Re: window manager: move without raisiing window?

[Thomas Achtemichuk <tom@tomchuk.com>]

Daniel B. wrote:
> Besides FVWM, which window managers can move and resize windows without
> raising and/or focusing them?
> 
> For example, I might have a command output window that is behind other
> windows and is mostly obscured but the last couple lines are still
> visible, and then I want to move or resize the window a bit without
> raising it so I don't have to re-raise the other windows to get the
> stacking order back to the way it was.  FVWM can do that just fine.
> Do any other windows managers support that?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel

I know xfwm4, a pretty basic WM, will allow you to move or resize a
window without raising. If you middle-click and drag the border, you can
move the window and if you right-click and drag the border you can
resize. I'd be surprized if other WMs didn't follow this behavior as
well. You can also script this with wmctl if that is a better solution
for you.

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