Easy Move+Resize

Adds easy modifier key + mouse drag move and resize to OSX

Usage

Easy Move+Resize is based on behavior found in many X11/Linux window managers

• Cmd + Ctrl + Left Mouse anywhere inside a window, then drag to move.
• Cmd + Ctrl + Right Mouse anywhere inside a window, then drag to resize,
  • The resize direction is determined by which region of the window is clicked. i.e. a right-click in roughly the top-left corner of a window will act as if you grabbed the top left corner, whereas a right-click in roughly the top-center of a window will act as if you grabbed the top of the window.
  • To use the middle mouse button as the resize modifier, select the Middle Click resize menu item.
• The choice of modifier keys to hold down to activate dragging or resizing can be customized by toggling the appropriate modifier key name in the application icon menu.
  • Click the menu item to toggle it.
  • All keys toggled to selected must be held down for activation.
• Behavior can be disabled by toggling the Disabled item in the application icon menu.
• If you are dragging or resizing a window in the background and want it to rise to the top, select the Bring Window to Front menu item.
• To restore application settings, select the Reset to Defaults menu item.
• To disable for a particular app, select Disable for ... from the menu after using Easy Move+Resize on that app.

Installation

brew

brew install --cask easy-move-plus-resize

manually

• Grab the latest version from the Releases page
• Unzip and run!

troubleshooting

• If MacOS refuses to launch Easy Move+Resize because it "cannot check it for malicious software": see here
• If Accessibility permission for Easy Move+Resize is not working: see here

Contributing

Contributions welcome!

Release process

• Choose a new version number following semantic versioning guidelines
• Update the version number in easy-move-resize/easy-move-resize-Info.plist, (example)
• Commit and push the version number update
• git tag <chosen version number>
• git push origin --tags
• In XCode, choose Product->Archive
• Click "Distribute App", select "Copy App", "Next", then "Export"
• In a shell, navigate to the directory created, then:
• zip -r Easy.Move+Resize.app.zip Easy\ Move+Resize.app
• Upload the resulting zip file to the appropriate tag on the Releases page