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thomasl
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Single-pixel window borders and similar situations

#1 Post by thomasl »

A mildly annoying feature of some UI themes is the tiny window border. I know about Alt-F8 which for some reason isn't working here, and Alt-RightClick which can deal with window borders but not other UI elements with single-pixel sizing areas (ie for resizing panels etc). If you put the following command on a hotkey like Super+Right (see Settings>>Keyboard>>Application Shortcuts), you can move the mouse cursor by exactly one pixel to the right until you hit the sweet spot.

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xdotool mousemove_relative --sync 1 0
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xdotool mousemove_relative --sync -- -1 0
moves one pixel to the left.
xdotool has to be installed.
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Re: Single-pixel window borders and similar situations

#2 Post by Stevo »

I use a fat-bordered theme like the City or Nu ones (in the repos now), myself.

I like big borders and I cannot lie
You other users can't deny
That when you get a edge that's just a hair-fine line
Something your mouse just can't find
You get mad, wanna pull up tough
And use a theme with edges stuffed

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Re: Single-pixel window borders and similar situations

#3 Post by thomasl »

Stevo wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:46 pmI use a fat-bordered theme like the City or Nu ones (in the repos now), myself.
Alas, the themes I prefer come thin-bordered (I will eventually look into editing them but for the time being I just leave them as-is). And, as I said, the main problem isn't the borders themselves. It's more those movable lines between panels that are extremely hard to pinpoint with a border of one, especially on a hires screen.
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#4 Post by manyroads »

Gents, a fellow on manjaro has designed a theme (matcha, I think) that offers nice clean and bright border edges. Very easy to use, for me. ;)
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#5 Post by dreamer »

I think Ubuntu designers solved it by making invisible/transparent window borders. I think Ambiance and Radiance Metacity themes have (or had at some point) a 1 pixel visible border, but in reality it's more like 5 pixels. Maybe there are xfwm themes like that.

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#6 Post by asqwerth »

"borders" in MXPI's Popular Apps >> Themes.

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#7 Post by dreamer »

asqwerth wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:11 am "borders" in MXPI's Popular Apps >> Themes.

By forum member rich (not richb).
Doesn't seem to be there anymore. :cat:

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Re: Single-pixel window borders and similar situations

#8 Post by asqwerth »

dreamer wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 6:40 pm
asqwerth wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:11 am "borders" in MXPI's Popular Apps >> Themes.

By forum member rich (not richb).
Doesn't seem to be there anymore. :cat:
Oops, sorry for the late reply.

It's not in Popular Apps, but you can find it in the normal Stable Repos.

It's called numix-xfce-borders-thick
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Re: Single-pixel window borders and similar situations

#9 Post by az2020 »

Perhaps a little off-topic: are there that many people who like the dexterity-demanding borders? I've never understood why stuff like this is default (e.g., single clicks, sticky borders, tiling).

I had this same reaction when I played with Xubuntu a couple years ago. It seems like things a new user would not appreciate. The answer is that it can be configured. But, do that many people *not* configure them (to justify leaving it the default?).

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