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gungfujoe
June 19th, 2009, 11:30 PM
This seems like a simple, silly question, but I can't figure it out.

How do I change the thickness of window borders in xfce? When operating in a HTPC environment, the default single-pixel thickness is frustrating.

When I'm using the xfce desktop, as opposed to the MythTV interface, I often want to resize windows for various reasons, but with a mouse on the couch and an HD display, it's often really hard to grab the one-pixel-thick border of a window to resize it. When I click, the mouse often moves a pixel and I end out bringing a background window forward instead of resizing.

kerry_s
June 20th, 2009, 12:06 AM
the border is part of the theme, maybe pick a theme with a wider border.

i think you should learn the keyboard shortcuts(menu>settings>window manager>keyboard)

use the alt+f8 & the arrow keys to resize

gungfujoe
June 20th, 2009, 08:44 AM
Thanks for the tip on the keyboard shortcut, though it's much slower, especially for Xfce Terminal, which seems to lag a lot when resizing for some reason.