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baskerville / bspwm

A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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BSPWM Mouse Actions #1512

Open DevMSri opened 2 months ago

DevMSri commented 2 months ago

I am new to BSPWM so a good way to start is to use a pre-existing dotfile I am currently using gh0stzk dotfiles, which are amazing. But they don't allow me to drag or resize windows using my mouse, which is how I did it in Hyprland, instead, I have to use the alt key. How can this mouse action be integrated into BSPWM to allow for the same thing the alt key does?

ortango commented 2 months ago

i do not know about hyprland, but if this is done using the border as the handle; you can try this https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/compare/master...ortango:bspwm:borderactions it's a hack - but works well enough.

DevMSri commented 2 months ago

No, I meant if I could drag and resize windows with just my mouse, then start + mouse left is to drag/move whilst start + mouse right is to resize the window.

archusXIV commented 1 month ago

Why not trying xdotool to emulate a modifier key stroke + your mouse button{1,2,3} in a script that you call from your sxhkdrc?

jvvv commented 1 month ago

In the manual page, the parts about pointer_modifier, pointer_action, and the section POINTER BINDINGS should help. If you are looking to avoid the pointer_modifier, I think @archusXIV's idea is valid.

Edit: I tried messing around with this last night. I got it to work with xdotool a couple times, but seems extremely fragile. I might play around some more with it, but don't count on it...TBH, I think it's an unnecessary venture since I don't see what is so bad about pressing the mod key in order to move/resize floating windows (just my jaded perspective).