Disable the Mouse Drag Window Arranging Feature in Windows 7

jmke · 19th January 2009, 17:39

One of the hot new features in Windows 7 is the improved window management functions… you can simply drag a window to the top or sides of the screen, and it will be maximized or resized to take up only half of the screen.

The only problem is that some people like to drag windows partially off the screen, a very useful technique when you only need to see the edge of a window… but in Windows 7 it will resize the window to fill half the screen. So how do we disable it?

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-in-windows-7/

20th January 2009, 06:30

Maybe they should map a (mouse?) button to disable the aranging features when dragging a window.

20th January 2009, 20:50

I have no problems dragging windows off the screen, I don't understand why anyone would need to disable this.

Dragging a window off the screen works as normal, only when the mouse cursor touches the "border" of the screen will the window auto-size itself.

19th January 2009, 17:39	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Disable the Mouse Drag Window Arranging Feature in Windows 7 One of the hot new features in Windows 7 is the improved window management functions… you can simply drag a window to the top or sides of the screen, and it will be maximized or resized to take up only half of the screen. The only problem is that some people like to drag windows partially off the screen, a very useful technique when you only need to see the edge of a window… but in Windows 7 it will resize the window to fill half the screen. So how do we disable it? http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-in-windows-7/ __________________

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20th January 2009, 06:30	#2
wutske Posts: n/a	Maybe they should map a (mouse?) button to disable the aranging features when dragging a window.

20th January 2009, 20:50	#3
Kougar Posts: n/a	I have no problems dragging windows off the screen, I don't understand why anyone would need to disable this. Dragging a window off the screen works as normal, only when the mouse cursor touches the "border" of the screen will the window auto-size itself.