MAMackser·Feb 13, 2026
Easy Move+Resize is great for this on macOS: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
In Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continuesdmarcotte
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easy-move-resize
Adds "modifier key + mouse drag" move and resize to OSX
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Adds "modifier key + mouse drag" move and resize to OSX
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I love this feature and it's since become indispensable to me. I find it pretty funny that my #1 favorite desktop UI feature is from Linux. One of the first things I'll put on…
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12 sourcesEasy Move+Resize and Carry On
https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
In Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continuesEasy move + resize solves this
https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
In The struggle of resizing windows on macOS TahoeI use easy-move-resize [1] to resize windows from anywhere inside the area of the window, using a modifier key. In my case I like using cmd + middle mouse button + drag.
This is standard in Gnome and a must for me back when I switch to MacOS for work.
[1] https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
In The struggle of resizing windows on macOS TahoeCompared to KDE, I have a feeling that both Windows and macOS have
pretty primitive usability options. Windows got some improvements in
this area only recently, but I think macOS is still behind.
When I'm using macOS, I can't stand the GUI without these tools:
Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/
Easy Move+Resize: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
They move the macOS desktop usability near the place where KDE was in
the late 2000's.
In Window-Switcher: Alt+(backtick) same-app window switching for Windows 10/11I use an Elecom Huge[1] trackball, it's got a few extra buttons that I've mapped with SteerMouse[2] (excellent MacOS Mouse Driver tool) and BetterTouchTool[3] on macOS to provide window and space management/switching:
It has: Left click, Right Click, Scroll wheel press, scroll wheel tilt down, scroll wheel tilt up, back, forward, fn1 and fn2 by the wheel, and fn3 right next to the right click.
- Scroll Wheel Press and Fn3: are set to middle click (for some reason, in my setup, fn3 can't always be the third mouse depending on context... it's annoying).
- fn1: Expose
- fn2: Application Expose
- hold fn3 + tilt down: previous space
- hold fn3 + tilt up: next space
- back/forward: set to move backwards and forwards or swap tabs depending on the application (customized with BetterTouchTool per-app)
- Bonus: Easy Move + Resize [4]: I hold my co
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nfigured Hyper key (left control on my external keyboard, karabiner configured to be cmd+option+control+shift) and left-click to move, right-click to resize
[1]: https://elecomus.com/web/product/3271/
[2]: https://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/
[3]: https://folivora.ai/
[4]: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
I love this feature and it's since become indispensable to me. I find it pretty funny that my #1 favorite desktop UI feature is from Linux. One of the first things I'll put on a fresh install of Windows or MacOS is a utility that re-creates this behavior.
I use AltDrag on Windows (requires a quick tweak for HiDPI): https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/
And Easy Move + Resize on MacOS: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
In Closing a 30 pixel gap between native and webI've used Easy Move+Resize[0] for this and configured it to Alt+drag windows (like most Linux window managers).
[0] https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
In Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on itI've replaced Zooom/2 with this open source tool: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
In Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on itonly use Homebrew for ‘Casks’ (GUI .apps)— `brew cask` subcommand
Nix or pkgsrc for reliable management of CLI tools (both, if you want to try Nix but want an escape hatch)
don't forget to install GNU coreutils, grep, find, and bash. (BSD coreutils are weird and anemic if you're used to GNU. macOS bash is ancient, etc.)
disable cursor acceleration (barely works, but it's the only thing that works): https://plentycom.jp/en/cursorsense/index.html
the only mature terminal emulator on the platform that performs okay (provided you enable GPU acceleration): https://iterm2.com/
recover basic key remapping functionality: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
recover basic audio controls like per-app volume mixing: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
recover FUSE support: https://osxfuse.github.io/
recover configurability for a whole hos
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t of missing functionality, like global keyboard shortcuts, through automation (Lua scripting): https://www.hammerspoon.org/
recover clipboard management: https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
if you don't use some hack to get window tiling, you might also want to...
recover basic window management functionality: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
recover modifier key window drag: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
good luck.
- Grab and resize windows: you can try https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize.
In Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC treeEasy Move+Resize: The best (open source) mac app for window arrangement
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