Resize window and content continuously

Question

Is it possible to get Ubuntu to continuously resize a window and it's content? Looking in the CompizConfig Settings Manager under re-size window it has the options: Normal, Outline, Rectangle, Stretch neither of which do this.

Answer 1

Normal does this.

It's ridiculously CPU-intensive though, which is why it defaults to rectangle.

Answer 2

I know you (Kit Sunde) don't need all this, but for everyone else..

This assumes you have CompizConfig Setting Manager (compizconfig-settings-manager) installed.

1. Go to System -> Preferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager if running classic Gnome, or search for CompizConfig Settings Manager in the Dash if running Unity.

2. Find the Resize Window plugin; it's under Window Management. Open it and go to the General tab. The top setting is Default Resize Mode.

   • Normal resizes the windows content on-the-fly.
   • Outline doesn't change the window until you release it. It shows an empty rectangle to indicate the size the window will be.
   • Rectangle is the same as Outline, except the rectangle is filled in.
   • Stretch doesn't resize the window on-the-fly, but instead stretches the window content as if you were stretching a video.

In all cases, the window content should continue to change as appropriate, e.g. a video will continue playing.

Answer 3

Normal resize doesn't work well in Ubuntu Classic. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/803296