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SomeGuyWithDSL Offline

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Posted: June 18 2005,21:52

I managed to use the proper startup options so the GUI works on my laptop's screen, which has a resolution of 640x480.

Several apps, however, launch with a default window size of greater than 640x480 ... including the document that launches automatically at startup from the LiveCD.

This means that I can't get to any of the corners or the titlebar of the window to move it, close it, or anything. I'm too new to Linux to know how (or if) this can be done with the keyboard.

I managed to switch to workspace 2 to get away from the startup document, but launching emelFM from there put me in the same situation again ... it's too big to get ahold of.

Help!

SomeGuyWithDSL Offline

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Posted: June 18 2005,22:33

Well, I did (correctly) think to Alt+F4 to close the too-big window ... any way to resize windows with the keyboard?

roberts

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Posted: June 18 2005,23:31

Hold down the Alt key while pressing the left mouse button should allow you to drag the window to where you can then grab the resize handle.

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Posted: June 19 2005,02:41

Also, Alt + RightMouse & dragging allows you to resize without having access to the corner of the window. Very handy.
Another feature often overlooked is the "fluxter" 4-screens thingy in the slit (ie., the box split in four, representing your four "virtual desktops"), you can actually drag a window around in here, it's a mini-representation of the windows you have running in your desktops. Try it.
But yeah, Alt-LeftClick&Drag and Alt-RightClick&Drag are the quickest and easiest ways of doing it (is this in the startup document? Might be a good tip to add).

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