How to enable alt+right click to resize window

Question

Been looking around and can't see to find any information on how to enable alt+right click for window resize?

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My mistake

Running Unity 12.04, I am logged in under failsafe graphics mode as i can't get my 590GX Nvidida card to boot up without being in safe, but thats another problem.

Currently, my alt+click works and i can drag windows around.

But i can't currently, alt+right-click to resize.

Answer 1

Here is the solution I found:

Use gconf-editor and set /apps/metacity/general: resize_with_right_button = true

Answer 2

Install compizconfig-settings-manager and run ccsm. Assign Button3 to Window Management | Bindings | Initiate Windows Resize.

Answer 3

The answer from here describes a method that works in both 12.04 (and possibly older versions) as well as 12.10/13.04 with the new gsettings

Put this in a script and run it:

#!/bin/bash
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/metacity/general/resize_with_right_button true
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences resize-with-right-button true

The gconftool-2 line is for GConf based systems, and gsettings is its newer replacement.