Is there a way to not have borders around windows? Or at least the side vertical borders?
I am using TDE Classic Style.
When I am reading an online article in a web browser, often I "fling" the mouse pointer to the left edge of the screen to keep the pointer out of the way of reading text. I use the mouse scroll wheel to move down the page.
With TDE I can't do that because when the pointer hovers over that left edge window border the effect is to kill scrolling. I have to continually bump the mouse pointer to the right to get off the border.
I do not experience this in other desktop environments. Memory muscle and habits are difficult to change. So I am thinking this is a property of twin.
Thanks.
DA
On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 21:32:49 -0600 Darrell Anderson via tde-users users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
Is there a way to not have borders around windows? Or at least the side vertical borders?
I am using TDE Classic Style.
When I am reading an online article in a web browser, often I "fling" the mouse pointer to the left edge of the screen to keep the pointer out of the way of reading text. I use the mouse scroll wheel to move down the page.
With TDE I can't do that because when the pointer hovers over that left edge window border the effect is to kill scrolling. I have to continually bump the mouse pointer to the right to get off the border.
I do not experience this in other desktop environments. Memory muscle and habits are difficult to change. So I am thinking this is a property of twin.
Try switching to a window decoration style that has no side borders, like KStep. (No idea whether that will work, but it's easy enough to test.)
E. Liddell
On 3/9/23 6:35 AM, E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
Try switching to a window decoration style that has no side borders, like KStep. (No idea whether that will work, but it's easy enough to test.)
Okay, tried that. No border is displayed but where a border would be is sort of blank space. When the mouse pointer is on that spot then there is the same effect of no wheel scrolling. The lack of an explicit visual border seems to be a red herring with respect to this problem.
Thanks for trying.
On 3/9/23 6:35 AM, E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 21:32:49 -0600 Darrell Anderson via tde-users users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
Is there a way to not have borders around windows? Or at least the side vertical borders?
I am using TDE Classic Style.
When I am reading an online article in a web browser, often I "fling" the mouse pointer to the left edge of the screen to keep the pointer out of the way of reading text. I use the mouse scroll wheel to move down the page.
With TDE I can't do that because when the pointer hovers over that left edge window border the effect is to kill scrolling. I have to continually bump the mouse pointer to the right to get off the border.
I do not experience this in other desktop environments. Memory muscle and habits are difficult to change. So I am thinking this is a property of twin.
Try switching to a window decoration style that has no side borders, like KStep. (No idea whether that will work, but it's easy enough to test.)
Better late than never I guess. :D
I don't know why this suggestion failed last year. PEBKAC I am sure. I tried again yesterday. I was using the TDE Classic Widget Style and KDE2 Window Decorations. I changed the Window Decorations to Plastik. I enabled Normal Border size and Colored window border.
This time around with Plastik I no longer have a border around full screen Firefox and no longer have the paper cut of being unable to mouse wheel scroll when I slap the mouse pointer against the left vertical edge of Firefox.
Curiously I found only two Window Decorations that succeeded (I forget the other option. All others had a distinct vertical border with Firefox in full screen mode. Curious the border disappears with full screen Firefox but appears when not in full screen.
Anyway, rub my belly and watch my leg jiggle. I'm content with the result. I'm posting this follow-up in case the updated information helps other folks.
In the window title bar, open the window menu, select 'Advanced', then 'No border' from the submenu. The window will lose its border and you will be able to scroll with the mouse wheel even if the mouse is at the edge of the desktop. Tested with firefox and it works fine. Cheers Michele
On 3/23/23 9:45 PM, Michele Calgaro via tde-users wrote:
In the window title bar, open the window menu, select 'Advanced', then 'No border' from the submenu. The window will lose its border and you will be able to scroll with the mouse wheel even if the mouse is at the edge of the desktop. Tested with firefox and it works fine.
Okay, thanks. This eliminates the vertical borders but also eliminates the window title bar. Probably functional but looks weird.
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