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Marc Greiner at home wrote: Press keyboard "Windows" + Direction key (Up, down, right, left).
Isn't this cool?
Yeah, I've been using that (well, alt + spacebar) since Win 3.1 when I would be installing Windows on computers we had sold that didn't have a mouse attached. Yes, we provided mice, but sometimes at the bench I was too lazy to get up and grab a mouse.
Those were the days!
However, this is a bit different because to use that keyboard command you have to first set focus to the window. Well, yes, I guess you can Alt-Tab through and then use that, so that is a reasonable option. I don't really like the mouse anyways. It's a distraction from typing.
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Seconding the other keyboard user:
Try
Alt+Spacebar
This should pop the system menu for the focused app
I use
M
UpArrow
cursor keys or mouse to relocate.
M for Move
UpArrow to grab the top of the window since I normally need to do this for some application that has pushed off of the top of the screen. I use one portrait mode monitor and one landscape mode monitor which makes it easy to (accidentally) position frames in weird locations.
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Then try
ALT + Delete
for an RDP window. (Microsoft client and server)
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englebart wrote: ALT + Delete
Very good!! Thanks very much. I will use that early and often.
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I'd rather deal with that than the fact that, since Windows 8 (?), you only have a one-pixel border you can grab onto in order to resize windows. I've been a Windows user since 2.0, and this is infuriating. I have no such problem with moving windows by grabbing the caption area.
That, and disappearing scrollbars. It's impossible to have the mouse stay in one position while I'm reading a long page in a browser and I just want to go down a few lines. Worse when all you have is a trackpad. Before that sort of thing, I could just keep hitting the trackpad's button while leaving the pointer alone.
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dandy72 wrote: I'd rather deal with that than the fact that, since Windows 8 (?), you only have a one-pixel border you can grab onto in order to resize windows.
Agree 100%.
It's so crazy too because we who understand Windows know that the border is really there - just a drawing trick - and yet you cannot get a hold on the window. It's terrible. I often get the resize cursor, go to click and it moves one pixel and does not grab the window. It's really a terrible feature all to make things look modern.
Analogy: It'd be like having a beautiful front door that no longer has hinges because the designer wanted it to be beautiful. Now you have to crawl in your window to get inside your house.
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Your analogy is rather Apple-esque. Lets remove the headphone jack so the phone looks prettier. You'll probably lose your ear buds constantly, but hey, that's what they sell $180 replacements for.
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Yes, the Apple Designers forgot:
Anonymous: Form (beauty) follows function.
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They didn't forget--it's a conscious decision. That makes them idiots in my book.
Idiots who still make money hand over fist, which means their buyers are the bigger idiots.
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I know it's going to sound like a workaround, but for those of us who regularly use a Linux desktop, it's more of the "natural way": go get something like AltDrag and drag your windows from _anywhere_, when you have a modifier key (traditionally Alt) depressed. Same for resizing, normally with the right button.
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I totally agree, this issue frequently bugs me. What kind of computer system requires repeated instruction to perform a simple task? It also goes against software etiquette which is why I was very surprised MS did this. I was taught the importance of including visible 'grab-points' on windows. Sure, it may free up some screen space, perhaps they were catering for those tediously microscopic display screens on mobiles. The lesson is, I think, that one operating system can not solve all problems: 'horses for courses' as they say. Windows has tried to hard to be a one-man band.
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Looking for some feedback and suggestions on what model / provider to get it from. Thanks. There seems to be dozens of knock-offs, and it's hard to tell what's what.
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what's a Gizmo watch? sound's a bit faddish/silly.
my gifting inspiration comes from my father:
- a firm believer in only buying useful gifts for me and my brothers.
once he really splashed out big and got us a lawnmower, I mean a proper one with a motor .
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It's a basic smart watch for kids. Has GPS tracking, and has a feature where the kid can text or voice call a select list of recipients (usually dad/mom/nanny).
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And here I was going to make a suggestion for this Gizmo...y'know, from Gremlins...
I need to stop being so literal.
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Your father bought you and your brother a lawn mower!
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Mine originally bought the mower for himself, but I learned to drive on it years before I was allowed behind the wheel of a car.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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lopatir wrote:
once he really splashed out big and got us a lawnmower, I mean a proper one with a motor .
When they were old enough to mow, my two oldest boys bought their own. Same with their cars, insurance, phones, etc.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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what are kids?
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
modified 6-Aug-19 14:15pm.
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You find them lurking about Ginger Bread Houses.
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Oh, those screaming things I eat.
Weird that some humans implement ICloneable.
Mine returns E_NOTSUPPORTED but then I'm gay and furthermore could only charitably be called human at this point.
I'm told that has something to do with it.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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My take is to give them a mickey mouse watch and let them break it before giving them something that costs real money.
I'd rather be phishing!
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That's about $95 more than I'd consider giving to a kid who's almost assured to lose/break it within a year.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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