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  • Re: Unable to Resize Playlist Window in Qmmp Player

    From eben@gmx.us@21:1/5 to Patrick Wayodi on Fri Nov 1 21:10:01 2024
    On 11/1/24 15:56, Patrick Wayodi wrote:
    I'm not able to resize the playlist window in Qmmp Player. The playlist window's height is longer than my screen and I'm not able to see its bottom part.

    $ qmmp -v
    QMMP version: 1.6.2
    Compiled with Qt version: 5.15.6
    Using Qt version: 5.15.8

    $ cat /etc/os-release
    PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
    NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
    ...

    Two possible workarounds:
    1. Give the window focus.
    Alt-space, M (move) or R (resize), and then use either your mouse or
    arrow keys to do the thing. If R does nothing, the window might be
    maximized. With the window menu open, U=unmaximize.

    2. Point to the window. Hold down alt. Then primary mouse button = move
    and secondary = resize.

    Those assume your WM acts like XFCE.

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  • From debian-user@howorth.org.uk@21:1/5 to Patrick Wayodi on Fri Nov 1 22:10:01 2024
    Patrick Wayodi <patrickwayodi@gmail.com> wrote:
    I'm not able to resize the playlist window in Qmmp Player. The
    playlist window's height is longer than my screen and I'm not able to
    see its bottom part.

    Can you see the top part? If so resize it by moving the top border down.

    $ qmmp -v
    QMMP version: 1.6.2
    Compiled with Qt version: 5.15.6
    Using Qt version: 5.15.8

    $ cat /etc/os-release
    PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
    NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
    ...


    Thank you.

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  • From eben@gmx.us@21:1/5 to Max Nikulin on Sun Nov 3 05:30:01 2024
    On 11/2/24 22:26, Max Nikulin wrote:
    On 02/11/2024 03:05, eben@gmx.us wrote:
    On 11/1/24 15:56, Patrick Wayodi wrote:
    I'm not able to resize the playlist window in Qmmp Player. The
    playlist window's height is longer than my screen and I'm not able to
    see its bottom part.
    [...]
    2. Point to the window. Hold down alt. Then primary mouse button =
    move and secondary = resize.

    Alt is convenient while working with applications that frequently create
    new windows. Unfortunately it shadows useful actions in various
    applications. Browsers allows to select text withing a link without
    opening it. Graphics editors use modifiers for mouse events as well.

    In GIMP it usually works to press the modifiers after the mouse-down.

    For me it is a reason to keep disabled Alt gestures in window managers.

    This is one of the few good reasons for me to upgrade to a keyboard with
    more modifiers -- so I can use one of the new ones to replace conflicting
    key commands. XFWM (XFCE?) had ctrl+FX = move to workspace X. Which is
    fine, except ctrl-F4 traditionally means "close subwindow/tab". So that one got unmapped.

    --
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    to your boss' face, oh no. Eat a bucket of tuna-flavored pudding
    and wash it down with a gallon of strawberry Quik. -- Weird Al

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  • From Florent Rougon@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 3 09:20:01 2024
    Hi,

    Le 03/11/2024, Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> a écrit:

    Alt is convenient while working with applications that frequently create new windows. Unfortunately it shadows useful actions in various applications. Browsers allows to select text withing a link without opening it. Graphics editors use modifiers for mouse events as well. For me it is a reason to keep disabled Alt gestures in window managers.

    For Openbox (which can be used as the window manager within XFCE), I
    have in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml:

    <mouse>
    ...

    <context name="Frame">
    ...
    <mousebind button="W-Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Move"/>
    </mousebind>

    ...
    <mousebind button="W-Right" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    ...

    This way, I can move (resp. resize) windows using the left (resp. right)
    mouse button while the left logo key is being held (xev calls the key
    Super_L). This allows Alt-drag to work normally in Firefox to select
    text from clickable links (as well as Alt-LMB to work in Gimp, etc.).

    Regards

    --
    Florent

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