DisplayFusion RSS: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows

DisplayFusion RSS: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f DisplayFusion RSS: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:07:34 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#22 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:20:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#22 DisplayFusion I'm currently using AltDrag, but also prefer if this was just built into DisplayFusion. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#21 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:39:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#21 DisplayFusion

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Add another vote to the pile, if it makes any difference.
As for alternatives, the AHK based KDE Mover-Sizer seems to work better for me than most other (fullblown) apps. Still wish there was a native function in DisplayFusion though.

How does this compare to AltDrag? I've never had any issues with AltDrag. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#20 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:34:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#20 DisplayFusion Add another vote to the pile, if it makes any difference.
As for alternatives, the AHK based KDE Mover-Sizer seems to work better for me than most other (fullblown) apps. Still wish there was a native function in DisplayFusion though. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#19 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:36:07 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#19 DisplayFusion Added your vote, thanks! ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#18 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:56:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#18 DisplayFusion args... I did not pay attention with my log-in credentials. Not sure if it adds any weight to the vote, but I have actually bought DF. The post #17 from before is me, just posting this to have some sort of link with a paid account

I've always worked with AltDrag so far which works like a charm. But one less too to install would be really great.

One small addition though: It should be possible to blacklist certain apps from this behaviour. For example, "OBS" uses Alt+Drag to change crop regions in video sources. AltDrag does support blacklists, but I never managed to get them working. So when setting up a scene in OBS, I always need to quit AltDrag to make it usable. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#16 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:15:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#16 DisplayFusion Sure is! It's licensed under GNU GPL v3. Glad to hear it's working well

]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#13 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:18:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#13 DisplayFusion What apps are those, I might check them out
Thanks ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#12 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:33:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#12 DisplayFusion I believe it's possible, there are some utilities out there that claim to be able to do it, but I haven't had a chance to test them out yet. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#11 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 05:43:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#11 DisplayFusion Is this even possible under Windows 7 onwards?
My guess would be somehow you would actually capture the region of the titlebar which is clickable and magically expand that clickable region to be the size of the Window.

In theory itsounds simple but in practice who knows. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#10 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 17:22:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#10 DisplayFusion I'm not sure of the specifics on how it would work yet, but I've added your vote as well S.ALT255

]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#9 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:16:00 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#9 DisplayFusion Having gone back and re-read this - that is a pretty cool little feature. I wonder if there's another way to do it?
How does the whole hotkey API think work for Windows?

Could you have say ALT-SHIFT and then left click work? - so Display Fusion owns the alt-left shift hotkey and from there it interprets the mouse click or no? ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#8 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:09:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#8 DisplayFusion Vote added, thanks! ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#7 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:06:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#7 DisplayFusion Please add my vote for Alt + Drag feature as well.

Additionally, you might want to try the program altdrag - which can be accessed from:

http://code.google.com/p/altdrag/

Altdrag has worked well for me. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#6 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:37:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#6 DisplayFusion We've actually had the Alt + Drag feature requested in the past

It's not something we've been able to implement, but it's still on our feature request list, so I've added your vote to it. We'll be sure to post an update if/when we're able to implement it in the future.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#5 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:46:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#5 DisplayFusion Quite possibly, although configurable like most the shortcuts now would be great of course. I can't think of any programs off the top of my head that will respond to ALT and a mouse click, though I suppose there's bound to be some. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#4 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:44:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#4 DisplayFusion I see where you're coming from and while I'm completely used to not doing that, can't deny it's not a bad idea.

I have no idea how they'd program it but I guess it's possible - might require a more complex hotkey than just ALT at a guess though? ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#3 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:38:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#3 DisplayFusion I get what you're saying, but it's not the same functionality at all. I'm not specifically thinking of moving a window between screens, rather move it wherever. I use Linux most of the day and have firmly gotten used to grabbing any window with the ALT key to move it instead of using the (much smaller) titlebar to move it. In other words whenever I'm on windows I find myself spending a few seconds wondering why a window is "hanging" when I try to move it. Ditto with regards to resizing. I've tried using AltDrag instead, but it's buggy and keeps silently crashing in the background, making it not much better than vanilla Windows. ]]> RE: Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#2 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:10:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f#2 DisplayFusion You realise you can configure hotkeys for this kind of behaviour?

I have CTRL-` (next to 1) and CTRL-SHIFT-` with 3 monitors it goes left to right, when holding down shift, right to left. Like a tabbed application.

I mean the ALT thing might be cool too (I'd never use it) but it might make it difficult depending on the hotkeys the program itself would like to use. Interesting idea though. ]]> Feature request: ALT + drag for windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:29:42 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/feature-request-alt-drag-for-windows/?ID=010dadbb-0009-4295-899b-1b45a1df163f DisplayFusion I'm not sure whether this is necessarily a natural fit for DisplayFusion, but since various other window positioning/management features have made their way in, and I'm a huge fan of this feature on various Linux distros, I figured I'd ask anyway. It's just a simple feature where holding down the alt key allows you to drag the window as though you were dragging the title-bar. Similarly alt + middle-mouse dragging allows quick and easy resizing of the window (as though you'd grabbed the nearest corner).

Thanks,

Thor ]]>