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Not sure if this is a Ubuntu specific question or something specific to the DE I am using (MATE).

Is there any way to increase the area to drag-resize windows on the desktop? This is the spot in the lower right of each desktop window. When you hover over you see the 'drag-resize' icon with a diagonal arrow. It can be very difficult to precisely select.

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  • Instead of selecting the resize area, you may right-click on the top window bar and select "resize".
    – ridgy
    Dec 8, 2016 at 16:44
  • ok cool, didn't know this. actually more functional
    – Bachalo
    Dec 8, 2016 at 21:11
  • In Unity, you can press Alt+F8 to resize the window. I don't know if it's the same in MATE.
    – wjandrea
    Dec 9, 2016 at 0:24

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Others have some good workarounds for the tiny area that gives you the resize handles. Another thing that should work is: Holding Alt, click and drag with the right mouse button from anywhere inside the window, you will be in resize mode as if you were grabbing the nearest corner.

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  • This doesn't work for me I'm using gnome and gnome terminal.
    – Rick T
    Oct 9, 2020 at 5:35

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