for finding this stuff, btw.

J

[JKT]

Originally posted by HoserHead:
In GNOME with the window manager Metacity, I can alt- or meta-click in a window and drag it around (exactly the same way as dragging on a titlebar, only anywhere on the window). I find that, especially with my small iBook screen, I miss this on OS X.

Does any similar key combination exist? I haven't been able to find one that works. Perhaps a third party application?

Is there any particular reason why you find yourself dragging windows around? If it is for drag and drop it is completely unnecessary as you can use Exposé (press F9, F10 or F11 on a default setup - see system preferences) or simply command-~ and/or command-tab to switch between windows/applications while you are in the process of dragging something. You can also command-click a background titlebar (or scrollbar) to manoeuvre it while keeping that window in the background.

[HoserHead]

Originally posted by JKT:
Is there any particular reason why you find yourself dragging windows around? If it is for drag and drop it is completely unnecessary as you can use Exposé (press F9, F10 or F11 on a default setup - see system preferences) or simply command-~ and/or command-tab to switch between windows/applications while you are in the process of dragging something. You can also command-click a background titlebar (or scrollbar) to manoeuvre it while keeping that window in the background.

Fabulous suggestions all; I didn't know about the command-click, and wasn't really aware of the "drag and drop through Exposé." I'm still looking for the ability, though, because I find it really convenient, and reaching for F9 while dragging and dropping isn't so convenient. I guess I could remap the Exposé key, but it also wouldn't give me the ability to drag around the way I prefer.

Thanks!

[Judge_Fire]

Well, I ended up trying my own medicine and the above mentioned app seems to work nicely, I didn't expect to get lured into the laziness of 'drag anywhere'

J

[JKT]

Originally posted by HoserHead:
Fabulous suggestions all; I didn't know about the command-click, and wasn't really aware of the "drag and drop through Exposé." I'm still looking for the ability, though, because I find it really convenient, and reaching for F9 while dragging and dropping isn't so convenient. I guess I could remap the Exposé key, but it also wouldn't give me the ability to drag around the way I prefer.

Thanks!

FWIW, you don't need to reach for the keyboard if you don't wish to - in System Preferences>Exposé you can assign corners of the screen to activate the various Exposé options (e.g. drag to the top right to show all windows in the current app or whatever you choose).

[jasong]

If you have a PowerBook be sure to check out SideTrack http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20854

You can map the corners of your trackpad to trigger the 3 Exposé modes.