Snapped Window/Title bar behavior

Tyrone999 · 01 Jul 2023

Hi i would like to get some help with this, i just can't seem to google this issue in such a way that it produces a useful answer.
There is a certain behavior in the titlebar of a window when it's snapped to one side of the screen that's absolutely destroying my productivity.

When a window is fullscreen, when putting the cursor in the upper most position of the titlebar, the cursor behavior is basically unchanged and lets to drag the window:

Snapped Window/Title bar behavior-img_4834-copy.jpeg

When a window is snapped to one side of the screen, putting the cursor in ther upper most position of the titlebar changes it to vertically resize the window:

Snapped Window/Title bar behavior-img_4835-copy.jpeg

This is incredibly frustrating and inconsistent behavior, i just want to quickly drag windows around without having to put the cursor in the exact right spot. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this?

(Windows 10 Build 19044.2965)

dalchina · 01 Jul 2023

Hi, when a window is maximised you will have noticed the mouse cursor does not change to double headed when at the screen limit, whereas it does when the same window is snapped e.g. right or left.

That is consistent with the difference you observe.

Clearly as you know if you place your mouse pointer in the titlebar rather than at its limit, the window behaves similarly in both cases.

It seem you have difficulty in achieving that. One possible option might be to make the titlebar larger, giving you a larger area to aim for. E.g.

Another approach might be to use a small 3rd party utility that lets you drag a window by pressing a user-defined key and then clicking ANYWHERE in the window, rather than having to use the titlebar.

Example: Altdrag (free). There are others.