Ability to resize windows by dragging any edge?

imiloaimiloa
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Is there an OS X extension that allows a user to resize any window by dragging any edge (top, bottom, left, or right)?



eg: You're using a dev tool with a ton of windows. One of them is aligned with bottom of screen. You want to increase it's height. With native OS X, you need to 1) drag the window up, 2) resize via lower-right resize handle. Would be great to resize just by dragging the title bar upward via some handle metaphor or SHIFT-drag.



I remember there was an extension for Classic OS that did this. Bueller?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 7
    dacloodacloo Posts: 890member
    I have seen a script once, but it didn't work well (everything started shaking). I think a hack is difficult to implement because Apple doesn't open up the core stuff that does the resizing (but I could be wrong). I searched for it but could not find it again. But, I have found a tool that does something different but is related to your post a bit: http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/

    Resize the window without moving the mouse to the right bottom corner.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    lfe2211lfe2211 Posts: 507member
    Wait a month or 2 or 3 for Leopard. This has got to be a "new" feature. Complete Windows size control is one of the most common gripes from Mac folk about OSX.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    dacloodacloo Posts: 890member
    I doubt it...I guess it won't change... but...who knows!!
  • Reply 4 of 7
    imiloaimiloa Posts: 187member
    Thanks for the replies. I looked into MondoMouse. Interesting, but I'm looking for something simpler.



    With OS 9, I had an extension that allowed dragging of any edge of a window. If it doesn't come with Leopard (good though on waiting to see), maybe I'll roll up my screens and see if I can write this.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    tankgunktankgunk Posts: 43member
    I remember getting a program permanantly stuck at the top of the screen in OS 9 once because of only being able to move it from the top. Don't remember how I fixed it, but that was sure a pain...



    Or maybe the solution was simple, and the OS 9 days are just really fuzzy...
  • Reply 6 of 7
    ss3 gokouxss3 gokoux Posts: 62member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tankgunk View Post


    I remember getting a program permanantly stuck at the top of the screen in OS 9 once because of only being able to move it from the top. Don't remember how I fixed it, but that was sure a pain...



    Or maybe the solution was simple, and the OS 9 days are just really fuzzy...



    Well in OS9, we still had window borders that you could drag to move the entire window... That seems like such a long time ago.
  • Reply 7 of 7
    hobbeshobbes Posts: 1,252member
    Another option is Zooom (cheaper than MondoMouse, and has more features).
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