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Hi all! Using the default Gnome desktop on Centos-6, I keep having difficulty getting the mouse pointer to lineup exactly on the edge/corner of a window when I want to resize the window. It seems that you have to have it on a line exactly one pixel in width, and I'm finding it increasingly hard to do (who, me? getting old? nah!) Wondering if there is a gnome setting somewhere among the

...ich > the mouse pointer must be placed so one can grab edges of things. > I've dug thru the settings in the Gnome configuration editor, but > so far nothing leaps out at me. > > Can anyone offer advice? Have you gone into System->Preferences->Mouse and changed some of the doohickeys there? I don't recall anything related to your problem, but it may be related to Acceleration or Sensitivity? I've set my Sensitivity to about 1/3rd off of low and acceleration to mid-range. There's an alternative if, like me, you prefer KB anyway - <Alt>-<F8>. It's draw...

...placed so one can grab edges of things. > > I've dug thru the settings in the Gnome configuration editor, but > > so far nothing leaps out at me. > > > > Can anyone offer advice? > > Have you gone into System->Preferences->Mouse and changed some of the > doohickeys there? I don't recall anything related to your problem, but > it may be related to Acceleration or Sensitivity? I've set my > Sensitivity to about 1/3rd off of low and acceleration to mid-range. > There's an alternative if, like me, you prefer KB anyway - <Alt>-<F8>...